New Paint Shelving

Posted on 26 May 2013 by in Tools and Materials, Workbench

Since getting back into a lot more painting in this last year work desk space has been at a premium due to the number of paint and consumables bottles sitting on my desk. I recently realised how much of a waste of space this was and devised a shelving system to rectify it. I finally got a chance to build it this weekend and am pretty pleased with the result.

It’s pretty simple construction made from 40mm x 8mm pine strip. The size was determined by what I could make from two 1200mm lengths, however in hindsight I should have been less stingy and sprung for another length. That way I could have made it a bit wider (as constructed it’s 450mm wide), as I will be running out of space very quickly. I’d recommend 600mm wide.

The back is just a sheet of 3mm MDF.

The pieces of timber were cut to size on a drop saw. I used nails and PVA glue to fasten the pieces together, but due to how thin the pine strips are I pre-drilled all nail locations to ensure no splitting occurred.

I was quite surprised how stable the finished shelving unit is. I was expecting to have to add a base with a larger area, but in practice this is completely unnecessary.

So here’s the finished product in all its populated glory (please excuse the crappy picture – there was something weird going on with light levels):

Paint Rack

Those with really keen eyes will see some new project on their way 😉

2 Responses to “New Paint Shelving”

  1. Wizz Says:

    Looking good :)
    One paint you’re missing is Vallejo’s Liquid Gold, I highly recommend giving it a try!
    I have some paint terraces from Hobbyzone.pl; http://www.hobbyzone.pl/en/5-tables-for-painting cheap alternative, cnc-cut MDF assembled with no need for glue.
    Cheers!
    Simon

  2. Mangozac Says:

    Thanks for the tips Simon!

    I hadn’t heard of the Liquid Gold before – it certainly sounds interesting. It’s pricey but I assume the results are worth it 😉

    Those hobbyzone paint racks look great! I forgot to mention in my post that I had looked around and didn’t discover any that were exactly what I wanted. I didn’t find the hobbyzone ones though and they’re not a bad price!

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