Lego bedroom wall help

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I'm planning on doing one of my sons bedroom walls with various lego base boards, adding a few each time I get some, so the end result will be a full wall.

My question is what is the best thing to stick to the wall, I was thinking no nails stuff as I don't want a thousand drill holes.
Is there anything else that would work better?
 
No Nails should have been named " Once It's On Your F&*%ed" A dado rail put up by previous owners of my house had used " Once It's On Your F&*%ed" to stick them up, jeez what a job getting the dado rail off, took half the plasterboard with it, maybe a softer method like silicone where it can be peeled off in the future.
 
frank said:
No Nails should have been named " Once It's On Your F&*%ed" A dado rail put up by previous owners of my house had used " Once It's On Your F&*%ed" to stick them up, jeez what a job getting the dado rail off, took half the plasterboard with it, maybe a softer method like silicone where it can be peeled off in the future.
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I'll see your " Once It's On Your F&*%ed" , and raise you a "This Stuff Becomes One With Whatever it's Applied to"....BOSTIK!!! :runaway:
When I moved into the current house, the hall, stairs and landing wallpaper was all edged in Bostik....I suppose they must have reeeaaally liked that wallpaper!! :eek:

@Cg_Girl ....another vote for the Command system here.
I was sceptical, but pleasantly surprised :-)

(I'm wondering now....is Bostik even still available? Or has it finally been recognised as a WMD and banned by all NATO counties? :D )
 
Thank f**** I asked!
I've never really used the stuff so I'd no idea it was so bad, I really don't want that kind of hassle if I had to remove I'm the future.

I've not heard of the command stuff, I'll have a Google and read up :D
 
I'd be tempted to whack up a sacrificial layer of lining paper then use onceitsstuckyerfnurkled to attach the Lego baseboards. A dot in each corner should make it possible to remove it fairly intact when/if he grows out of Lego and the lining paper will save the wall itself from the damage -----^^^----- can do!
 
Possibly not as I think it actually etches itself into the surface ,I.e like that gorilla glue advert so removing the lining paper will still bring down the plaster
 
Well in fairness since being here it doesn't take much to bring the plaster off, all walls are pretty awful, although I'd rather not make them 10 times worse :)
 
Did you want to cover the whole wall? if not
Maybe a couple of hardboard or thin MDF sheets screw those to the wall, and then stick away ?
 
Cobra said:
Did you want to cover the whole wall? if not
Maybe a couple of hardboard or thin MDF sheets screw those to the wall, and then stick away ?
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Hmmmmm that's not a bad idea actually...he's in the smallest room so it's technically half a wall as it's divided by a built in cupboard.
I guess then if my girl goes to uni and he moves in her room, if he still wanted it I could transfer :)
 
Rather than start a new thread, I am thinking someone here will know the best glue to use to stick an engine valve to concrete....oh, and for outside use! :)
 
Cg_Girl said:
I guess then if my girl goes to uni and he moves in her room, if he still wanted it I could transfer
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Should be easy enough to unscrew :)
Or you could still leave it there as his play room?
Just another thought....
 
Cobra said:
Should be easy enough to unscrew :)
Or you could still leave it there as his play room?
Just another thought....
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I reckon he wouldn't mind that idea lol :)
 
Cg_Girl said:
I reckon he wouldn't mind that idea lol :)
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Educated guess as that's what my son did, when his sister moved out, spread across both bedrooms.
And he's only about 20 years older than your son :rolleyes:
 
Wilko do a Lego compatible base plate for about £3 from memory. Might save you s few quid.
 
rjbell said:
Wilko do a Lego compatible base plate for about £3 from memory. Might save you s few quid.
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I'd forgotten all about wilco. I got him a few lego bits from there at Xmas, I'd been looking on eBay and each Base plate for the large size was roughly £10.. So thank you for that :D
 
Tigger.ufo said:
Rather than start a new thread, I am thinking someone here will know the best glue to use to stick an engine valve to concrete....oh, and for outside use! :)
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Depends on how much you're going to hang off it. I'd be tempted to get a bit of studding welded to the head of the valve then set that into a resin filled hole if there'll be any real load on it.
 
Cg_Girl said:
I'd forgotten all about wilco. I got him a few lego bits from there at Xmas, I'd been looking on eBay and each Base plate for the large size was roughly £10.. So thank you for that :D
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Lots on aliexpress too with some cool colours. $1.65 each with free shipping at first glance. I'm sure you can get this down buying enough for a whole wall.
 
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Not on the scale you're talking about but I did this a couple of years ago. Still going strong now.
However, although it's a piece of laminated wood behind. I originally used No-Nails to stick it on, it eventually kept coming away although I think that may have been the laminated wood rather than the lego.

I then used Tang-It to keep it stuck on to the board. It's never come off since.
 
rjbell said:
Lots on aliexpress too with some cool colours. $1.65 each with free shipping at first glance. I'm sure you can get this down buying enough for a whole wall.
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I've just looked on there and as much as the plates are smaller, I really like the multi coloured idea and at that price I'd be able to get a good chunk done instead of just one or 2... Thanks for that!
 
I buy from there all the time. You are protected if anything goes wrong. Delivery is about 2-3 weeks usually. Don't pay for express.
 
Marcel said:
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Not on the scale you're talking about but I did this a couple of years ago. Still going strong now.
However, although it's a piece of laminated wood behind. I originally used No-Nails to stick it on, it eventually kept coming away although I think that may have been the laminated wood rather than the lego.

I then used Tang-It to keep it stuck on to the board. It's never come off since.
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That looks ace, I like anything funky like that and I reckon my daughter will end up asking for something similar!
 
rjbell said:
I buy from there all the time. You are protected if anything goes wrong. Delivery is about 2-3 weeks usually. Don't pay for express.
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Definitely liking the protected part, that's always good for sites if you're unfamiliar... Delivery isn't too bad either snd at that price I'm more than happy to wait
 
Marcel said:
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Not on the scale you're talking about but I did this a couple of years ago. Still going strong now.
However, although it's a piece of laminated wood behind. I originally used No-Nails to stick it on, it eventually kept coming away although I think that may have been the laminated wood rather than the lego.

I then used Tang-It to keep it stuck on to the board. It's never come off since.
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That's really cool!
 
Nod said:
Depends on how much you're going to hang off it. I'd be tempted to get a bit of studding welded to the head of the valve then set that into a resin filled hole if there'll be any real load on it.
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Not going to hang anything on it! :eek:

Need to fix something onto the flat bottom of a replacement bird bath bowl to stop it sliding off the pedestal which has a small diameter hole in it. I thought a valve would be about right but am open to other suggestions! :)
 
I'd put a board or 2 up - get an 8x4 sheet (however many you need to cover the area you want), trim to fit if required, screw this to the wall and the you can either stick the boards or self tap them with small screws to this -> means you could always move things around on the board if you wanted...

If at any time in the future you wanted to remove everything, you've a few backboard screws to remove and all gone :)
 
Tigger.ufo said:
Not going to hang anything on it! :eek:

Need to fix something onto the flat bottom of a replacement bird bath bowl to stop it sliding off the pedestal which has a small diameter hole in it. I thought a valve would be about right but am open to other suggestions! :)
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I'd probably use straight Nomorenails (other products that do the same thing are available!) to join the 2 concrete parts. If you want to be able to remove the top easily, I would drill a shallow, suitable diameter hole in the centre of the top and set a short metal dowel in there.
 
andyred said:
I'd put a board or 2 up - get an 8x4 sheet (however many you need to cover the area you want), trim to fit if required, screw this to the wall and the you can either stick the boards or self tap them with small screws to this -> means you could always move things around on the board if you wanted...

If at any time in the future you wanted to remove everything, you've a few backboard screws to remove and all gone :)
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I must admit I'm liking the board idea and being able to move it if needed and still not expensive to do! :)
 
Tigger.ufo said:
Not going to hang anything on it! :eek:

Need to fix something onto the flat bottom of a replacement bird bath bowl to stop it sliding off the pedestal which has a small diameter hole in it. I thought a valve would be about right but am open to other suggestions! :)
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I assume you want to remove the bowl? if not just a layer of mortar between the two.
(if they are both concrete that is)
 
Cobra said:
I assume you want to remove the bowl? if not just a layer of mortar between the two.
(if they are both concrete that is)
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Yes, ideally want to take bowl off to clean it as it is easier. (and probably safer for my 81yr old mum!)
 
Tigger.ufo said:
Rather than start a new thread, I am thinking someone here will know the best glue to use to stick an engine valve to concrete....oh, and for outside use! :)
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Why would you want to?
 
See post #32...
 
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