Floating Shelf

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Comment by Claude Bradford on August 27, 2013 at 1:46pm

Love it. Great looking and sleek floating shelf. Great design, very nice combo of paint with the natural finish and it matches the area. Love the drawer. Great work Alex!

Comment by James Waller on August 24, 2013 at 12:12pm

Must be a magicians trick, where are the wires? :)

Very nice shelf and drawer!

Comment by Russ Haynes on August 23, 2013 at 9:35pm

Excellent -- thanks a bunch, Alex.  I love how your finish turned out and I have a project that I think I may try to copy it on -- I'll post a picture.  Thanks again -- happy sawdust-making to you.

Comment by Alex Shiells on August 23, 2013 at 3:54pm

Yeah, fantastic stuff...

I live in South Africa so I am not sure of you get the same products but I use the Woodline range of AC paints from Chemspec

Comment by Russ Haynes on August 23, 2013 at 3:15pm

Ahhh, the Perfect IT -- so it does work.  Awesome, thanks.  What kind of paint is the white base coat?

Comment by Alex Shiells on August 23, 2013 at 2:57pm

Hi Russ,

I used MDF sheet for the white parts. So here is the whole process

1. Seal with a MDF sealer

2. Sand 220 grit

3. Spray 2 x primer

4. Sand 400 grit

5. Spray base coat x2 heavy (heave does not mean dripping)

6. Sand 800

7. Spray base coat 

8. Sand 1200

9. Polish with 3M Perfect IT compound.

I did maybe go over board for most people but I like that every single person that walks past the shelf needs to run their hand on it it is so smooth and shiny. 

Comment by Russ Haynes on August 23, 2013 at 11:14am

Nice work.  The design is great -- leaves space for shoes underneath and the drawer keeps the clutter tucked away, preserving the clean contemporary look of the entryway.  I have to ask -- can you describe the white finish, i.e. what it is and how you did it?  Thanks!

Comment by Rita B. on August 22, 2013 at 8:27pm

Great contemporary design!