Piero Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) Curious if anyone has any ideas re: skinning/ adding a facade to industrial wire shelving...a la Uline. I'm leaning towards laser cut panels of something with magnets. Priority one is a seamless facade with zero light bleed... thoughts? Beuller?.......Beuller? 😛 Derp...forgot the link: sry, here's an example: https://www.uline.com/BL_3878/Chrome-Wire-Shelving Edited October 17, 2018 by Piero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Interesting. Whate are you using them for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Hey, Curious George...just answer the question! Jesus christ...😜 I'm considering turning my small downtown studio into a lab first (ReefLabs 2.0 brah!), and I can sleep on the couch or a hammock. But I would like to avoid the 'sweaty-wife-beater, salt-creep/wires everywhere' stigma of yore... when I'm entertaining guests who might be less than accustomed to mad marine scientists... Basically what i said, how to make industrial wire shelving slick looking...I'm planning on stacking tanks.🤔 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) Sry Clark, hopefully the tongue-in-cheek translated effectively with my emojis. 😛 I used these industrial wire racks for closet-reefin' in the past, but currently I have no way to conceal them elegantly...so I'm examining ways to make them as inconspicuous as possible. Curious if anyone has tried this in the past, or if I'm missing a good solution beyond magnets and maybe Corian custom panels. Honestly, the more DIY, the better. Edited October 17, 2018 by Piero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1. smear white glue over them2. stand 3 feet away and throw hand fulls of glitter on them! boom!! Bedalzed! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Totally get it. Idea:Â These are awesome and cheap/easy to build. https://www.familyhandyman.com/garage/storage/giant-diy-garage-cabinet/view-all/ Only requires a few screw holes in the wall and ceiling. Can be painted for those non reef types! Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 it would be easy to cover the rack parts. Simply buying melamine counter tops with the front lip on them and placing them on the racks would do it. But covering the sides and the posts themselves... Really difficult. I like Clarks Idea of just building some shelving units.  You could always use the wire shelves as is and then run all the wires through wire comb or pvc.  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Thanks for the ideas folks! I think the real challenge will be to make it nice and seamless, and dealing with the rounded posts. I'll keep you guys updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 there was a lady on YouTube that obviously doesnt have a job or a boyfriend that covered her wire shelves with foam board and self adhesive drawer liner. it looked really nice and I think in and around a saltwater aquarium it would last about...hmmmm 2 days? I still vote for glitter... Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) How about using sheets of black acrylic and a hot glue gun?  Can't get much more DIY than that.  With hot glue you can easily work around irregular shapes and rounded corners by just building up layers of the glue before attaching the outer sheathing. Then you can finish it off with @pdxmonkeyboy's glitter idea.  #teamwork. Edited October 18, 2018 by SuncrestReef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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