I’m in the process of closing up some shelving in my garage with doors – one, to make it look better and two, to keep dust from filling the shelves.
Any advice on how to add a seal to the doors (probably 3/4″ painted ply or mdf) to keep most of the dust out?
I’m also thinking about making some sliding panels for one area, just two pieces of 1/4″ ply in grooves. Any way to make this dust free?
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I've never tried it myself, but I would think that any sort of weatherstripping would help keep the dust out.
The sliding doors will be harder to weatherstrip, but if you can figure out a way to apply/install a leaf strip, that would probably be the best solution. The leaf will allow contact, but will result in much less friction than a compression-type weatherstip.
Edited 7/20/2007 2:00 pm ET by Ragnar17
Not what ya asked but.....
I just recently got a 2 hp 70 gallon Dust collecter for my shop.
What a difference!
Being as my "shop" is still in the part of the house that is connected to actual living space, it really shut the wife up.
Get the dust at the source, and the hell with the cabinets. LOL
I'd have to look the company name up but we recently did a house that the kitchen cabs had a thin rubber strip all the way around the doors and even inbetween where the two doors meet.
I couldnt see how any dust would get into those cabinets. I'd never seen it before but seamed kinda like a good idea.
Doug
I would love to know the name if you can find it, thanks.
J
The name of the cabinet company is Wm Ohs http://www.wmohs.com/gallery/
but I cant find anything on there website that shows how the rubber moulding is used. Maybe you can contact them?
What I saw, and I meant to take a picture of it but cant find one, is a small soft rubber, almost weather strip, piece inserted into a fine grove and when the door shut it bumped to the rubber. Between the two doors (these cabinets were full inset doors but I'm sure they do something similar for overlay doors) was a thin soft rubber strip that allowed a seal between the doors.
Thats all I can remember but I'm sure you can contact Ohs or go to a site that offers weather striping in various size and shapes and I'd bet you can come up with something that would work just as well.
Doug
Maybe more than is needed, but these guys have some interesting seals.
http://www.conservationtechnology.com/downloads/Weatherseals.pdf
Rout or saw a groove around the perimeter of an overlay door and install a small bulb or flap seal. I'd probably use a conventional euro hinge like Blum or Salice. They "lift" the door off the surface of cabinet a bit as they open. Seal wouldn't drag/slide so much on face frame as it opened compared to a conventional pin hinge. They also have lots of adjustment for fine tuning.
My favorite for hinges:
http://www.cabinetparts.com/shop_2006/part_details/?SID=1c276acee83a2b465e7c4db9d76d6120&id=BH71T5550&cat=310
with this base for carcase mount:
http://www.cabinetparts.com/shop_2006/part_details/?SID=1c276acee83a2b465e7c4db9d76d6120&id=BH175H7100&cat=322
or this one for face frame mount:
http://www.woodworkerswholesale.com/SearchResults.asp?Extensive_Search=Y&Search=175h6000&Search.x=21&Search.y=15
PJ
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
I would think that the doors themselves would keep out 99% of the dust (if you keep them closed)
a 3/8 rabetted inset would take care of most of the remaining 1%
or are you talking proctologist (anal surgery) clean levels???
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I found my Pants....