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Default Preserve MDF

On 11/25/2011 5:03 PM, Wilfred Xavier Pickles wrote:

I just made a table saw sled using 1/2" MDF for the base.

MDF is very prone to expansion from moisture. I have some Minwax Polyurethane.
Suitable to seal the MDF? Just around the edges, or all surfaces?


Shellac, right out of the can, works well also. It's what I use, but I
usually have some used tins laying around.

Johnson's Paste Wax will also work and is much slicker than either poly
or shellac, unless you wax them.


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