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The3rd Earl Of Derby

wrote:

One word of warning on bookcase strips. If you decide that routing the
slots to be a tight fit is a good idea, then assemble the bookcases,
and then paint them, you may find that a large rubber mallet is
insufficient to persuade the strips to fit.

Did it not occur to you to feed the shelving strips into the top or bottom
and tap it into the recess till its gone all the way down the lenght of the
side? this will then bite the sides and eliminate the paint for a truly
flush finish.

....Or you could have masked the routed rebate before painting.

....Or sprayed the the MDF,Car aerosol spray stays whiter longer. :-)

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite