Subject: advice on MDF

From: ken <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 08:41:39 +0000

A friend wants to panel his bathroom and is thinkng of MDF (due to
cheapness). I'm not sure whether it will cope with humidity.

Does anyone have any experience of say, sealing BOTH sides before
hanging it??

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From: [email-masked] (David Meiland)
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 13:38:18 GMT

Why not sheetrock? It will be much cheaper and easier to hang. I can't
imagine wanting to countersink all the screws necessary to hang MDF on
the lid... but if you do, seal it (including edges after you cut each
piece) and don't use a water-based product on it--it will fuzz up on
you...

DM

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From: Tim Gillespie <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 20:57:36 -0800

> >Does anyone have any experience of say, sealing BOTH sides before

Better yet, try greenboard. This is sheetrock with a water resistant
paper.

Tim

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From: [email-masked] (Richard MacDonald)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 10:04:19 -0700

On Sun, 09 Feb 1997 20:57:36 -0800, Tim Gillespie <[email-masked]> may

>Better yet, try greenboard. This is sheetrock with a water resistant
Greenboard (or Greenrock) is required by the building code in most U.S.
cities for Bathroom use. I wouldn't recommend MDF for a wall covering in such
potentially wet areas. Use greenrock.
Dick MacDonald
dickmac@(delete this to reply)fastservice.com
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