How do you store your aerosol cans?

[Blk88GT]

I had a nice wall mount cabinet I was using, but I have been forced to move it due to another frankenstein project (more on that later).

The cabinet is simply too big to put anywhere else in my shop.

How are you guys storing your paint/wax/oils etc? I have around 60 cans that need to be organized and I need something that doesn't stick out far off the wall.

 

[rickairmedic]

I keep all my spraypaint etc. in one of my upper cabinets . They are old metal geneva kitchen cabinets and one of them the bottom shelf is full of spray bombs .


Rick

 

[goodfellow]

Search and read some of the posts on the subject. Apparently some very knowledgeable folks are storing their cans upside down or sideways to avoid the pigments pooling on the bottom of the can, and thereby clogging the internal pickup.

I've started to rearrange my can collection accordingly. I didn't realize it, but I had a LOT of spray cans (over a 100) -- which amounts to a sizable investment if you consider the average can to cost around $2.00

 

[jerk_chicken]

I have all of my stuff near the radiator in the winter.

 

[burger]

1x4 lumber is the perfect width for storing rattle cans

Make a simple ladder shelf out of 1x4's (10" - 12" spacing between shelves)
Nail 1/4 luan to the back of the shelves for rigidity

On the front:
MDF doors
-or-
Cheap window stop molding nailed across the face to retain spray cans

 

[phy6]

There is another thread for this. Some people suggested using milk crates, and then stacking those sideways, so you see the end caps. This might look ugly if you have multiple size cans, like some of the larger rustoleum spray cans.

 

[e-tek]

i keep all my spraypaint etc. In one of my upper cabinets . They are old metal geneva kitchen cabinets and one of them the bottom shelf is full of spray bombs .
Rick

me too!

i've started to rearrange my can collection accordingly. I didn't realize it, but i had a lot of spray cans (over a 100) -- which amounts to a sizable investment if you consider the average can to cost around $2.00

me too!

1x4 lumber is the perfect width for storing rattle cans
make a simple ladder shelf out of 1x4's (10" - 12" spacing between shelves)
nail 1/4 luan to the back of the shelves for rigidity
on the front:
Mdf doors
-or-
cheap window stop molding nailed across the face to retain spray cans

should do!!

 

[Torque1st]

In my flammable storage cabinet.

 

[e-tek]

which amounts to a sizable investment if you consider the average can to cost around $2.00

Goodfellow - where do you get spray cans for 2bucks?? Paint up here is 6-8bucks a pop!!

 

[Brad54]

I'm the one that suggested the milk crates... tip them on their side and set them on a shelf, then lay the cans on their sides, cap toward you, and stack 'em like cordwood.

You can get a LOT of cans in a plastic milk crate--they don't tip over while you're looking for a particular can, the pigment settles along the entire length of the can rather than in a deep pile at the bottom (so it mixes faster), and you can quickly sort through them looking for the color you want. Stacked boxes also look neater in a garage.

-Brad

 

[sctattooer]

Hang a couple of these on the wall:

available at Lowe's. 9 bucks each

 

[inurface]

My problem is that all the cans started to rust from being in the garage through the winter. Do you guys bring them inside?

 

[rickairmedic]

I have never taken my spray bombs inside for the winter . My garage is attatched and seldom goes below 50 * . I havent had a rust problem yet grnted I dont know what part of the country your in and that could make a differance . I have bare steel that has sat here all winter long with no rust on it either.

Rick

 

[avc8130]

Kitchen cabinet full. I would love to find a flammable cabinet eventually just for that "professional" look.
ac

 

[Charles (in GA)]

In my flammable storage cabinet.

Also in my flammable cabinet, upside down.

Charles

 

[nate379]

I have old hosiptal cabs I'm gonna put up in teh garage.

Flame locker is nice, but I figure if fire is getting to the paint cans, it's already got the torch set and my solvent tank as well, so I'm pretty much f$@#$ed

 

[inurface]

I did store mine in the open on a shelf near the overhead door. It's possible that since it was there the cans would get some moisture on them and that's the reason they are rusting. After I'm done with the garage makeover, I'll store them further in the garage and in a dryer area.

 

[fabman_52]

File cabinets, I put all of my cans in the drawers according to product, put
labels in the slot to ID what is in any given drawer.