strength of modern adhesives

[bludger]

Hi,

I'm stripping and decorating a porch. I wish to place coat hooks on the walls without using screws. Is there an adhesive that would take the strain of coats, which in themselves aren't that heavy?

I would put the hooks on wooden baseplates to give a sizeable adhesive surface.

Now, would I be better gluing the hooks to the bare plaster or to the finished surface? I shall be papering with lining paper, 1400 grade, and painting over that with acrylic eggshell. The plaster doesn't seem that good and I would prefer to put the hooks directly on to the paint.

Hope this is in the right forum.

 

[GaryinAshby]

Modern adhesives are great, they're now used to bond some car body panels in place rather than spot welding. BUT, the adhesive is only as strong as the material its being bonded to, in your case trying to bond it to painted lining paper isn't going to work. Assuming you get a good bond between the hook and the painted surface, the bond between paint & paper and also paper & wall will be weak and fail.

 

[Richard C]

The bonding area will be so small I don’t think it will take the strain & your coats will inevitably end up on the floor. Most quality bath robe hooks have concealed screws, why not use several of those!

 

[bludger]

Hi Both,

I thought that I'd be told it wouldn't work. Ah well....

I'm trying to avoid drilling holes in the walls of this ramshackle, single skin, flat roof porch. When I do, pieces of plaster tend to come away. And when I tried drilling in the top row of bricks for a curtain rail, the brick itself worked loose. Not enough weight on top of it, I imagine.

I'm toying with the idea of putting a wardrobe rail between a pillar that projects out about 12 inches and the outside wall about 4 feet away. At least this would cut down the number of screw holes and concentrate them in two areas. There won't be room for coat hangers but sliding coat hooks ought to be available somewhere.

Thanks for your replies. If anyone has any other ideas, I'd be grateful.

 

[Deluks]

Fix the hooks to a large sheet of mdf or plywood. Then totally cover the back of it with No More Nails, Gripfill, Sticks Like..... or something similar before sticking it to the wall.
The coats will go nowhere, but it will be a permanent job!

 

[Thermo]

ive got a row of four coat hooks screwed to a small oak patress. That in turn has been gripfilled to the wall. Its been there 2 years and at the moment is covered in coats!

 

[bludger]

Good, I'm glad someone has had the same idea as me. And I'm even gladder that you found it works.

Have you both stuck your backing plates to the bare plaster or to whatever is on top of it?

 

[Deluks]

I haven't done it. but it's what I would do. You can stick it to whatever you like as long as the surface is sound.