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!