I am building a set of built in bookshelves with floating shelves set on pins. The bookshelves will be painted, so I'm assuming 1 coat of primer and 2 coats of finish.
Should I drill the holes for the floating shelves before assembly or after painting?
I figure that if I drill before paint, the paint will change the dimensions of the holes. I'd like to paint after assembly and before installing the cases to the wall, so if I drill after paint, access to the holes will be limited.
This particular problem is about the order of operations:
- Glue Up
- Paint
- Drill
or
- Glue Up
- Drill
- Paint