Accessories - Housewares - Finishing Touches - Poster on angled walls?

Hey all,

In one room I have a wall that is perpendicular to the ground until about halfway up, then it comes toward you at a 45 degree angle until it meets the ceilng. Now, I'm trying to hang some posters on this angled wall, but they keep falling down within two days of hanging up, no thanks to the fan that's running in the room either =\. I need something that also won't damage the paint on the walls when you remove it, and I've tried duct tape (which didn't stick and sometimes took paint off with it =\), and masking tape.

Another possibility is how I'm placing the tape. Currently I place about 8 pieces, three top/bottom and one on each side, should I load one side or another to accomdate the increased stress on the poster due to the slope? Thank you!

Is using thumbtacks out of the question?

Yeah...I'd like to avoid any damage to the walls, as well as to the posters. Is there any way to accomplish it with (any) kind of tape? I got just about every type of tape...lol. Thank you!

If you want to use tape, why not get the velcro type. They have a tape side and a velcro side. Put one of each on the wall and the poster. I have seen them in small squares and in strips you could cut. Good luck.

Most tapes strong enough have a chance at pulling down the paint
I use this stuff that comes in little strips, you break off a piece, roll it around to soften and warm it up, then use it to tack up papers, pics, cards, whatever
It's kinda like clay
I've never tried it upside-down, but it's worth a shot
You'll probably need dots of it at all four corners and in the middle of each side
It does not affect painted surfaces at all, and is re-useable
I can't remember the brand name, but you should find it in the office supply section/store

Here's another:

Cut corrugated cardboard to exact size of poster, adhere poster with spray glue. Slit back ply of cardboard (not through) periodically along edges, and insert thumbtacks into these slits. The rest is obvious.

It'll hold, no problem, the poster will stay flat, and you won't see the fasteners. The tiny holes left behind usually disappear with one coat of paint. If the wall is light coloured, a smudge of spackle fills them and then itself vanishes when you wipe it with a damp rag.

The stuff that slickshift is talking about about is made by 3M, and is available at any office supply store, and I also imagine it's available at any home improvement type store as well. Perhaps even a store such as CVS or Target or Walmart would carry it, I don't know. I definitely think that this is your best option, if you don't want to mark up the walls/paint at all!

Here it is... http://www.3m.com/us/home_leisure/command/products/index.jhtml

The tacky clay DOES leave marks! Not as bad as a hole of course, but every time I've used it, it's left an oily stain on both the wall and my posters. If you leave it on for a long time, it also become very difficult to scrape off the poster.

I ended up getting my favorite poster framed because the corners were looking so terrible.

- Millipede

http://www.doityourself.com/store/6709794.htm will be the poster mounting peelable strip.

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