How can I fix 2 pounds heavy plaster plaques to a painted wooden wall? (Those thin wooden panels that they had in the 70s)

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I bought today six golden/grey plaques (likely made from plaster) for ten cents each, and they look real expensive, like from a castle. I want to put them in the house on a wooden painted wall. Problem is only that I don't want to mess up my wall with experiments and that Velcro is likely not strong enough to hold the plaques. Each weighs two pounds.

Any idea how I can fix them to the wall without that I ruin my wall or without that they fall off?

Leo

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I just hung a heavy bathroon cabinet. Lowe's has a neat 'method' to hangheavy items like large mirrors.  If i remember, the one i used holds 75pounds. I will try to expalain it.  Go to hardware section, look in fastenerssection, like molly/hollow wall bolts section.  you attach a metal barslightly made at an angle with two screws to the wall.  Then attach the othermetal bar with screws to the item you are going to hang. Then the item hangson the angle made by the unit you put on the wall. there are various sizes.the one i got is about 6-8 inches but there are longer ones.  look for thenumber of pounds.  Don't know how much they weigh?  weigh yourself  whileholding the item and you will get the actual pound weight. It is hard toexpalin and i did not keep the package it came in.  If you describe it,hopefully they can locate it.  if not the next time i go to lowe's i will tryto find the product number.     wrote:

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Addendum:  if you can't put screws into the plaques, then get a glue( checkLocktite or construction adhesive) for metal.  allow it to 'cure' then youcan hang the plaques.enigma845 wrote:

How can I fix 2 pounds heavy plaster plaques to a painted wooden wall? (Those thin wooden panels that they had in the 70s)

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