Dry Racks

JAARONC

What do you guys think of these dry racks for finishing doors. Does any one own these products or does any one have any good ideas to build your own?
www.speedpainting.com
www.dorrak.com
www.pivot-pro.com
Thanks,Joel

Big Dave

We used to take a couple of saw horses and space them apart the height of the door then take some nails or screws and insert them in the end of the door to hang them on the saw horses. We would then take some 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 boards that we had precut and place them on top of the nails of the first door and that would space them apart enough for the next door.

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painterofeveryt

door deckers ,have em love em ,cheap too !

hmac

Hi all. Great forum.

I am considering Door Deckers. Two questions:

1. Interior doors can vary in length an inch or more after being trimmed to fit.
How do the Deckers work with different length doors? Seems like they wouldn't line up.

2. I see mention of making your own. Anybody else tried that?

Thank you!

RCPainting

Check out the Erecta Racks, they work great for drying doors and trim.
Here is a link to my review here.

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hmac

Thanks RC, but I want something I can spray a door side, turn it over immediately, spray the other side, then move it to a stack - similar to Door Deckers.

It will be faster, and I've found that spraying one side of a door, letting it dry, and then spraying the other side gets you a lot of overspray on previously sprayed side.

RCPainting

Yes, they are not made for spraying on, just drying, we actually spray the doors hanging, then stack them out of the way to finish during NC.

You could use screws like Big Dave mentions, spray the doors then move them to the rack.

The makers of Erecta Rack have listened to the painters though and are developing "handles" that will go in the ends of the doors and allow them to be moved. They really are a good company to deal with.

Here is a thread on PT about them, and i think they are still running a special, if you enter "painttalk" as a code, you get free shipping.

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pinwheel

I built my own using 1/2" osb. Designed em just like an I joist. Screw em to the top & bottom of the door, spray, flip, spray & move to the pile. We stack doors 6 high. Works well for us.

hmac

Thanks Pin,
I would love to see a picture of your method. I have 30 fir doors to clear lacquer late next week.

I does seem like you need at least a thin spacer between the door top/bottom and your bracket to get a clean edge without pooling or sticking between the door top/bottom and bracket, no?

Also, it seems that the brackets would be covered with paint/lacquer with each coat, causing them to glue together when stacked on top of each other, especially with the weight of other doors on top. How do you deal with that?

This is really helpful guys. Thanks for this!

pinwheel

Just think of the letter I. I built mine using 1/2" osb for the rib & 1 1/2:x3/4" osb for the top & bottom. I ripped a 1/2 dado down the middle of the top & bottom to accept the rib. The 1 1/2" top & bottom allow them to stack on top of each other & stay stable.

As for a spacer, I use pieces of 1/4" luan cut to 1 1/8" & tacked on the top & bottom of the door, That allows some space between the flipper & the door.

$10-15 worth of material & an hour of time & you'll have enough flippers for 30 doors.

hmac

Got it. That makes total sense. Thanks.

artiospainting

When I had a shop I used bakery racks If you dont find then for free you could get them from a restaurant supply store.

artiospainting

should of looked at your pictures first they look good. In the rite place . they'd be nice like in a confined area. if there's more room I'd do something else.

hmac

I ended up buying buying 10 sets of Door Deckers. My local paint store cut me a slightly better price than the $90 per 5 sets on SpeedPainting's website.

They work really well! 5 doors in a stack, so we can do 10 doors at a time in two stacks.

I didn't like the idea of the Deckers right up against the door so I ripped 3/4" plywood into 1 1/4" X 12" strips and screwed them to the door first, then the Deckers to the plywood. This avoids having a lighter spray pattern or pooling where the Decker meets the door, and keeps the Decker from sticking to the door.

We also put a loose strip of 1 1/2" tape over the top edge of the Decker while spraying which keeps the Deckers free of paint buildup. After spraying, you pull the tape off before stacking.

Well worth the money.

Swiss Painting

There is an alternative to all the models below. The company is named Door Rack Painter
Google it & check it out.