Trying to hang salvaged exterior sign letters on drywall…
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Trying to hang salvaged exterior sign letters on drywall at home -- ideas?
Hope y'all have more ideas than I've come up with for hanging these reclaimed metal sign letters. Each is about 2' H x 1' W x 3" D, weighing a couple of pounds.
They were originally mounted on a business exterior brick wall with threaded stud things. I tried using those holes to seat long nails in the drywall -- but that's really precarious! I also tried XL Command strips, but the plexi backing is recessed just enough that the strips don't touch the wall.
I thought about putting up 2 floating shelves/ledges that the letters could sit on, but some of the letters (O, U, F) won't stand up on their own.
Do I need french cleats for each letter? One YouTube video mentioned those but the letters didn't have a recessed backing like these do.
Is there something like a screw or nail that goes into drywall but has a flat, wide head for sliding into the space between metal & plexi on the back? I've tried Googling that but Señor Googlé has no idea what I'm talking about. Or I don't know the right way to say it.
TIA for any ideas/advice. I'm fresh out of internet search solutions!
Current setup, minus 2 letters that fell off https://preview.redd.it/p346jvck6v8h1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=245b639e80dc4065a6d1cffe4a93dc6eb89c9c66
Back of letter https://preview.redd.it/zaqo7xck6v8h1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d41455e692e760f811ca3dbe11e1ef9b6eed42f
Threaded stud holes on back \(where I was seating the nail heads\) https://preview.redd.it/t4xcevck6v8h1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84027e0d6c51676cf7ea0eb5d8be199996b3b681
Plexi is recessed from metal so no Command strips, but there is a gap where something could slide in to hold it up maybe? https://preview.redd.it/er8vvzck6v8h1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45442a0ec86b4a397e1d3f57be3d603bf758d42c
#diy
Hope y'all have more ideas than I've come up with for hanging these reclaimed metal sign letters. Each is about 2' H x 1' W x 3" D, weighing a couple of pounds.
They were originally mounted on a business exterior brick wall with threaded stud things. I tried using those holes to seat long nails in the drywall -- but that's really precarious! I also tried XL Command strips, but the plexi backing is recessed just enough that the strips don't touch the wall.
I thought about putting up 2 floating shelves/ledges that the letters could sit on, but some of the letters (O, U, F) won't stand up on their own.
Do I need french cleats for each letter? One YouTube video mentioned those but the letters didn't have a recessed backing like these do.
Is there something like a screw or nail that goes into drywall but has a flat, wide head for sliding into the space between metal & plexi on the back? I've tried Googling that but Señor Googlé has no idea what I'm talking about. Or I don't know the right way to say it.
TIA for any ideas/advice. I'm fresh out of internet search solutions!
Current setup, minus 2 letters that fell off https://preview.redd.it/p346jvck6v8h1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=245b639e80dc4065a6d1cffe4a93dc6eb89c9c66
Back of letter https://preview.redd.it/zaqo7xck6v8h1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d41455e692e760f811ca3dbe11e1ef9b6eed42f
Threaded stud holes on back \(where I was seating the nail heads\) https://preview.redd.it/t4xcevck6v8h1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84027e0d6c51676cf7ea0eb5d8be199996b3b681
Plexi is recessed from metal so no Command strips, but there is a gap where something could slide in to hold it up maybe? https://preview.redd.it/er8vvzck6v8h1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45442a0ec86b4a397e1d3f57be3d603bf758d42c
#diy
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