Temporary hooks for hanging a backdrop

clint_silver

I do a bit of merchandising, I have a 3ft x 6ft backdrop, its cloth based, weight is very light, about weight of a t-shirt. Theres eyelets in the 4 corners.

I could have to hang this on quite literally anything, stone wall, windows, wooden wall, 2 poles. I'm looking for something temporary but reusable.

Ive been googling and hitting diy shops for last few weeks but nothing coming to mind.

If its 2 poles then I could tie string between them, if its wood, maybe a screw hook for the eyelets, but not for glass (windows) or concrete. Thinking maybe a roll of gaffe tape. Not permanent but wouldnt need much of it each time as its so light. Any ideas?

vanillavanilla

My first thought was command hooks. Could reuse the hooks and use some kind of adhesive tack/putty to affix the hooks instead of the self adhesive tabs they come with. The hooks would go through the eyelets

clint_silver

vanillavanilla wrote: »

My first thought was command hooks. Could reuse the hooks and use some kind of adhesive tack/putty to affix the hooks instead of the self adhesive tabs they come with. The hooks would go through the eyelets

ooo I like this. Is blue tack the thing or whats the most recent thing to use there, has anyone come up with something stronger than blue tack since 1985 when I think I last used it.

edit: turns out theres white tack and black tack which is for heavy use, think I'll try the blu tack and see does it hold it ok. should be alright.

vanillavanilla

Never heard of black tack! You might need something stronger than blue just because of the various surfaces you will need it to adhere to maybe?

jack of all

You could use a pair of suction cups if fitting it against something like glass. Otherwise some fishing line might allow you "invisibly" fix back to a permanent fixture already in place?

Lumen

This sounds a lot like a scroll.