Colourful Peg Hanging Rack

Janice Anderssen
by Janice Anderssen
Use a piece of pine, plywood or MDF, a 25mm dowel and some Rust-Oleum 2X UltraCover spray paint to make this dowel hanging rack.
his dowel peg hanging rack can easily be mounted in a hallway for coats, in a bathroom for towels, or in a children's bedroom. You can make a longer rack for more hanging pegs, and choose your own colours for the pegs.
YOU WILL NEED:


Piece of board (MDF, plywood or pine will do) approx. 250 x 500mm or longer


25mm pine dowel


No More Nails adhesive


Rust-Oleum 2X UltraCover spray paint in your choice of colours


120- and 180- or 240-grit sandpaper


2 keyhole hangers and 4 of 16mm screws


TOOLS:


Drill / Driver plus assorted bits


25mm spade bit


Jigsaw and clean cut blade


Steel rule and pencil


OPTIONAL: Mitre saw if cutting dowel pegs at an angle
1. You can extend the length of the board if you want to add more hanging pegs. Divide the board into sections, allowing between 60 to 80mm between each peg. Use a steel ruler to mark and draw where to cut out for the pegs.
2. At the base of each slot drill a hole with a 25mm spade bit. If you are using a different sized dowel - use the corresponding size of spade bit.


GOOD TO KNOW


Place a scrap board underneath the board being cut to reduce ripping and chipping at the back of the board.
3. Use a jigsaw to cut out the slots.


4. After completing all the cutting, sand the edges smooth with 180- or 240-grit sandpaper. If you need to remove uneven edges inside the slots a Dremel MultiTool and sanding ring comes in very hand. Alternatively, wrap the dowel with sandpaper.
5. When using spray paint on SupaWood / MDF it is always better to seal the cut edges. This effectively blocks the edges and means that you use less paint. A small bead of wood glue applied over the edge works like a dream. Let the glue dry.
6. The pegs are 25mm in diameter and 100mm in length. The ends are cut at an angle for effect, but you can keep them straight if you don't have a mitre saw. The ends for our peg rack were cut at a 20-degree angle. Sand away any rough edges.


7. Choose your favourite colours for the pegs. We used Rust-Oleum 2X in satin poppy red, aqua, french lilac and green apple. Apply several light coats, allowing each coat to dry. The main panel was spayed with Rust-Oleum 2X satin heirloom white.
8. To mount the board onto a wall we used 2 keyhole brackets mounted at the back. These particular keyhole brackets need to be drilled out behind the fitting, so draw out the shape with a pencil.
Use a 10mm wood bit to drill to a 5mm depth where you marked the shape. And then screw in place with 16mm screws.
9. To mount the pegs use No More Nails adhesive at the base of the slots and push down the pegs. Use a damp cloth to wipe away any excess adhesive that oozes out.
Let the adhesive dry overnight.
Now you can hang the peg rack on the wall.
Janice Anderssen
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