The starting point in producing coat hooks is to make up your mind on the spot that you hope to situate the coat hook. The shape of the coat hook and the number of Shaker pegs that are needed for your project. The next step in making your coat hook is to make up your mind on which kind of lumber and color you desire in order to match your decoration.

Once the determination has been settled on as to the kind of wood. We manufacture Oak, Cherry and Maple wall mounted coat racks. You will need to make up your mind on a brass hook design or a wood peg design. You can usually locate all the things you need desire at a hardware store each has a adequate amount of satin nickel hooks and Shaker pegs and different types of wood. If you decide on exotic kind of lumber such as Teak you may have to special order it.

You will be required to sand your coat hook usually down to 200 grit, this will leave a scratch free piece of wood spread over the stain on. Whether it be solid Teak or a brass hook coat rack that you are producing .

Most people choose to use an oil base wiping stain such as offered by Deft. Make sure that your wall coat rack is clean. Purchase the stain you want, be sure to agitate the stain thoroughly. (hint: you can test the stain on unused piece of wood) Generously rub on on the stain I usually use a old t shirts for this permit the stain settle for 15 minutes and clean up the extra if you need a darker color reapply and rub the stain in.

Once the stain has dried you may apply a clear top coat. We top our wall coat racks with a gloss lacquer that is sprayed on you can use oil if you want. It is usually best to apply many you may wish to to sand with 400 grit sandpaper in-between coats to remove any dust. After the finish coat sand with 400 grit sandpaper then use a burgundy pad and some Johnson's wax to rub your wood coat rack to a gloss finish.