Todd Burch
09-30-2003, 10:34 PM
I've been painting a lot lately, and could never find enough places to lean doors while they dry. So, I fixed the problem. I made a drying rack.
It's pretty simple in design. There are two uprights. I used 2" x 2" pine for the uprights. I was painting 8 doors, so I added 8 arms per upright. I used 1X3 pine for the arms spaced them on 5" centers vertically. There are 4 nails in each arm holding it to the upright. I didn't mess with glue. My doors are pretty skinny, so I made my uprights 12" long. With 2" for nailing, they stick out 10". (My doors are about 12" wide or so...). After I nailed on the uprights, I nailed three 18" long cross members to the backs of the uprights (top, middle and bottom). I then screwed the whole assembly through the crossmembers to an unfinished doorway with the rack resting (standing) on the floor. Plenty of rigidity for holding doors as they dry. It takes up very little space, and my investment in time and materials won't break my bank if I throw it away after the project is complete.
With this type of rack, I can only paint the 4 edges and one side at a time.
Maybe this idea will help someone else that is space-challenged.
Todd.
It's pretty simple in design. There are two uprights. I used 2" x 2" pine for the uprights. I was painting 8 doors, so I added 8 arms per upright. I used 1X3 pine for the arms spaced them on 5" centers vertically. There are 4 nails in each arm holding it to the upright. I didn't mess with glue. My doors are pretty skinny, so I made my uprights 12" long. With 2" for nailing, they stick out 10". (My doors are about 12" wide or so...). After I nailed on the uprights, I nailed three 18" long cross members to the backs of the uprights (top, middle and bottom). I then screwed the whole assembly through the crossmembers to an unfinished doorway with the rack resting (standing) on the floor. Plenty of rigidity for holding doors as they dry. It takes up very little space, and my investment in time and materials won't break my bank if I throw it away after the project is complete.
With this type of rack, I can only paint the 4 edges and one side at a time.
Maybe this idea will help someone else that is space-challenged.
Todd.