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john
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Great looking pieces, handy too!

I only wish I had your talent for creating such good storage space.

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Those are not only good and strong - but teriffic looking! GREAT job! Alec
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Wow! Look great. Nice storage and a 1600sqft shop!
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Very nice work, tdubnik!:D Beautiful!

Here in California, I found it is really not necessary to use conduit. You can build a three sided tunnel called a race and mount it over exposed wires. 1/4" plywood is enough
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charlese wrote:Very nice work, tdubnik!:D Beautiful!

Here in California, I found it is really not necessary to use conduit. You can build a three sided tunnel called a race and mount it over exposed wires. 1/4" plywood is enough
DO KNOT put Romex (multiple insulated strands inside of an insulation jacket) type wire inside of conduit!!! KNOT code, KNOT safe. If you do knot want to rewire, i.e., keep what you have, use Chuck's solution. Safe and legal. :D
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Thanks for the details. I would use some of your ideas for my cabinets. Did you prepare the edges of the MDF in any particular way before painting?

Did you prime the surfaces before the Krylon?

As you can see...I am getting ready!

Thanks again.

Ed
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eartigas wrote:Thanks for the details. I would use some of your ideas for my cabinets. Did you prepare the edges of the MDF in any particular way before painting?

Did you prime the surfaces before the Krylon?

As you can see...I am getting ready!

Thanks again.

Ed
I put a chamfer on the edges and then did a lot of sanding. The edges aren't perfect as far as paint goes but they are pretty darn good. On the first cabinet I tried priming and then painting but it took the same number of coats as just painting without the primer. Since the cost was the same, I just skipped the primer on the later pieces.

The method I used for the MDF is as follows. Cut pieces to final size, chamfer the edges, sand all surfaces with 100, 150, 220 grit. Spray on 2 or 3 coats of paint just trying to get even coverage. Lightly sand again with 220 being careful not to sand through the paint. Spray on 2 more coats and call it quits. The pieces I've done so far have required about 30 cans of spray paint.
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Thanks for the info. Your 30 cans of paint were worth the effort as the cabinets look great.

Ed
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