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Rant: Tried to hang my clippers on the wall and now I have a huge hole
I was SICK of my clippers always falling off the shelf, so I decided to mount them on the wall. I grabbed some screws and just went for it, but the drywall gave way and now there's a GAPING hole. Turns out, you need those plastic anchors for anything heavier than a picture frame. Had to patch it up with spackle and start over, which was a total pain. Now my setup is solid, but I wish I'd asked for advice first. How do you all keep your tools organized without wrecking your walls? Any tips for a clean look?
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matthewnelson6mo ago
Learned that lesson the hard way myself. I once tried to mount a small shelf without anchors and the whole thing came down like a bad magic trick. My patch job looks like a toddler smoothed it over with a popsicle stick, so at least yours is probably neater.
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stella1116mo ago
My paint can exploded once.
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tessap976mo ago
Feel like I still have paint in my hair from mine. My wall ended up looking like some weird abstract art disaster.
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jamiehayes6mo ago
Tell me about it, I've got more spackle in my hair than on my walls at this point. My first attempt looked so bad, I just hung a poster over it and pretended it never happened. I feel you, @matthewnelson, my patching skills are definitely popsicle stick grade too. Now I just use a big pegboard for everything, so all the holes are in one place and I can move stuff around without making new ones.
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