mdf

I’m going a little bit nuts over painted MDF. Had a large built in wardrobe made. Self painted with Leyland MDF primer x 3 coats. Top coated with x 3 leyland acrylic eggshell. Months later there was a smell that wouldn’t go away - either the MDF or the paint, very hard to tell as not everyone...

I am looking to build a shelf/desk in an alcove. The alcove is 96cm wide and for argument sake the depth would be 100cm so looking at 1m sq sheet of material. The desk would support laptop, monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc and would be supported by a baton along the 2 sides of the alcove but not...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on how to fix this type of damage please? (Please see photo) I have a few similar damaged areas across a number of furniture but this is one of the worse. I also have damage on a flat surface and heard colorfill was good and has good...

Finally getting round to changing the bath panel from a cheap plastic front to a wooden mdf front. I'm a bit nervous about cutting it down,what tool would be best to do the job? Dad mentioned a jigsaw ?? Heavy duty saw Hacksaw Circular saw Any ideas?

Hello, I've recently moved into a new build property. I have a bath which is enclosed on both ends by bathroom wall and boxed in section where the soil stack is. I tiled the bathroom floor with porcelain planks (first go at this, turned out quite well!) Of course this raised the bathroom...

Selco Paris Matt stuff, so 15mm MDF. Presumably I clamp panels and screw from inside carcass outwards into end clad panels, but no screws provided. No recommended clad fixing hole positions indicated on inside of carcass. What edge distances are recommended? Only a 16mm void so trying to lose...

Hi, New here. We are having a loft conversion done and company has failed time and again to waterproof the roof, so we are now experiencing the 4th rain leak in 5 weeks. As a result, one of the chipboard roof panels (where it leaked every single time) has been soaked through and through, and...

I am building a large work-surface that will be used for serving and preparing food and collecting dirty dishes. It will be made out of sheet board, and then tiled on top. The edges will be sealed with metal angle. Which of these materials are suitable? OSB2 OSB3 Softwood Plywood Hardwood...

Hi, i am looking at fitting the Primed MDF window boards. I am just wondering once the MDF has been cut to size are you then able to sand down the edges to give the bullnose effect? Thanks in advance

Hello, I have just had some floorboards up in a bedroom, to inspect the pipes there under and the original timber floorboards are in bad shape. The person below was also complaining of squeaking boards; the original floorboard nails have been in and out a dozen times I would guess, and some non...

Hi folks, Long-time lurker, first-time poster. I'm building some built-in wardrobe sliding doors -- four doors at ~2200x800mm each across a 3m span floor-to-ceiling, with carpet underneath. Importantly, they're going to be wrapped in fabric so couldn't care less about paintability. I don't...

I have built an arcade replica out of MDF. I've given it two coats of MDF primer and two coats of satin black emulsion. It looks nice. I'd like to protect it with a coat of varnish but I wanted to make sure that you can varnish over emulsion with a water-based varnish or not? Something like the...

Hi everyone! I just wanted ask whether instead of using MDF for shelf cladding, I could use plasterboard cut to size and screwed onto the wooden frame? I think it might work, but this is my first big DIY project. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Last summer I fitted out the garage with lots of metal frame shelving units, with 5mm MDF as the shelves. The garage has no leaks etc., but is unheated and it has been a damp winter. Just discovered that all the bare MDF has grown horrendous black and green mould. The undersides of the shelves...

Hi, I want to use a large amount of mdf for utility shelving and wall covering however I dont want to paint it. I just want to cut it and put it up. Is it safe to do this. I have read that mdf may be dangerous - chemicals, formaldehyde etc. Is it really that bad once cut and installed? thanks...

Been asked to mend an MDF wardrobe door in my daughter's house; the hinges have pulled out. It's a great big door, almost 2m in height and about 500mm wide. It's made of 15mm MDF and then has some strips of something (probably thin MDF) on the front to give a panelled effect, so it's pretty...