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The very first step in manufacturing wall coat racks is to fix on the location that you hope to put the coat hook. The shape of the coat hook and the quantity of brass hooks that are required for your needs. The next step in creating your coat hook is to fix on what species of lumber and shade you desire to match your home decoration.

Once the determination has been finalized as to the species of wood. We produce Oak, Cherry and Maple wall mounted coat racks. You will need to fix on a satin nickel hook shape or a peg shape. You can customarily locate all the supplies you need desire at a hardware store most have a large supply of satin nickel hooks and wooden pegs and different kinds of wood. If you fix on an exotic species of lumber such as Cocobolo you may have to search for it.

You will need to sand your coat hook customarily up to 150 grit, sandpaper this should leave a scratch free surface to put the finish on. Whether it be solid Cocobolo or a brass hook coat rack that you are manufacturing .

Many people like to use an oil base wiping finish such as offered by Minwax. Be sure that your coat rack is dust free. Choose the finish you want, be sure to agitate the finish thoroughly. (hint: you might want to test the finish on a scrap hunk of wood) Copiously spread on the finish I customarily use a paper towel for this permit the finish sit for a few minutes and wipe off, if you require a darker color apply a second coat and rub the finish in.

After the finish has dried you may apply a clear top coat. We final finish our wall coat racks with a straw lacquer that is sprayed on you can use linseed oil if you wish. It is customarily to put on several coats you might want to sand with 360 in-between coats to get rid of any imperfections. After the last coat sand with 360 then use a grey scotch bright pad and some carnauba wax to rub your wood coat rack to a desired finish.