Inspiration needed - black shelves

CAR SPRAY PAINT WILL DO IT

It will on a car, but probably not on material suitable for shelving. I did something similar a few years back and used fibreglass resin (Halfords) to impregnate blockboard. Goes rock hard and can be sanded to a fine finish. Then a spray paint might do it.

Cover/Glue the wood with Laminate sheeting aquired from the sheds,the black is right shiny

But first you need to completely seal the wood grain so as not to absorb it into the wood itself,this requires a hard laquered finish.

It's heavy but try a stone mason or grveyard headstone maker. They have access to black stone that takes a brilliant polish. It will last almost forever as well but it's not cheap. We've recently replaced the window cill in our bathroom with a polished stone one as it was washed by the shower so we wanted something imune to water. They are excelent but heavy.

John

Choices (from best to cheapest): Stone, Corian, Formica.

If you can afford it,go for the black marble/black granite option.

Never used corian so don't know how to work it (believe it can be sawn and routed), but it looks great in use. See

Formica metallic black:

Black glass or glass spray painted black

How much do you want to pay?

There is some stuff called Corian (IIRC) that would be perfect. It is not cheap.

Thanks to all, several good ideas.

Dave

Get some MDF and take it to a car spray shop. You may need to apply your own primer...

Spray on cellulose primer usually works fine on wood.

I would use ordinary car body filler

MDF in wet areas?

Glass.

But how to fix to the wall? I don't want external supports so I'd planned to weld a couple of bars to a back plate which would be recessed into the back of the shelf. To do this with glass I'd need to get the glass drilled and the back relieved - sounds expensive and non-DIY.

Dave

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Make a glass box and use those Ikea supports that are two bars sticking out of a wallplate. Modern adhesives will hold glass together beautifully.

what wet areas...anyway, if its painted, why not?