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Hodge-PODge
Senior Member Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Location: Calhoun, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 539 |
Topic: What "stuff" do you have in your R-Pod? Posted: 08 Jun 2011 at 4:58pm |
1) I just LOVE that window mural! Did you do that, Mountain Mist?
2) About the stickyback velcro -- you CAN use it for hanging, but I mainly use it to keep things from bouncing and swinging on the walls -- things you might need to take back down, like my clock - so I can change the battery, and like my little Coleman camping mirror in my bathroom - might need to take it back down to clean. I've hung those things up with a hook, but then used velcro around the bottom edge.
3. About the vintage camper rally -- I wish I could come. But actually, I AM camping in Townsend the previous weekend - Labor Day - at Tremont Hills with my daughter and her family. (Can't BELIEVE what they charged us for a campsite, but we were desperate, not much else was available up there on Labor Day in them thar hills!)
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Caverkim
Senior Member Joined: 28 Jun 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 111 |
Posted: 08 Jun 2011 at 2:42pm |
Love the window mural!! |
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caver*pod 175/Louisville KY
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Snowbound
Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270 |
Posted: 08 Jun 2011 at 12:27pm |
Okay. I have seen those but they don't have velcro. That hook is the one I used for my little broom stored beside the front door. That broom is 3/4 size and very lightweight (bought at the dollar store and has a mop head that can be exchanged for the broom head) and the first couple of trips I did not have a place to keep it and spent every minute in the pod moving it from somewhere to somewhere else! Back to your problem, I think the velcro Command strips will have better hanging power for your signs.
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Tom and Bette
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mountain mist
Senior Member Joined: 25 May 2010 Location: Gatlinburg Tenn Online Status: Offline Posts: 426 |
Posted: 08 Jun 2011 at 12:26pm |
The front door "gallery" and "window mural".
There is a Vintage Camper Rally Sept 8-10, 2011 in Townsend, Tn At Misty Rivers Campground.
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mountain mist
Senior Member Joined: 25 May 2010 Location: Gatlinburg Tenn Online Status: Offline Posts: 426 |
Posted: 08 Jun 2011 at 12:20pm |
Let me see if I can get a picture up of what I have used, fine for these things, but not for heavier.uploads/547/Trailer_004.JPG
These are the metal hook, Command strips.
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Snowbound
Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270 |
Posted: 08 Jun 2011 at 11:54am |
Hi Mountain Mist,
The velcro strips I used had no metal hooks. I have not seen any of those yet.
The velcro bits click together when they are firmly locked. In my opinion it is not really a click but there is a sound you will recognize as being the two parts firmly gripped together. The instructions recommend a one hour 'cure' time. I don't see any reason that these would not work perfectly for your needs.
The Command strips all have a maximum weight listed on the upper corner. If you exceed that limit you may need more velcro hangers.
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mountain mist
Senior Member Joined: 25 May 2010 Location: Gatlinburg Tenn Online Status: Offline Posts: 426 |
Posted: 08 Jun 2011 at 9:15am |
So, to hang a little wooden sign I would need a 3M Command velcroc strip, maybe the one with the metal hook (those I have used already and have had not problem, but what hung has no weight to speak of)
And first rub the area with rubbing alcohol, stick on and let "cure" for a while before putting any weight on it. I will be out while in Dripping Springs, Tx and will take time to find some so I can work on them as soon as I get back |
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Snowbound
Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270 |
Posted: 07 Jun 2011 at 10:59pm |
Unfortunately I know who Heloise is!
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Tom and Bette
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Hodge-PODge
Senior Member Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Location: Calhoun, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 539 |
Posted: 07 Jun 2011 at 7:46pm |
Bette, I really only had one wall in my pod that was a problem. The first 3M hooks I hung by the stove stuck just fine. But I hung up an adhesive backed key rack by the front door (not 3M), and even though nothing was hanging on the rack, a few days later I found it in the floor. Before I put up another one I cleaned the wall with alcohol and I've had no problem since. All the alcohol does is remove any kind of film that may prevent the adhesive from sticking (a trick I learned on the painted cinderblock walls in my classroom).
Diane
P.S. Gosh, all these hints make me feel just like Heloise! (I bet the young 'uns in the forum don't even know who she is.)
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Snowbound
Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270 |
Posted: 07 Jun 2011 at 6:53pm |
I know the instrcutions said to wipe down the walls but all I did was go over it with a dry cloth because when we first got our pod I noticed there was a thin layer of construction-type dust on everything. I know that dust would prevent good adhesion.
I've used three different types of Command hooks and the velcro hangers and they have all stuck just fine. I used both large and small while plastic Command hooks, several of the fancier metal Command hooks in large and small and one utensil type hook (white plastic with a metal hook) for hanging the broom. The velcro strips I used on the plastic clock frame so I could take it down to change the battery and also on a wooden picture frame that I could not figure out how to hang with no place to put a hook. That is the one I cut in half up the middle to get a narrower strip as I had only a narrow edge to mount it on. Both of those items have held just fine.
Now I am wondering if my pod has a different vinyl surface. As I said, all I did was dust the wall with a paper towel. I did let the hooks 'cure' for an hour before putting any weight on them.
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