HANGING PICTURES IN JUST A FEW STEPS

No matter whether a Poster, Canvas picture, Acrylic glass picture, picture on Aluminium Dibondor ForexHere we show you some tips on how best to hang your pictures.

SUSPENSIONS AT PRINTOLINO

Posters & adhesive posters

This version requires an additional picture frame/mount to hang the picture on the wall. Of course, you can also attach the poster directly to the desired location using pins or adhesive strips.

You can simply stick our adhesive posters to the wall or any other surface. Please note the specific adhesive properties of our adhesive posters (repositionable, permanent adhesive, etc.).

Canvas pictures

With canvas pictures, you do not need a special frame or special hanging devices. All you need are two nails or screws on which you can hang your canvas picture directly. Make sure that you choose suitable nails/screws that can support the weight of your canvas picture.

Images on aluminium dibond, acrylic and forex

If you have ordered your picture with suspension, the respective suspensions are already pre-assembled. Normally, two additional nails or screws are sufficient to fix your picture to the wall. Please ensure that you use suitable nails/screws that can bear the weight of your picture.

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HOW TO MEASURE?

First you need to measure the picture and the wall so that you know exactly where it should be placed.

Materials required:

Ruler/Metre
Pencil
Spirit level

HOW TO SET UP?

It depends on how high your wall is and how high you want your picture to hang. As a rule of thumb, hang the picture at 1.50 metres high or so that two thirds of the picture is below your eye level and the rest above.

NAILS OR SCREWS?

Depending on the nature of the wall and the size of the picture.

TIP:

Instead of wiping up the drilling dust on the floor, stick a folded sheet of paper on the wall below the place where you are drilling. Fold the paper so that it looks like a small vase.

HANGING AND ALIGNING SEVERAL PICTURES

Do you have several pictures? How about combining them with each other?

There are various options for aligning your images.

With all variants, it is important to imagine an imaginary line along which the pictures are aligned. The spirit level plays an important role here.

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