Improving some wall cabinet sides.

[BBD]

Lads,

I am trying to restore and improve afterwards an older design. At the moment, the panels are with the original paint and unaltered, except rust spots.

While this may work on industrial sites, I do care on the aestethic side of my tools so I want to alter the spanners holder.

First, the panels will be blasted then powder coated at a tools factory.

Will the coat be sufficient in protecting my tools from scratches ? Rubber dipping is expensive, and will require heating and weld cutting, which is a little to much.

Plastidip on powder coat ?

 

[jakemac]

Sorry to say, the answer is no.

At first I thought that lining each channel with heavy felt might be the answer, but then I realized that the felt would absorb moisture from the air and promote rust.

Perhaps clear poly tubing, cut lengthwise could be pushed onto each channel and formed with slight heat, to form a cradle. It would work like body trim gaskets. It would be time consuming, but you could make a hobby out of it to keep you out of the Pub.

 

[BBD]

Well done.

U profile weather rubber gasket :d

 

[Kevin54]

Once you have the panels cleaned and powder-coated, what about masking them off and use a spray on bed-liner so the tools won't scratch?