Thread: MDF vs softwood
View Single Post
  #5   Report Post  
Posted to uk.d-i-y
[email protected] m1ss_wh1te@yahoo.co.uk is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 26
Default MDF vs softwood

On Feb 29, 8:01*am, Lobster wrote:
Richard wrote:

Possibly a bit less resistant to knocks than softwood? Dunno. *Anyway, I
use it a lot for skirtings. *Also comes already primed, so if you've got
a lot to fit, that's one less coat of paint to apply!

David


Only down side for use as skirtings is you couldn't really stain and
varnish it. (Rather drab grain!).