I am new to DIY and a complete novice; have always been fascinated by wood working but never ventured into it.
I recently moved to a new house and wanted to build some shelves in garage.
Took up this opportunity and started reading several forums, watched videos etc. The wall that I am going to hang is plasterboard and I managed to locate the internal studs using a detector and knocking with my hands.
I bought c16 stud timber to build shelves based on a basic bracket design. I intend to screw the c16 as columns to the internal studs at multiple locations. Attach the brackets to this column and screw a plywood on top of brackets as the actual shelf. Hope my explanation is clear.
My question is that can I stain or paint the c16 timber. I was told c16 is treated and fairly strong and was not sure if the stain would react adversely.
I recently moved to a new house and wanted to build some shelves in garage.
Took up this opportunity and started reading several forums, watched videos etc. The wall that I am going to hang is plasterboard and I managed to locate the internal studs using a detector and knocking with my hands.
I bought c16 stud timber to build shelves based on a basic bracket design. I intend to screw the c16 as columns to the internal studs at multiple locations. Attach the brackets to this column and screw a plywood on top of brackets as the actual shelf. Hope my explanation is clear.
My question is that can I stain or paint the c16 timber. I was told c16 is treated and fairly strong and was not sure if the stain would react adversely.