Do Home Depot or Lowes sell Masonite?
Thanks,
Alex
Andy Dingley wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:30:55 GMT, Alex <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>What kind of finish can you guys recommend for
>>moisture protection?
>
>
> The best finish for benches is an oil, just because it's easy to
> continually refinish as they wear. There's o such thing as a "finish for
> life" on a benchtop.
>
>
>>BTW I'll be doing mostly metalwork on my bench.
>
>
> Masonite, shiny side up. Hold it down with a few stips of DS tape.
> Replace every year or two.
Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:07:16 GMT, Alex <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Do Home Depot or Lowes sell Masonite?
>
> Yes, of course. Sorry, I thought this was a well-known tradename in the
> USA. Here in the UK we generally call it "hardboard".
>
> It's the thin man-made board that has been around since the '30s. One
> side is very hard and shiny, the other side has a chain-link pattern
> pressed into it from the machien that makes it. The better grade is "oil
> tempered" and is a bit more water resistant. Dirt cheap, good surface
> hardness and liquid resistance, no strength at all unless supported
> underneath.
>
I don't think the Masonite company sells the plain stock anymore. Tempered
hardboard should be available almost anywhere now, though, as a commodity
product.
The Masonite folk sell interior doors and such, though.
Patriarch
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:30:55 GMT, Alex <[email protected]> wrote:
>What kind of finish can you guys recommend for
>moisture protection?
The best finish for benches is an oil, just because it's easy to
continually refinish as they wear. There's o such thing as a "finish for
life" on a benchtop.
>BTW I'll be doing mostly metalwork on my bench.
Masonite, shiny side up. Hold it down with a few stips of DS tape.
Replace every year or two.
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:07:16 GMT, Alex <[email protected]> wrote:
>Do Home Depot or Lowes sell Masonite?
Yes, of course. Sorry, I thought this was a well-known tradename in the
USA. Here in the UK we generally call it "hardboard".
It's the thin man-made board that has been around since the '30s. One
side is very hard and shiny, the other side has a chain-link pattern
pressed into it from the machien that makes it. The better grade is "oil
tempered" and is a bit more water resistant. Dirt cheap, good surface
hardness and liquid resistance, no strength at all unless supported
underneath.