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   SgianDubh | Jun 13, 2002 04:29pm | #1

   Drive one nail into the centre at one end and two nails into the other end as near the narrow front/back edge as you can. Make up stands of scrap ply/MDF-- inverted T sections. Space these and lay your shelves on the stands least important face up. Finish the top face and all edges. Grab the two nails at the one end and flip the shelf 180°, and do the other face. The single nail at one end means the shelf won't change its position on the stand-- well no more than half the circumference length of the nail head. Works very well for spraying, brush or rag. Slainte, RJ.

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   1952Moose | Jun 13, 2002 04:51pm | #2

   Thanks for the quick reply. Do you fill/seal the nail holes when you are done?

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   SgianDubh | Jun 13, 2002 05:06pm | #3

   Not if they're hidden by the inside face of a carcase. If the shelves are exposed at either end because they are supported by some other means, perhaps metal Spur type wall mounted systems, etc., I put nails or screws in where the brackets will later hide them, polish the nailed side first, flip and do the second side. Slainte, RJ.RJFurniture

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   observer | Jun 13, 2002 06:04pm | #4

   I install an eyescrew into one edge and hang them on wires from the shop ceiling for both spraying and drying (takes up much less space). If you are handfinishing, you could use the eyescrew in place of the single nail in RJ's method and hang for drying.