No More Nails - how strong?

WastedYouth

I’ve never used No More Nails or even seen something it was used on.

Is it really an alternative with everything to actually using Nails or screws? Would you folks use it to install a shelf?

Do Dunnes and Tesco’s usually stock No More Nails? I was told Tesco’s sell it but it isn’t on there website.

I need to decide whether to shop food or go to Woodies after work and which I will do tomorrow - they are in opposite directions.. I have a job I’d like to do tonight and if there is a chance of Dunnes or Tesco’s having it...

Clareman

I got it in B&Q, €10 I think it was. I used it for sticking up hand sanitizers, I put them up on a Friday morning, held them in place for about 10 minutes, then left them for the weekend, on the Monday I filled them about 2l of hand sanitizer into them and prayed.... Touch wood they are up a few months now with no issues, I'd say I'd be more at risk of the stud partition failing than the No More Nails to be honest.

sbsquarepants

Probably be fine - i've only ever used it for skirting boards but you do need to hammer them back off again if required, it's very strong.

WastedYouth

WastedYouth wrote: »

I’ve never used No More Nails or even seen something it was used on.

Is it really an alternative with everything to actually using Nails or screws? Would you folks use it to install a shelf?

Do Dunnes and Tesco’s usually stock No More Nails? I was told Tesco’s sell it but it isn’t on there website.

I need to decide whether to shop food or go to Woodies after work and which I will do tomorrow - they are in opposite directions.. I have a job I’d like to do tonight and if there is a chance of Dunnes or Tesco’s having it...

I can't imagine using for a shelf. It only attaches to the surface, where a screw buries. I think if you put stuff on a shelf the adhesion of the paint to the wall will be your weak points

listermint

I wouldnt use it on a shelf no.

antix80

WastedYouth wrote: »

Is it really an alternative with everything to actually using Nails or screws? Would you folks use it to install a shelf?

I put up small, ornamental shelves by using no more nails to glue a wooden bracket to the wall, and glued the shelves to the brackets. I did it because it was an insulated slab and screws wouldn't hold.

I wouldn't recommend it. Just use those special plastic plugs designed for insulated slabs. No more nails will make a bigger mess than screws.

Anyway, no more nails is very strong. It's stronger than the plaster on the walls. If you stick a shelf to the plaster, you'll pull the plaster off the wall.

Lumen

Even if the adhesive is strong enough, the surface you're sticking to may be the weak link.

Screws and nails are strong because they go through.

JustAThought

Wouldn’t it depend
on whether ge was sticking it to tiles/wood/plasterboard etc. I used a
similar competing product to stick to plasterboard and the fuzzy thin paper surface of the plasterboard gave away - product remained hard as nails thou!!

WastedYouth

Thank you all for posting. Someone told me that once you open the tube that “that is it, you use it all because it doesn’t last”.

That doesn’t seem to make much sense. Is this person talking out the rear end?

Clareman wrote: »

I got it in B&Q, €10 I think it was. I used it for sticking up hand sanitizers, I put them up on a Friday morning, held them in place for about 10 minutes, then left them for the weekend, on the Monday I filled them about 2l of hand sanitizer into them and prayed.... Touch wood they are up a few months now with no issues, I'd say I'd be more at risk of the stud partition failing than the No More Nails to be honest.

B&Q is in a direction itself.

I have a vague memory of seeing No More Nails in Dunnes.

Anyways I I will do food shopping and maybe they have it. It is not that vital that I get the job done tonight.

I’m fixing a window board in place and was hoping to get the Polyfilla on tonight too.

BrokenArrows

WastedYouth wrote: »

I’ve never used No More Nails or even seen something it was used on.

Is it really an alternative with everything to actually using Nails or screws? Would you folks use it to install a shelf?

Do Dunnes and Tesco’s usually stock No More Nails? I was told Tesco’s sell it but it isn’t on there website.

I need to decide whether to shop food or go to Woodies after work and which I will do tomorrow - they are in opposite directions.. I have a job I’d like to do tonight and if there is a chance of Dunnes or Tesco’s having it...

No More Nails is great but its strength is completely dependant on what you stick it to.

If you try and glue a shelf to a painted wall then it wont be strong. The glue will just stick to the paint on the wall and peel off the paint whenever you put pressure on it.

If you wanted to glue it to a bare concrete then it would do a good job as long as the concrete was cleaned of dust before.

Purgative

Like others have said, I've used it for skirting - fine good job, but I wouldn't use it for a shelf.

WastedYouth

I didn’t make it to Dunnes before closing time but I ended up dreaming about wondering the shop trying to find it but not being able to tell a staff member what I was looking for.

Akrasia

WastedYouth wrote: »

I didn’t make it to Dunnes before closing time but I ended up dreaming about wondering the shop trying to find it but not being able to tell a staff member what I was looking for.

My 7 year old dreamt of being locked into an amusement park last night, best dream ever she said. I didn’t have the heart to tell her it probably was and in future she’ll only dream about roaming a supermarket looking for glue