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Subject : MDF vs Hardboard
Posted : 2006-01-27 1:55 PM
Post #32750
Can hardboard such as Masonite be used as a substrate for paperbacked veneer or should mdf be used?


 
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Brian Gray

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Subject : RE: MDF vs Hardboard
Posted : 2006-01-27 6:53 PM
Post #32753 - In reply to #32750
I'd stay away from the masonite.

If you take a chisel to the edge of masonite, you'll see how you can literally peel it away from itself...not a good quality in a veneer substrate.

Go with MDF....my 2 cents.


 
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Subject : RE: MDF vs Hardboard
Posted : 2006-01-27 7:14 PM
Post #32754 - In reply to #32753
Brian: I purchased some 1/8 mdf (fibrex mdf) from a plywood wholesaler but when I received it it looks just like masonite, not like an mdf board. That is why I was concerned.


 
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Darryl Keil

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Subject : RE: MDF vs Hardboard
Posted : 2006-01-28 12:19 PM
Post #32757 - In reply to #32754
Schuff,

Its hard to say which one you have without seeing it. They could have pulled the wrong material by accident. About all I can say is MDF is usually a lighter brown and Masonite a darker chocolate brown.

Like Brian said, you don't want to use Masonite for veneering.

Sincerely
Darryl Keil


 
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Subject : RE: MDF vs Hardboard
Posted : 2006-01-29 1:20 PM
Post #32761 - In reply to #32757
Thanks, It is lighter than Masonite.
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