Wall Covering to display prints?

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:16:28 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:28:56 -0400, "Ray Paseur"
wrote:

I've had good luck with a picture molding - basically a strip of wood hung
just below the crown molding. Rig a wire in the shape of an inverted "Y"
with clips on all three ends. One clip goes on the molding and the two
other clips go on the picture frame. Easy to change and level your
pictures, no wall preparation or damage, etc.
~Ray


Is that the same as the picture rail that was spoken of in an earlier reply? Is
it embedded into the plaster of the wall or does it sit on the surface?

I'll have to try a sign place and/or office supply place to see what they've
got... I'm just surprised I didn't get any hits when looking on the internet.
I suspect I'm not calling it by the right name.

I was surprised that how hard it was to find a picture of the
stuff using "picture rail" or variations of "picture mo(u)ld(ing)"

http://www.swanpicturehangers.com/molding.html has an in-place picture
and a cross-sectional view on the righthand side of the page.

Actually you can use nearly any kind of molding, even heavy
doorstop, if you can get a bevel or rabbet cut into the top surface,
such that it's deeper next to the wall than on the room-facing edge.
Even a decorative molding meant to sit on top of a base molding can be
flipped upside down and work well.

Hanging depends on the wall surface -- it doesn't have to be
set in plaster. Consider nailing directly into studs if you can locate
them; otherwise any of a number of screw anchor fittings should work.
Make sure there is sufficient support if you expect to be hanging
heavy frames and that the screws/nails are not too low on the molding,
such that it might easily be ripped away from the wall.

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:16:28 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:28:56 -0400, "Ray Paseur"
wrote:

I've had good luck with a picture molding - basically a strip of wood hung
just below the crown molding. Rig a wire in the shape of an inverted "Y"
with clips on all three ends. One clip goes on the molding and the two
other clips go on the picture frame. Easy to change and level your
pictures, no wall preparation or damage, etc.
~Ray


Is that the same as the picture rail that was spoken of in an earlier reply? Is
it embedded into the plaster of the wall or does it sit on the surface?

I'll have to try a sign place and/or office supply place to see what they've
got... I'm just surprised I didn't get any hits when looking on the internet.
I suspect I'm not calling it by the right name.

I was surprised that how hard it was to find a picture of the
stuff using "picture rail" or variations of "picture mo(u)ld(ing)"

http://www.swanpicturehangers.com/molding.html has an in-place picture
and a cross-sectional view on the righthand side of the page.

Actually you can use nearly any kind of molding, even heavy
doorstop, if you can get a bevel or rabbet cut into the top surface,
such that it's deeper next to the wall than on the room-facing edge.
Even a decorative molding meant to sit on top of a base molding can be
flipped upside down and work well.

Hanging depends on the wall surface -- it doesn't have to be
set in plaster. Consider nailing directly into studs if you can locate
them; otherwise any of a number of screw anchor fittings should work.
Make sure there is sufficient support if you expect to be hanging
heavy frames and that the screws/nails are not too low on the molding,
such that it might easily be ripped away from the wall.