MDF is not the same as particle board.
Depending on your shop environment unpainted MDF can pick up mositure.
I live in SoCal & use MDF for all sorts of garage / shop cabinets, tool
racks & shelves. I pre-paint the sheets with an epoxy paint (esp the
edges). I second coat after assembly cutting & assembly
It accepts paint very well & with the epxoy paint the stuff is damn
near waterproof.
If you use LONG screws you can get away with going into edge grain.
The 5/8" sheet is pretty thin though. Otherwise use hinges that allow
face grain screws. The door is going to be a little on the heavy side,
use some good sized hinges.
cheers
Bob
>I want to make three door fronts, 5/8 inch thick. The door sizes are about
> 26 by 30 inches high. Would MDF be alright? I am not sure about putting
> hinge screws into the end board. I have that MDF available, the other
> material would be plywood, but I'd have to buy that..
> Thanks
Unless you insert some hardwood where the screws are going to go, you're
better off using euro hinges with MDF. An MDF door that size is going to be
rather heavy. You might need to use 3 hinges.
Hi George,
I have to agree with the others - I don't think that
I would use MDF alone for doors. I have made many
doors with MDF panels and a poplar frame, but
the MDF alone would not hold up IMHO.
If you do use it, the Euro 35mm hinge would
be necessary I think.
Lou
In article <[email protected]>,
George Graham <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to make three door fronts, 5/8 inch thick. The door sizes are about
> 26 by 30 inches high. Would MDF be alright? I am not sure about putting
> hinge screws into the end board. I have that MDF available, the other
> material would be plywood, but I'd have to buy that..
> Thanks
>
>
George Graham <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to make three door fronts, 5/8 inch thick. The door sizes are about
> 26 by 30 inches high. Would MDF be alright? I am not sure about putting
> hinge screws into the end board. I have that MDF available, the other
> material would be plywood, but I'd have to buy that..
> Thanks
If you use MDF, and I've done a lot of doors in MDF, you have to paint
it well, so it doesn't suck up any moisture. And I'd use Euro cup
hinges, though.
--
mare
I'd pass on the MDF. If the doors are for a shop cabinet, then plywood
whould be fine. If the doors are for the kitchen or other area that you
care about, make simple frame and panel doors.
Dave
"George Graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I want to make three door fronts, 5/8 inch thick. The door sizes are about
> 26 by 30 inches high. Would MDF be alright? I am not sure about putting
> hinge screws into the end board. I have that MDF available, the other
> material would be plywood, but I'd have to buy that..
> Thanks
>
>
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I just put new hinges on "veneered" particleboard doors on our kitchen
cabinets. Ugly! Pain in the ass getting screws to stay - had to drill
and re-drill and glue and fill -- yuk!
I built doors using face frames and poplar plywood. They look better
than the kitchen cabinets - and were cheap and intended to be "rough usage".
http://woodwork.pmccl.com/Business/productsbusiness/productsother.html
Used biscuits and cut a groove to hold the plywood panel. Stained it
after using Minwax conditioner.
Now that I have regained a lot of my skills it would be mortise and
tenon face frames.
MDF? Never again!!!
George Graham wrote:
> I want to make three door fronts, 5/8 inch thick. The door sizes are about
> 26 by 30 inches high. Would MDF be alright? I am not sure about putting
> hinge screws into the end board. I have that MDF available, the other
> material would be plywood, but I'd have to buy that..
> Thanks
>
>
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Will
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