Making a better/cheaper paint rack.

My desk has been cluttered for quite a while now. Mostly with modelling detritus, but also with two large paint racks. I made them almost two years ago as a stop gap. They have served me well, but I'm going to be putting my PC back together soon (after being packed away for about three years) & I'll need more room on my desk for a monitor. These old mofo's had to go!

Made from an old plastic draw cut diagonally in half
& corrugated plastic sheet folded at about ten places
for the shelves. Then add copious amounts of
hot glue.

Made from two plastic document trays hot glued together
& a corrugated plastic support frame attached at the back.

Now for the piece de resistance!!!

Firstly, I thought of the most space efficient storage rack I could think of, one mounted on a turntable, so that all the sides of the paint rack could be used. Second, I considered the cheapest & easiest material I could find. After all, it's only gotta hold mini paint bottles!

And so, here's the components I used to make the beast;

The most important part of the project, a plastic turntable.

Two plastic food containers.

Five plastic plates.

Cut the containers in half.

Place them alternately on top of one another
& glue them liberally with the hot, stringy,
messy glue gun.

And voilà!!!

My desk is now "a whole lot cleaner" :p

I actually wanted to make this thing ages ago, but I couldn't find a cheap enough turntable. They were either made out of aluminium or beautifully turned out wooden types, all expensive....for me. I stumbled across this black plastic one in a discount shop last week. I was so stunned to find a perfect unit for my project that I think I may have scared the shop assistant with the gleeful expletive that escaped my lips. Anyway, I was happy, stuff her & her socially accepted norms.

This rack holds all of the paints I had on both racks, is the same height & takes up less of a foot print on my desk too. It's a win all round as far as I'm concerned.

I now have a whole lot more room on my desk that I can now fill with other stuff.

Bye.