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The Way To Hang Picture Frames
There are several ways in which you can hang your photo frames. There’s also a multitude of aesthetic considerations in relation to where and in what formation to hang them. One more factor to consider is lighting, if you want to showcase one or more items of artwork if they have been hung on the wall. Here, the main focus is going to be on the hardware for hanging your art.
Fittings and Fixtures To Use
Usually when you wish to hang an image on your wall you will end up utilizing a combination hooks and wire, using the wire or some picture cord tied between the hooks on the back of your wooden picture frame. Additionally, you will need to attach a hook to your wall that the artwork will hang from, and it must be secure and rated for the weight of your frame.
If your frame is small to mediium sized, then use small screw eyes, or perhaps you can make use of screw rings, that is a screw eye that has a ring mounted on it. In case your picture frame is medium to heavy, you then should use D-rings which will be screwed into the frame.
Should you have particularly heavy frames, then you could use glass plates to hang them. Glass plates will show in the front of your frame, and they're screwed to the wall and to the back of your frame.
Another necessary consideration that you must consider is what type of wall the picture will be hung on - concrete, drywall, stucco, etc.
Generally, an X hook or perhaps a double X hook matched to the weight of your picture frame being hung should be sufficient. The nails that are supplied with X hooks are very strong and should penetrate most solid walls, but if you don’t have a solid wall, you’ll need to use a wall anchor. If this is the way it is, makes use of the double X hook and screw in the middle of the hook through the heart shaped hole.
Another option that one could consider can be a picture rail. If you want to keep your walls from getting a lot of holes, then you can purchase specially designed rail hooks and hang up the artwork from your picture rail. All that you need to complete is attach your chain, cord, or picture wire on the back side of the picture frame.
Deciding on Wire or Cord
Generally, you’ll need to use picture cord or picture wire to hang your hanging picture frames. Both are strong, so one isn't necessarily superior to another. The biggest difference between the two is that once you attach the wire to the back of the frame, you wrap it around itself to secure it while the cord has to be tied using a reef knot. Therefore if you’re not too good with knots, decide on utilizing the picture wire. Chain can also be a substitute for cord or wire, but is not as commonly used.
The Way The Fittings Can Be Attached
To start out, you ought to measure from the top of the frame and make a pencil mark about one quarter of the way down on either side of the frame. Next, you will be making a small pilot hole at each of those points, but you should make sure that they aren't too near to the side. Be sure to drill your holes in the thickest portion of the wood if the frame is sloped or uneven.
One great tip which helps make this process easier can be placing a little bit of soap or candle wax on the thread of the screw eye or screw. Doing so prevents the screw eyes/rings from weakening or even breaking by lubricating them; just rub the screw on a bar of soap or a candle and you’re ready to go. Screw the rings into place.
If using picture wire, cut a piece of wire that’s twice the distance between your rings/eyes. First you loop the wire through the hangings while leaving equal excess amounts on both sides, then you take the wire and double loop it through the picture hanging wrap it around itself near the center of the frame. Make sure you don't make the wire too tight, because you need a little slack so that the wire won't strain while hanging from the wall.
If you use picture cord, you need to measure the distance in between the two hangers, then double it, then add 8 inches to get the final measurement. Thread the cord through each hanging and then tie a reef knot to secure the cord.
5-year-old's ears pierced at day care (KSAT)
A mother in Texas is irate after she says her 5-year-old daughter's ears were
pierced at day care. Eloise Cardenas, 45, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
that she went to pick up her daughter, Mia, and her son last week at the
Marquita KinderCare when one of Mia's teachers told her that the girl had been
complaining that her ears hurt. "I turned around and looked at Mia, and she
had loop earrings on, like for an adult," Cardenas said. "I was like, 'Who
pierced your ears?' I was so mad I was seeing red." Mia had previously had
each ear double-pierced, but the holes closed after the girl stopped wearing
earrings about two years ago, the Star-Telegram reported. Cardenas said Mia
told her that a teacher in a different class had done the piercings, which
left the girl's earlobes sore and red. "I said, 'She's a kid. You're the
adult. You should have known better,'" Cardenas said. "I don't care how you
look at it, it's wrong." KinderCare released the following statement in
response to the incident: "The teacher did place her earrings in the child's
pierced ears. The safety and security of ...
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