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Old October 17th 04, 10:25 AM
Glen Sayers
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I see most people use plywood for their houses. It makes no difference to me
from the point of view of machining but it seems for my house, which will
have no exposed timber, that mdf board would give a better painted finish.
Is their any particular reason not to use it?
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Glen


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Old October 17th 04, 02:36 PM
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"Glen Sayers" wrote in message
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I see most people use plywood for their houses. It makes no difference to
me
from the point of view of machining but it seems for my house, which will
have no exposed timber, that mdf board would give a better painted finish.
Is their any particular reason not to use it?
Cheers
Glen


I have never used MDF. The negative I have heard is that because the
material is very hard, it's difficult to tapwire if you use brads because
the brads don't go in easily.

Carol
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Old October 18th 04, 11:52 PM
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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 09:36:42 -0400, "Carol"
wrote:

I have never used MDF. The negative I have heard is that because the
material is very hard, it's difficult to tapwire if you use brads because
the brads don't go in easily.


Add to that the fact that MDF is mainly dust and glue, and you don't
have a very durable product, IMO. Particularly when compared to a
good quality plywood, like birch. For my money, I'd rather spend a
little more and get a material that is used by cabinetmakers for its
durability, structural integrity, uniformity and overall quality, over
the MDF.



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