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Default Lining a lazy Susan cupboard

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.