When customers ask me to fit a floating shelf on drywall I generally tell them NOOOO!! Drywall just isn't capable of supporting the large leverage forces that get applied though the bracket - fine for light things like ornaments but if you want to use these shelves for really heavy books you're going to run in to problems. The official IKEA specs say no more than 5kg on plasterboard but I wanted to put together a quick test to see what they can actually withstand given worst case scenario of a point load right at the frong of the shelf. Could they handle the quoted 5kg? Let's find out!

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The Fischer setting tool is excellent but expensive - the alternative Forgefix one should do the job, reviews look good but I've never tried it. Same goes for the Farmunion one in the US.

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