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    drying racks?

    After applying a finish, how do you set the pieces to dry? Put them on painter pyramids? Use sticks? Hang them?

    I use several techniques: I have strips that have been cut at a 45, and I use them to support small things like boxes, etc. Also use the pyramids, but they are a PITA. I also have a beam in the shop to support my pool table upstairs and I put a bunch of nails in it so I can hang pieces with binder clips. What cool way am I missing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Carey View Post
    After applying a finish, how do you set the pieces to dry? Put them on painter pyramids? Use sticks? Hang them?

    I use several techniques: I have strips that have been cut at a 45, and I use them to support small things like boxes, etc. Also use the pyramids, but they are a PITA. I also have a beam in the shop to support my pool table upstairs and I put a bunch of nails in it so I can hang pieces with binder clips. What cool way am I missing?
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    Anything you do takes a lot of space. I have pieces of metal building steel kind of like angle iron 20' long I lay across saw horses where I just let the parts dry. To prevent blocking I put plastic package sealing tape over the ridge of the steel. This is helpful if you are painting something like doors where you paint both sides. You end up having to sand between coats so might as well leave the parts laying flat until the finish is dry enough to work. Anytime I start moving parts around I usually end up dropping one.

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    Many pieces, especially pieces with a tenon on each end can just be leaned against a wall.

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    I use Carpet Tack strips. Cheap to the point of disposable. Tiny points as you'll quickly note when you handle them. Cut or snap to length needed. If i had the space, they could even make a bed of nails for drying.

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    I had a lot of Planation Shutter Stiles and Rails to dry after painting. The Stiles were Mortised and the Rail Tennoned.

    For the Stiles, I used a 2"x4" and 7/16" dowel and made one long rack and a bunch of paired racks to allow for the different length Stiles.





    For the Rails, I masking taped the tenon, mostly for spraying, but then cut a bunch of small blocks, out of 2"x4", and then stacked them after I painted each one.



    For the Louvers, I used a few 2"x 6"s and built a couple of vertical racks. Using the 2"x6"s allowed me to dry two sets of louvers.

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    Mine look generally like this. Dimensional lumber uprights and 1" emt "racks"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jared Sankovich View Post
    Mine look generally like this. Dimensional lumber uprights and 1" emt "racks"

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    I made similar ones except they were A frame shape on casters. I put the 2x4 a frame on 10 degree angle and spaced the 1/2” emt at 2”.
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