| Save floor space and improve drying time, by standing each shelf close to upright and against a corner of the previous one.
Do a dry run to see for yourself. You will want them to bevery near vertical, otherwise they'll go critical and collapse likedominos and drive you off to a stiff drink.
When doors and shelves were fashioned from solidwood, all surfaces needed to be sealed and finished. Anyunfinished edges (especially tops and bottoms of solid wood doors)absorbed moisture and would eventually warp. By sealing allsurfaces, thereby keeping humidity and moisture out, warping wasminimized.
Along came Plywood. It is not prone to warping. These shelves were double-laminated to support huge weight. Finish only whatis visible. Just the front edge veneer of thisdouble-laminated plywood shelving needed to be stained (first shelf in photo).
While today's composites (plywood, pressboard) are muchless likely to warp, unsealed edges will swell if they get wet,so it is still a good idea to seal everything up if you feel that humidity might pose aproblem. | |
