Method & disclosure
Who makes this guide, and how
bestpaintrack.com is made by Formada3D, a small 3D-printing workshop in Melbourne, Australia, that designs, prints and sells paint racks. .
Disclosure
Our rules, because we sell racks
That gives us a reason to favour our own racks. These rules are how we keep it fair:
- Our racks are always marked Ours and appear alongside racks from other makers.
- Where another maker publishes a better number for a use case (more pots, a lower price, a slimmer wall rack), they get the main slot.
- No affiliate links, no paid placements, no sponsored entries.
- No star ratings or reviews until we have real ones. We don't make up scores.
- Photos of our racks are our edited listing photos: real printed racks, with background and lighting cleaned up using editing tools, including AI editing. We don't use AI images of other makers' products, and their racks have no photos until we've bought and photographed them.
Sources
How specs are sourced
Every spec has a source link and one of these labels:
- From maker listing from the maker's own listing. For our racks, that's our shop data, read 9 November 2026.
- Checked on maker page, 9 Nov 2026 the key spec was confirmed on the maker's own page on 9 Nov 2026. The card says which fields.
- Retailer listing, re-checked 9 Nov 2026 re-confirmed on a retailer listing on 9 Nov 2026, because we couldn't confirm it on the maker's page.
- Listed spec, not yet re-checked from the vendor's or retailer's page, captured in our 8 November 2026 research and not yet re-confirmed. Prices and stock change.
- Third-party claim a number another site published, credited to them.
- Measured by us measured by us. None yet.
Where a spec wasn't in the source, we write "Not captured". We don't fill gaps with guesses.
Coming
How we will test
We plan to buy several racks from other makers and test them alongside ours, on the same bench with the same paints:
- 1
Hole fit
Caliper-measured hole diameter and depth. Fit checks with Citadel Base, Layer, Shade and Contrast pots, Vallejo and Army Painter 17–18 ml droppers, 35 ml bottles and Tamiya 23 ml jars.
- 2
Footprint
Desk area and depth, and paints per 100 cm² of desk.
- 3
Stability
How far a fully loaded rack can tip before it falls, and whether bottles fall out when you pull one.
- 4
Assembly
Time, tools, glue, and whether hardware is included.
- 5
Price paid
What we paid, including shipping to Melbourne, with the date.
Results will be published with dates and photos, including where our own racks do worse.
Open data
Data for people and AI tools
The comparison data is at /data/racks.json, with a source and status for each field. There's a plain-text summary at /llms.txt. If you quote this site, please say it's published by Formada3D, a paint-rack maker.
Corrections
Spot an error?
If you make or sell a rack and a spec here is wrong or missing, email info@formada3d.com with a link to your listing. We'll fix it and date the change.
Editor's log
What changed
- New layout: picks at a glance, a good / watch note on every pick, how we compare, and this update log.
- Edited photos added for six of our racks and combos that showed a placeholder.
- Re-checked other-maker specs: 14 racks now confirmed on a maker or retailer page, each labelled with where. Added the IKEA SKÅDIS guide and Pro Acryl hole sizes.
- Added guides for wall-mounted racks, small spaces and storing paints, plus our rack + riser combos.
- Guide launched: 28 racks (14 from other makers, 14 of ours), every spec with a source link.