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How to: Concrete Lightbulb Wall Hook

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With Autumn in full swing, our walls are leaving some of us with an empty spot where our jackets could be neatly hung. These Concrete Lightbulb Wall Hooks have a cool pop art/industrial feel and they are fairly simple to make!

 
 

Head over to instructables for a step-by-step guide. Here's what you'll need:

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TOOLS:

- Small pair of pliers
- small pair of wirecutters
- small screwdriver
- carbide scribe. You can use something like an awl or even a long skinny nail, but I found my trusty old scribe to be invaluable in this.
- plastic tub to mix the concrete in. I used an empty five pound tub of spreadable margarine.
- a scrap of wood to mix the concrete with. You could use an old wooden spoon or something like that if needed.
- plastic spoon to put the concrete mix into the lightbulb.
- A measuring cup and measuring spoons for adding the correct amount of concrete mix and water.
- a toothbrush you won't be using for your teeth anymore.
- coffee stirrer and plastic cups you "borrowed" from Starbucks
- Gloves and safety glasses. A must because the glass bulb often breaks and little shards go flying in all directions, including straight at your eyes.
- Misc. items like Sharpies, some rags, etc.

MATERIALS:

.- Quikrete Mortar mix
- Lightbulbs
- Water
- Lag Bolt

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Comments (4)

The meth addicts should be pros at this.

posted by clampers on November 12th 2009 at 2:30pm
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I wonder if you could do the same thing using plaster??

posted by rexrayfan on November 12th 2009 at 3:16pm
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Plaster would impart a lot of dust on the jackets unless it were properly sealed. And plaster also gets drier and more brittle with age - I think it would reach a point where the lightbulb might pop off the lag bolt.

posted by Modfan on November 12th 2009 at 4:20pm
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And why not add some creative flair and add food colouring or paint to the mix? Gees - surprised they never suggested this in the first place.

posted by Cammy on January 2nd 2010 at 8:21am
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