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Default Lining a lazy Susan cupboard

On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:49:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 07:33:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 00:49:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have two of those lazy Susan type cupboards where the roundish
>>>>> shelves just sort of go around and around. The cupboard is not a
>>>>> complete circle. I had previously lined them with white Contact
>>>>> paper but that didn't work so
>>>>> well. I couldn't get a piece that was the right size so I wound up
>>>>> piecing
>>>>> some together. It looked like crap. I decided to remove the
>>>>> paper in the flour cupboard after I discovered the weevils. That
>>>>> cupboard has since had
>>>>> pretty much everything replaced except for the salt.
>>>>>
>>>>> The other cupboard has mainly canned goods but the liner is old
>>>>> looking and
>>>>> starting to rip.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have bought some of that spongy liner with the holes in it in
>>>>> the hopes that it will keep things from sliding. One problem I've
>>>>> had is stuff flying
>>>>> off the sides as the shelves spin around.
>>>>>
>>>>> But how to cut it? This might be easier to install because it is
>>>>> more flexible. I had purchased some white liner online that just
>>>>> didn't work at
>>>>> all. It was very stiff and slick and even when cut in pieces
>>>>> there turned out not to be enough of it. I am not sure the stuff
>>>>> I have now is big enough to be able to put just one piece in. I
>>>>> don't really know how to explain it but the curved design is
>>>>> baffling me. Also the fact that I can't
>>>>> access the entire cupboard at once. I can only get to like...half
>>>>> of it or
>>>>> so.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas? Or hmmm... Maybe I could pay my nephew to do the
>>>>> lining for me.
>>>>> He's had a heck of a lot more math than I have.
>>>>
>>>> Lazy susans in corner cabinets are a waste of space and schmutz
>>>> collectors, especially underneath... get rid of them. I use one of
>>>> those grocer's friends to reach into the far recesses of corner
>>>> cabinets... a good place to store paper products.
>>>
>>> I would love to get rid of them but I can't afford to redo my
>>> kitchen.

>>
>> There is no kitchen redoing. It should be very easy to remove the
>> lazy susan, all you need is a screw driver and someone who can reach
>> into the cabinet to remove the bracket at the top, then the whole
>> assembly lifts out so you can remove the bottom bracket, or just leave
>> it there... I'd reattach the top bracket as well so it doesn't get
>> misplaced in case someone wants to reinstall the lazy susan.

>
>But then I'd be left with a big gaping hole!


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