Then the second coat I used Minwax Provincial. I used two different stain colors to get the exact color for my laundry room shelves.įirst I stained the boards with one coat of Minwax Weathered Oak. Sanding will make the wood smooth but also is important to help the wood absorb the stain properly. The shelf on the far wall with the hanging clothes rod is a 2″ x 12″ board cut to 52″ long.Īfter I cut all the pine boards to the length and width I needed to build the rustic wood shelves I used my palm sander to sand the boards. We cut this shelf to size from the other half of the 2″x 12″x 12′ board.Īnd both of the shelves over the washer and dryer are 61 1/2″ long. I used 2 – 2″ x 8″ boards to create a shelf width of 16″ for the top shelf. You may also adjust the width you want to make your shelves. Next, I measured and cut all the pieces of pine boards with my miter saw to the exact sizes I wanted to build my wood and industrial pipe shelves.Įvery room will be different depending on the size of your space and the layout of your shelves. Preparing the Wood Boards to Build Shelves Then I painted all the pieces on my DIY holders that my husband made me just for this project out of leftover wood pieces.Īfter painting the 4′ pipe for the hanging clothes rod I used a spray topcoat to seal & protect that piece since it would be getting lots of use with hangers sliding across it. So I decided to paint all the iron pipe parts with spray paint in a flat black finish.īut I didn’t want to paint over the threaded ends so I covered the ends of each piece of pipe with frog tape Unfortunately, even though I didn’t use anything strong to clean them some of the black finish still came off. So instead I just gave all the iron pipe pieces a good cleaning with a rag and some good ‘ole Dawn dish soap to remove the grease from the pipe. I found that acetone would remove the white printing but it may also remove the black finish on the pipe. I did a quick google search to see what’s the best way to clean and remove the numbers. When I bought the pipe it was greasy & dirty and covered in printed white numbers. The black iron pipe is in the plumbing department of most home improvement and hardware stores.
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