Would you check out the size of that rack

[The mean fish]

That spray paint rack... I built a rack for spray cans and other stuff over the weekend. It's just 1" EMT and some white wood boards.

I was replacing some old rusted metal shelving that the previous owner of this property left behind.

I wanted to be able to see more than just the front row of my spray cans and I wanted to have space for a lot more stuff. It's 90" wide and about 6' tall.

 

[The mean fish]

I loaded most of what I had on the old shelves onto it and now it's looking a little more full. I've got tons of old partial cans of spray paint that need to get used or trashed soon.

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[The mean fish]

I spaced out the 1" EMT enough so I could double stack cans if needed, it's also great for calking gun tubes, plastic oil quart containers and a whole bunch of other stuff like rolls of duck tape or boxes of nails.

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[number9]

Nice! That's gonna hold a LOT of rattle cans!

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[APEowner]

That is a great rack. I may steal the design.

 

[The mean fish]

That is a great rack. I may steal the design.

I mostly stole it from a few different people here, feel free.

 

[ADSR]

That's a great idea!

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

It certainly clears up shelf space, but does eat up a lot of wall space. I'd be tempted to make it a double deep leaf design using closet sliding door hardware.

 

[pancho400cid]

Misleading subject line! Very disappointed!

OTOH - gotta admit... that is a nice rack!

 

[Nermal43]

Sweet. I can't count the number of times I have knocked the front cans out of my paint cabinet trying to grab something in the back.

 

[southalabama]

False advertising

It is nice rack for paint

 

[corvair Ed]

Very nice !

 

[rburke65]

Yse.....not what I first envisioned.......

 

[Catadj78]

Looks great!

 

[Okietools1]

Thought it was monkey bars at first very clever idea good storage for cans.

 

[csp]

Misleading subject line! Very disappointed!

OTOH - gotta admit... that is a nice rack!

False advertising

It is nice rack for paint

Yse.....not what I first envisioned.......

You guys were all thinking of deer antlers weren't ya!?

 

[The mean fish]

Works great for rolls of tape too.

 

[Davefr]

Excellent rack but I've got some bad news. Just when you need to use that spray paint or caulk it'll be all dried out.

 

[aka Larry]

I too was dissapointed when I opened this thread. Sorry to hijack O.P. but THIS is a nice rack:

 

[The mean fish]

Excellent rack but I've got some bad news. Just when you need to use that spray paint or caulk it'll be all dried out.

I ditched everything that was trash when I put it up on the rack, most of the calking tubes are for pending home projects that are on my man list so they aren't too old. I've got a lot of stuff coming up once it warms up, I plan to use up as much of those old paint cans as I can.

 

[M1TCH]

Simple but a great solution

 

[CNGsaves]

OP . . . . catchy title but your solution is legit. Well done.

However, if you're REALLY looking for either Metric or SAE rack . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . here you go below. 101 CM or 40 inches !!!

 

[GYPSY400]

Works great for rolls of tape too.

[/QUOTE]
Love your big rack!! How did you secure the emt pipes to the wood boards?

 

[zable9]

Slow clap.....#respect

;-)

 

[raf0419]

Great idea. Thanks for posting.

 

[The mean fish]

Love your big rack!! How did you secure the emt pipes to the wood boards?

I didn't, I was going to run some screws in the end of the pipes on the outside but after I put a few cans up there I realized that the weight locks them in pretty well. I loaded down a shelf and pulled the pipe inside of the end board just to see what would happen and nothing moved. The 1" EMT is pretty strong compared to the smaller stuff, it holds up 20 cans of spray paint no problem on the 45" span.

 

[Sparkyjack]

To the op:
can you share the spacing of the pipes? Something similar to what CNGsaves included.

Thanks, Jack

 

[DavesterJr]

This is a very cool idea. I may have to build me a smaller version of it

 

[The mean fish]

To the op:
can you share the spacing of the pipes? Something similar to what CNGsaves included.

Thanks, Jack

The front pipes are 1.5" higher than the rear pipes and the pairs of pipes are 7" apart vertically. That's a 1x8 board with a 1x2 flat on the wall. The pipes are 1.5" in from the front/rear of the 1x8. I used 1" EMT for all of it.

 

[MrQuinn]

That's a nice rack alright... I can use something like that too. Thank you!