how to make beautiful hooks from twigs and sugru:) (+ new video)

maybe I sound silly but I love twigs !!!!!!! :)

here is my idea for how to make awesome hooks with twigs and sugru

hope you like it !

This is our new sticky video to show how well sugru bonds to loads of different materials.

Step 1: Collect twigs

go to your local woods, the end of your garden or if you live near the coast you could find some beautiful drift wood.

collect lots of twigs, big and small and take them home, you could be surprised with what you end up using.

Comments

[tarepanday]

is there some surface that sugru would not stick to?

[projectsugru]

hi tarepandy,

yes, there are. It does not bond well to polyethylene / polypropylene. Typically it will not bond to greasy plastics.
It bonds very well to batural materials; metal, wood, glass, ceramic, glass, leather and loads of plastics etc.
Usually good to test it out if you are not sure. Hope this helps. Are you thinking of using it for something specific ?

[fanman7]

Hmmmm was thinking of putting sugru "feet" at the corner of my chopping board. The plasticy white kind you like the one here - board pic Do you think it will adhere to this material?

[projectsugru]

looks like nylon, a naturally self lubricating plastic, so the answer is no :(

However, as this is an engineering plastic, you can screw a small crew into it and then build the sugru around the screw :) It's a bit more complicated but will definitely work.

Would love to see an ible for that :)

[fanman7]

Good idea! I want to put the feet on both sides of the board so maybe put a screw through the board so it sticks out both sides and adhere the sugru to it! I also have a few wooden boards that will work as well.... Slipping cutting boards are dangerous. Right now I use a sheet of carpet pad underneath them but they are cumbersome. HACK IT WITH SUGRU!

[projectsugru]

YAY :)

no need for screws on the wood, it will bond brilliantly to that :)

[tarepanday]

thanks for your reply, im thinking of maybe my pair of broken rainboots, it has pattern on it so i might have to blend it to the right color

i have thought of making a key holder with sugru on the wall, but i afraid i might take off the paint when i move away one day. btw, do you just use strong force to tear sugru away if you want to remove it one day? for example on an iphone or the wall, are there tips on removing it?

one more question, how does spray painting or painting in general work on sugru? im thinking of spray painting one of my projects that uses sugru with a silver chrome colour....

[projectsugru]

To remove sugru, you can cut it away and then remove the remainder bits by rubbing it off with the back of your finger nail, take a look at this video, it demonstrates removing sugru - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ0d0JkSrvY

So on your wall it should be possible to remove it without damaging the paint. However, the paint is the weakest link there and will be the first to fail if you apply a lot of force / weight to the key holder. But as it is just a key holder, it should be totally fine.

We haven't painted sugru ourselves but we have heard that it tends to flake off.

Hope this helps.
James

[eman_p]

How well will sugru stick to a painted wall? Will it be possible to remove and clean up after it's up for a while? I'm thinking about doing this for coat racks by the front door to have something cool and different.

[sugrujane]

Hi eman_p, in my experience, sugru bonds to paint very well, make sure the surface is clean though. When I remove sugru from a pained surface, it takes the paint off with it, I just repaint the surface afterwards :)

[eman_p]

Sweet, thanks Jane! I guess I'll decide when my sugru arrives... I'm thinking that customizing the house and enjoying it while I'm here is better than avoiding anything that will lead to a little bit of white paint on move out ;)

[blacksmith_tb]

I assume that adding more than one ball of Sugru per twig would increase the holding power. The current arrangement looks like it will pry itself off the wall, over time, as the downward force on the hook seems likely to cause the bottom of the twig to move in towards the wall slightly when weighted. Sugru is flexible, but still I'd think loading and unloading may lead to failure sooner than if a second bit of Sugru were added near the bottom of the twig, also stuck to the wall (or even as a bumper, not stuck to the wall).

[amagriva]

Very nice! Do you or any reader know the name (brand) with "Sugru" is sold in Europe? Ciaoo!

[projectsugru]

Hi amagriva, we sell sugru direct from our website www.sugru.com/buy and we ship all over the world :-)

[mdeblasi1]

I can't believe you just got me to immediately go and order some sugru!!! I am not like that, I don't go off buying stuff on the internet at midnight, but I can't believe I've lived this long without this stuff.

[Kryptonite]

Nice, I really ought to get some sugru! It looks like brilliant stuff and I can think of a few things I can use it for...

[kemper]

have you tested the weight capacity for this amazing hack?

[projectsugru]

Hi Kemper, I'm afraid we haven't tested the weight loading for this, there are just too many variables, from the strength of the twig to the strength of the substrate bonded to. With all hacks, just use common a bit of common sense. I have made a few of these and they are surprisingly strong, sorry I can't be more specific :)

[Electrocutables]

This is pretty cool; I'd also like to know how much this can hold on average.

[Whales]

"I love twigs!" best quote ever.