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riven1950
May 19, 2014Explorer
anchors
I used these to put up curtain rods and a phone charging station. Wall material is a panel type luan plywood with fabric coating ( typical in mobile homes and RV's
Things to remember:
1-Foam in walls, so I bent a finishing nail 90 degrees on end, mounted it on a drill and stuck it in the hole I drilled before trying to tighten the anchor. That cleans out a space for metal to " bite" on backside. You can vacuum excess foam out of hole
2-my wall was outside wall, only 1 1/2 inches thick so used a 1 1/4 inch anchor ( don't drill though wall :) )
3-get anchors that will work on your wall material thickness, otherwise it will not bite and hold
4-drill proper size hole, insert anchor, tap lightly so the little metal tip will grip the wall material when you tighten
4-don't over tighten or it will not hold. just snug
I used these to put up curtain rods and a phone charging station. Wall material is a panel type luan plywood with fabric coating ( typical in mobile homes and RV's
Things to remember:
1-Foam in walls, so I bent a finishing nail 90 degrees on end, mounted it on a drill and stuck it in the hole I drilled before trying to tighten the anchor. That cleans out a space for metal to " bite" on backside. You can vacuum excess foam out of hole
2-my wall was outside wall, only 1 1/2 inches thick so used a 1 1/4 inch anchor ( don't drill though wall :) )
3-get anchors that will work on your wall material thickness, otherwise it will not bite and hold
4-drill proper size hole, insert anchor, tap lightly so the little metal tip will grip the wall material when you tighten
4-don't over tighten or it will not hold. just snug
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