Follower of green furniture or passionate about DIY manufacturing ? The coffee table diy palette is for you. Des Pieds Sous Ma Tables shows you how, with a few basic tools and a little elbow grease, you can make a truly fashionable piece of furniture.
For your DIY coffee table you can opt for the pallet marked "EUR PAL ". It is used to transport goods for export. This is a palette previously treated. It has the advantage of being more robust despite being heavier. It is more difficult to disassemble.
About the classic palette, it is also ideal for making your diy pallet coffee table. The raw wood of this type of pallet has not undergone any treatment. It is advisable to opt for a pallet that has been used for building materials. It is stronger and easier to disassemble.
A pallet is generally provided with three studs. They are placed on the ground. It is necessary to add the crosspieces which are perpendicular to the studs. As for the boards above, they are spaced. Another model of pallet is constituted only by crosspieces present on the thickness of the board.
– 4 feet of 33 or 41 cm high
– Two pallets
– Varnish
– Heavy grain pumice paper
– Fine grain pumice paper
– Plywood plate
– Nails
– Special hinge screw
- Hammer
– Tongs
– Screwdriver
- Crowbar
– Sander
- Brush
– Water + soap
Start with a thick grain to get rid of rough patches by applying to the entire surface. Use fine-grit sandpaper to smooth the palette. Do the same with the second palette. After sanding the two pallets, proceed with the cleaning. Dust the pallets with the brush. Continue with washing with soap and water. Let dry.
You have to put each pallet upside down. Then the hammer or crowbar is used to lift the slats or boards. They have to be removed gradually. The nails are to be removed using pliers or a crowbar. Be very careful when removing planks or slats from the pallet. Sometimes they break when the wood is too dry.
To have a very solid table, it is necessary to sufficiently reinforce the base of the structure. Care must be taken to place the slats so that they cross the pallet on each side. This trick is used to reserve sufficient space for fixing the coffee table legs.
A word of advice: make a blank assembly to make sure that everything matches, including the location provided for the feet of the DIY table. Then proceed to assemble with the nails.
Flip the coffee table over to access the slots provided for the feet. Pre-drill the holes to accommodate the hinge screws intended for the pallet coffee table legs. Using the screwdriver, fix the feet. Just screw each pied on each corner of the coffee table. For the style of the legs of your coffee table, it's up to you to choose the total look wood with stic feet, a style industrial with Gato feet or a modern style with Tstar feet..
In order to bring a more refined aspect, it is preferable to apply with a brush one or two coats of varnish transparent on your diy coffee table, it is enough to respect the pause time between the two coats of varnish. Sometimes, a passage with the sander is useful to remove the last roughnesses. After dusting with a brush, the varnish must be brushed on. Another option is to paint the palette. In this case, a primer must be applied for good paint adhesion.
To hide the holes under the pallet, the plywood board is a good plan. It is very practical because it promotes storage in the pallet. The use of pieces of wood when assembling the slats or planks is not always very stylish. Think of the glass top to achieve the same result while providing a more pleasant rendering by choosing table legs in agreement with the whole.
