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_Iz-:

--- Quote from: nipsmg on March 09, 2004, 03:38:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: _Iz- on March 09, 2004, 02:31:26 pm ---It's impossible to paint particleboard and have it look good. Only use particleboard if you're covering it with laminate. If you're painting use MDF or birch plywood for best results.

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VERY untrue.

Get a VERY GOOD Primer/Sealer.  Use multiple coats. WAIT THE SPECIFIED TIME UNTIL DRY and take into account the temperature and humidity.  Multiple coats of paint. Lightly sand between coats.  It WILL come out beautiful if you do it right and actually wait a proper length of time in between coats.

--NipsMG



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You'll spend more on the paint and primer and effort to make particleboard look good than it would have cost to use MDF and 1 or 2 coats of average paint...

Considering the small cost difference between particleboard and MDF is it worth the hassle?

DougHillman:

--- Quote from: _Iz- on March 09, 2004, 03:50:14 pm ---
You'll spend more on the paint and primer and effort to make particleboard look good than it would have cost to use MDF and 1 or 2 coats of average paint...

Considering the small cost difference between particleboard and MDF is it worth the hassle?

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If it'll save a buncha pounds offa the weight, possibly.

_Iz-:

--- Quote from: DougHillman on March 09, 2004, 05:59:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: _Iz- on March 09, 2004, 03:50:14 pm ---
You'll spend more on the paint and primer and effort to make particleboard look good than it would have cost to use MDF and 1 or 2 coats of average paint...

Considering the small cost difference between particleboard and MDF is it worth the hassle?

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If it'll save a buncha pounds offa the weight, possibly.



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If you're truely concerned about the weight then don't use MDF or Particleboard, use a good smooth plywood, like birch.

PS, I'm a professional cabinetmaker, I've been one for almost 20 years now. I have extensive personal experience with these materials we are discussing. If it were my decision I would not use particleboard unless it was being covered in laminate. Period.

MDF is easy to work with, fairly cheap and the faces paint up very nicely. Downside: It's HEAVY!

Plywood is relatively expensive, even more so for decent quality stuff that won't delaminate or have surface voids.  It's not quite as nice to work with as MDF but still pretty decent. It's relatively light compared to MDF and is quite strong.

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