Command Small Wire Hooks, White, Value Pack of 9 Hooks

 

Bought this to hang up my racksack in the cupboard under the stairs. Definitely worth taking the time to prep area to be stuck up at, I didn’t first time and it fell down, fortunately they provide 2 sets of sticky pads.

 

OMG I’ve bought so many of these small command hooks & will get some more soon. The adhesion is super strong, yet easy to remove the strips pulling downwards, which leave not residue or damage to the surface, following the instructions. The actual metal hook is strong & ideal size. I gave up with my former net curtain rod hooks (used 12 lol) as kept falling off the UPVC, so hold the rod in place with these instead (use 7) My window is 90″ x 90″. To prep the area, I wipe the surface with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol, apply the adhesive strips & hooks following instructions. Leave before using, again following instructions, then ready to use. These hooks do take a surprisingly good weight. I use on the inside of my kitchen cabinet doors, to hang items for extra storage, back of internal wood grained doors, on tiles. I’ve not found 1 surface where these do not work, but I do surface prep 1st. Absolutely love my Command Hooks of any size or desig

 

I bought the small wire hooks to fix saucepan lids inside a cupboard door, but it took me several attempts to get it right – so I can confirm these hooks are easy to remove with no damage, though the adhesive pads are one time use only (hence needing extras). So, what I learned from my mistakes….

1) Mark the inside of your cupboard door with ‘no go’ areas (I used masking tape) – to make sure the lids fit in the gaps between where the door sits against the frame or shelves. Also watch out for how the hinges work – my hinges moved some 5cm across the door when it closed, so that was another no go area it took a while to identify. Marking the door (I did this after I took the photos) was really helpful and showed me I couldn’t get the three lids on one door face and not to trust guessing the distances.

2) Draw around your lids to make paper templates to work out where they might fit (see 1 above). Mark on the template where the hooks should be (starting with a vertical and horizontal line for reference). Initially I had the hooks too close together (halfway between the vertical and horizontal lines – the lines marked with a red cross) and the lids dropped forward at the top, it was masses better when I spaced them wider – as close to the horizontal as you can without letting them slip through. Halfway between the horizontal and previous location worked well (see the green ticks).

3) Follow the instructions for fitting the adhesive pads, cleaning the surface with alcohol (I had surgical spirit, could have used meths). Attach the adhesive pad to the hook (making sure the tab was at the bottom of the hook), put the hook underneath your template where you want it, (then push the template aside), holding the non-sticky tab against the door to keep it in place, flip the hook forward to remove the paper and flip the sticky hook back in place and hold 30 seconds (re instructions).

Hope this helps you do this in less attempts than I needed!

 

I have been using 3M’s Command range of hooks for many years, probably a dozen or more, as a solution to the problem of fixing a hook to a hollow fibreboard door. Screws and glue did not work and there was nothing else, until 3M introduced the original product which was smaller than today’s versions. However, there are many other situations where these may be the solution, for example if living in reneted accommodation where drilling of holes in walls or doors would be unacceptable. There is now a version of the strips that is suitable for use in damp or wet environments.

This is the largest of the range and that which will support the greatest weight, now up to 3.4Kg or 7.5lbs, which could be in the form of clothing or a small aluminium ladder as appears in the illustration. I have not previously used this version, which I did not know existed until days ago, but I have used several others from the original range to the medium and large versions of today’s range. Several of the hooks currently used have been in situ for several years. In the event that one breaks, and they have after years of continuous use or if overloaded, they can be easily replaced. I bought a couple to replace some smaller ones which may be overloaded, although one is currently about 4 years old and the other 2-3.

The advantage of the system is that they use a double-sided adhesive plastic strip to stick a hook or other device to a surface, semi-permanently. When no longer needed, or when upgraded, you can detach the device by pulling on the exposed tab which gradually breaks the adhesion and usually without any visble effect upon the surface on which it was attached. Although the tabs are not reusable, the devices certainly are and you can buy replacement strips to suit each although a spare is normally provided with most of the range.

These work extremely well, and I cannot yet say just how long this will last as it has only recently been installed. However, if the instructions are properly followed and it is not overloaded, I would expect it to last for several years.