On 8/17/2011 8:50 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I need to mount the corner shelf in this picture on my daughter's dorm
room wall. I am not allowed to drill holes in the wall or damage the
walls in any way.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...lockshelf.jpg/

The shelf is to hold a clock radio. Last year I used strips of Velcro on
the sides and it held for a few months, but eventually the weight of the
clock and it's use (pushing buttons) caused the Velcro to pull off of
the wall.

I then added the dowel (again using Velcro) mounted at a 45 degree angle
below the shelf to support the front and it worked fine, but I didn't
like the look.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to mount the shelf so that it
holds without the dowel? 3M Command strips? Removable Silicon adhesive?

Yes, I am aware that any surface mount that I use could fail because of
the paint on the walls, but let's assume that the paint will hold.

Thanks!

Nobody else suggested it, so I will- one or two of those poles with the
rubber pads on the end, like they use in trucks to keep cargo from
shifting. HF has cheap ones for around 20 bucks. Put in corner, jack
till tight, and clamp or bolt your shelf to it. Maybe this is what the
other guy meant by painter's push pole. For safety, I do recommend
through-drilling once in place, and putting a hairpin clip (like used on
trailers and scaffolding) through the overlapping parts of the tube.
That is in case somebody starts playing with it during a dorm party. If
not that, use a lot of zip ties to keep people from pressing the release
button. You'll understand once you see it.

Me, I'd just use a pretty 4x4 with 12" square 3/4 plywood plates screwed
to top and bottom, with shims under the bottom plate hammered into place
till pole is tight against ceiling. If dorm has the usual textured
gunnite on the concrete ceiling, a square of the white styrofoam is
called for to keep from leaving a mark. A portable saw and cordless
drill in trunk of car would making fitting it in on move-in day, a
matter of a few minutes.

Ah- memories- building shelves and stereo racks and loft beds, for young
ladies living in dorms.... (fat lot of good it did me, though their
daddies did thank me.)

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