Hanging 8 panel painting without damaging the panels or wall?

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Kasey

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I have an 8 panel painting on 1/4 masonite panels, the panels are 11" high and range from 9-17" wide, so they aren't too heavy, but they aren't light either.
I don't want to frame or drill into the panels...so i am looking for an adhesive hook or something for the back of the panel that will not damage the panel and do minimal damage to the wall, something that won't be permanent on the wall (permanent hooks on the panels are fine) any suggestions out there? My painting is done and waiting to be hung! Thanks in advance!!!
 
something that would look artistic as well - use smallest of the bulldog clips (alligator clips) on the top edge of the panels - run a nylon string ( fish line will do fine) - and hang it on the wall with a small pin or a hook - let me know how it looks
 
This is a little bit like wanting to make an omelet without breaking any eggs. If you want to attach something to something and have it stay there, you have to either put holes in something or use glue. Any glue which sticks firmly enough to hold the weight of an object on more than a very temporary basis has a chance of pulling away part of the object if you ever want to remove the glue. You don't say what kind of wall you want to put these on. It would help to know that. I'll assume it's drywall which most houses have. There are things that are supposed to glue to drywall and come off without damage later. I don't know if they work well enough for what you want, and the trouble with any glue is that if it doesn't come off easily, it can make a huge mess of a drywall wall if it tears off the paper layer, which necessitates spackling the tear and probably repainting the whole wall to disguise the spackling. The least intrusive thing I know of to hang something on a drywall wall is a dressmaker's pin, the kind with a glass head. You push them in at an angle, and they will hold a surprising amount of weight when you have a wire on a picture to hang over the pin. Heavier things can have two or three pins. They leave a hole, yes, but very small. If it's a matter of not putting holes in a rented house, these holes are so small that you can take a bit of spackle or even toothpaste, add a smidge of paint to get close to the wall colour, fill the hole, wipe off any that gets outside the hole, and it will have to be a very eagle-eyed person who spots them after.

To put a wire on the masonite, which is too thin to take any screws easily, I'd glue some pieces of wood on the backs with a construction adhesive, then attach wires to those pieces of wood with screw eyes. You can get very small screw eyes but don't go too small or they won't take any weight. As to what adhesive to use, any construction adhesive should be fine, maybe even Liquid Nails. Ask at the store or read labels. Masonite should respond like wood to an adhesive.

Put your pins at the heights you want, adjust the wire on the pictures to get exact heights. This is one advantage of using wire on pictures, especially triptyches and the like which must hang at exact positions.
 
This is a little bit like wanting to make an omelet without breaking any eggs. If you want to attach something to something and have it stay there, you have to either put holes in something or use glue. Any glue which sticks firmly enough to hold the weight of an object on more than a very temporary basis has a chance of pulling away part of the object if you ever want to remove the glue. You don't say what kind of wall you want to put these on. It would help to know that. I'll assume it's drywall which most houses have. There are things that are supposed to glue to drywall and come off without damage later. I don't know if they work well enough for what you want, and the trouble with any glue is that if it doesn't come off easily, it can make a huge mess of a drywall wall if it tears off the paper layer, which necessitates spackling the tear and probably repainting the whole wall to disguise the spackling. The least intrusive thing I know of to hang something on a drywall wall is a dressmaker's pin, the kind with a glass head. You push them in at an angle, and they will hold a surprising amount of weight when you have a wire on a picture to hang over the pin. Heavier things can have two or three pins. They leave a hole, yes, but very small. If it's a matter of not putting holes in a rented house, these holes are so small that you can take a bit of spackle or even toothpaste, add a smidge of paint to get close to the wall colour, fill the hole, wipe off any that gets outside the hole, and it will have to be a very eagle-eyed person who spots them after.

To put a wire on the masonite, which is too thin to take any screws easily, I'd glue some pieces of wood on the backs with a construction adhesive, then attach wires to those pieces of wood with screw eyes. You can get very small screw eyes but don't go too small or they won't take any weight. As to what adhesive to use, any construction adhesive should be fine, maybe even Liquid Nails. Ask at the store or read labels. Masonite should respond like wood to an adhesive.

Put your pins at the heights you want, adjust the wire on the pictures to get exact heights. This is one advantage of using wire on pictures, especially triptyches and the like which must hang at exact positions.
 
This is a little bit like wanting to make an omelet without breaking any eggs. If you want to attach something to something and have it stay there, you have to either put holes in something or use glue. Any glue which sticks firmly enough to hold the weight of an object on more than a very temporary basis has a chance of pulling away part of the object if you ever want to remove the glue. You don't say what kind of wall you want to put these on. It would help to know that. I'll assume it's drywall which most houses have. There are things that are supposed to glue to drywall and come off without damage later. I don't know if they work well enough for what you want, and the trouble with any glue is that if it doesn't come off easily, it can make a huge mess of a drywall wall if it tears off the paper layer, which necessitates spackling the tear and probably repainting the whole wall to disguise the spackling. The least intrusive thing I know of to hang something on a drywall wall is a dressmaker's pin, the kind with a glass head. You push them in at an angle, and they will hold a surprising amount of weight when you have a wire on a picture to hang over the pin. Heavier things can have two or three pins. They leave a hole, yes, but very small. If it's a matter of not putting holes in a rented house, these holes are so small that you can take a bit of spackle or even toothpaste, add a smidge of paint to get close to the wall colour, fill the hole, wipe off any that gets outside the hole, and it will have to be a very eagle-eyed person who spots them after.

To put a wire on the masonite, which is too thin to take any screws easily, I'd glue some pieces of wood on the backs with a construction adhesive, then attach wires to those pieces of wood with screw eyes. You can get very small screw eyes but don't go too small or they won't take any weight. As to what adhesive to use, any construction adhesive should be fine, maybe even Liquid Nails. Ask at the store or read labels. Masonite should respond like wood to an adhesive.

Put your pins at the heights you want, adjust the wire on the pictures to get exact heights. This is one advantage of using wire on pictures, especially triptyches and the like which must hang at exact positions.
 
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