Don't Buy Paint Storage, DO THIS!

I want to like the video but its currently at 666 likes and I cant be the one to mess with that

This video is really refreshing. No fancy workshop, no expensive tools, minor mistakes, but in the end, works just like intended and looks great.

If it's soft wood you always need to drill it with a bit smaller than the screw. Then run the screws in. That will keep it from cracking and splintering.

Split wood. Drill pilot hole before screws

As a hobby wood worker, in addition to an extremely new and inexperienced miniature painter, I can tell you that I have a shop with thousands of dollars worth of power tools, fasteners and equipment. But at least you have at least one thing that I don't, and that is a perfectly functional and great looking paint rack for your paints! Great job.

Looks great, being that chunky it should last a very long time. If you do another project like this my tip would be by drilling a small pilot hole where you are going to put a screw will stop the wood from splitting.

Having just built an entire workbench, with only a janky old jigsaw, I feel this, in my pores. Much empathy and sympathy. Hey! Your rack is complete, and functional; that goes in the "W" column 👍

Aww yea Pickle, homemade paint shelves ! You have given me inspiration to use the spare Picket fence wood I have in the shed to build paint shelving too. Thankyou my friend 😀🤘💜💚💙

Only advice I have is drill some pilot holes get a jigsaw make your life easier and for stronger joints use a pocket hole they are great for right angle joints and if you want to attach it to the wall I'm sure it would be fine if you used proper raw plugs and brackets

Well... it is certainly sturdy. Lovely cat. 😻

As someone who has just bought a house and is also shit at DIY you've given me hope I can build my own dream set up lol loving the vids lately!

I always pre-drill my holes slightly smaller than the size of the screw so it is less likely to split and still gives the screw plenty to grab. Great project and I will likely use bits of this as inspiration for my own!

Afew years ago I decided to make myself a paint rack. I basically made a frame from 15mm thick planks, then nailed on a backing from 2mm thick mdf and I used a slightly smaller mdf board to be the ''facing'' of the rack arranged to sit about 40mm from the backing. In Adobe Illustrator I made a mock up of the layout of the circular holes that would host my Vallejo bottles. I marked the centre of each hole, then printed the mockup, layed it over the facing mdf and with a nail I tapped the positions of the centres of the circles I wanted cut out. Then I cut them using a drill with an annular cutter the ones with the diamond dust. The rack could fit over 200 Vallejo bottles. It was very nice and cheap to make BUT....... Every summer usually Im moving to my summer house, so I have to take my hobby stuff with me. As always I forget to take something and its the ONE thing that I need. When there is no hobby store or even a decent art store around you need a portable solution. The fastest and cheapest solution was to buy some sturdy corrugated board boxes intended for comic book storage. They are impressively durable. Then I made some stackable trays from sturdy board. I can fit over 200 colors + primer bottles + small accessories in a quite small box around 35x 25 x 25 cm. It can be easily stored and when Im painting I can have the trays out to see all the colors. Guess what. When I returned from vacations the colors never left that box. Its way more practical than a wall rack that takes valuable space. PS I see an Ibanez (Universe?) in the background. You sir are a man of culture and good taste!

I've read through the comments and am amazed that not one person suggested pre-drilling holes. Glad I'm able to be the very first to suggest this.

This was such a laugh! It's a refreshing thing to see a Youtuber actually show struggle and make mistakes. No fancy workshops and shopping lists of expensive tools and supplies. It's so accurate to 90% of us out there who'd just wing it 😂 Honestly, my track record for DIY is to spend a fortune on all the bits, all the tools, sketching out plans and stuff, then just never getting around to it. So probably never would have actually made anything! That said, I would probably have tried to have slimmer shelves and frame to save on weight and space. Might have had them standing upright and tilted forward a little bit with a lip so they don't fall out and make them more clustered together.

Finally saw this in my feed. If you haven't already, I strongly suggest covering the tops of the caps on your paint bottles with the paint itself so that you have an accurate, dried color reference facing you.

Good job, at least you went and did something. Paint and putty are your friends in woodworking.

Great vid thanks. Love the idea of using foam core for the backing. Much cheaper than thin plywood. Only thing I would have done differently is to drill small pilot holes for the screws first. Stops it splitting.

I swear by Velcro for just securing something easy like that. Not the full weight of course, but just to help hold it. If your walls are smooth! Turned out great btw! Good job you two!

Thank you for your content Mate. I am a U.S Special Forces Operator well retired now. I got into the hobby to help me get back to living a normal life without combat. I served 24yrs. I wanted to say next time you build another paint rack and notice your wood is splitting drill pilot holes into your wood. Cheers Mate. From your friend across the "pond" also I want to shout out to Loki the cat! Love seeing Loki on your vids! I have a cat that looks almost identical! His name is Comanche among other 4 letter words. Lol