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I'd like to put up some pics on cabin bulkhead: snaps of the kids when nippers, favourite dog etc. Anyone got a neat way of fixing them? I've considered slim wooden frames with a couple of brass mirror plates so I can screw into bulkhead. For all I know there might be an even neater product or a particularly cunning way of doing it. Suggestions welcome
 
Tony,
Tenants use these self adhesive strips for hanging pictures and the like when not permitted to mark the walls of rented properties. They come in different sizes for varying weights of the article to be fixed and when finished with and the pictures removed the strips peel off easily without leaving a mark. No idea how they would fare in a marine environment though.
http://www.ryman.co.uk/3m-command-p...&istBid=tzti&gclid=CN2w2rKz89ECFccV0wods20Czw
Gordon
 
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Gin said:
Tony,
Tenants use these self adhesive strips for hanging pictures and the like when not permitted to mark the walls of rented properties. They come in different sizes for varying weights of the article to be fixed and when finished with and the pictures removed the strips peel of easily without leaving a mark. No idea how they would fare in a marine environment though.
http://www.ryman.co.uk/3m-command-p...&istBid=tzti&gclid=CN2w2rKz89ECFccV0wods20Czw
Gordon
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+1 They work great on board for picture frames. I also use them to hold my nav tablet in place.

Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk
 
Spuddy said:
I'd like to put up some pics on cabin bulkhead: snaps of the kids when nippers, favourite dog etc. Anyone got a neat way of fixing them? I've considered slim wooden frames with a couple of brass mirror plates so I can screw into bulkhead. For all I know there might be an even neater product or a particularly cunning way of doing it. Suggestions welcome
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I use high strength velcro, of the sort you use for car number plates.
 
Velcro as this one
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or little brass frame mounting plates if you don't mind the little screw holes as this one
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Spuddy said:
I'd like to put up some pics on cabin bulkhead: snaps of the kids when nippers, favourite dog etc. Anyone got a neat way of fixing them? I've considered slim wooden frames with a couple of brass mirror plates so I can screw into bulkhead. For all I know there might be an even neater product or a particularly cunning way of doing it. Suggestions welcome
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On behalf of any future buyer of your boat, I implore you to not use screws or any other method that permanently marks the bulkhead. I had to buy a full sheet of mahogany-faced, marine ply to cover my desecrated cabin bulkhead after buying. All due to the previous owner boring holes all over it to fit personal photos of no interest to anyone else and kitsch ornaments - e.g. a shoddy, brass-plated, imitation port-light mirror and equally shoddy and impractical, imitation-brass oil lamp - and anywhere else he could find space. And all in an otherwise tasteful, traditional, Hallberg-Rassy interior.

Grrr, I nearly didn't buy, but it was what I wanted in every other way.
 
When I bought my boat there were a couple of particularly naff pictures which I wanted to remove, only to find they were fixed with gripfill! Gripfill ffs! Anyone know how to get that off beautifully varnished teak?
 
Velcro sounds a good idea. If you need to be 100% sure then you can use mirror plates like these:

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Fix them to the back of your picture, two screws into the bulkhead and there you go. You can adjust the screws for perfect tension and the picture slots into place

It is a bit fiddly, but hidden and you can always replace the picture with something a different size without drilling more holes
 
There's no need to drill holes in your bulkhead, the Command sticky hangers already mentioned work fine, and can safely hold pictures weighing 7kg! They're also removeable without leaving marks.
 
I think there has been an art exhibition in my boat, judging by the screw holes everywhere....!:D
 
Thanks for the suggestions folks. The sticky strips seem like the solution (thanks Gordon) and I've ordered some.
 
aquaplane said:
When it's my boat I will do to it what I want to suit me.

But the odd hole where a defunct barometer was doesn't reduce the enjoyment of my boat, it doesn't sail any slower, or point any lower.
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My view as well. Quite pleasant to relax in the cabin with the oil lamps lit and a glass of scotch in hand, gazing around at the various reminders of the boat's history. Where the holder for the RDF aerial used to be; the shelf for the Walker log; the brackets for the traverse board; etc. :encouragement:
 
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