Painting Mdf Wood

Then use a damp cloth to make sure all the dust is removed.

Painting mdf wood. While wood needs sanding and its rarely free of blemishes. Ive known woodworkers who go to the trouble of edge-banding the MDF. Here i am painting the cabinet doors from the making mdf cabinet doors video.

The surface is very smooth and hard and imperfections are very rare. Subsequently it is a very easy material to paint. You can feasibly make almost any kind of furniture using MDF.

Special primers such as the one below are available for MDF and once applied the timber can then be painted with any ordinary paint. Using spray paint is often the best way to paint intricate pieces of MDF. After a coat of color MDF will look just like any other painted wood.

It also is dense and flat and many people consider it to be attractive. To paint MDF start by coating the edges with joint compound and sanding it down which will help the finish look smoother. The small wood fibres found in MDF make it an incredibly smooth surface.

The main surface of MDF is smooth but the edges which when cut expose the fibres can be rough. In fact DIYers can create custom trim wainscoting or furniture partly with MDF and partly with wood and once painted the. MDF is made of wood fibres that have been combined with resin to form a fibreboard.

You can purchase pre-primed MDF boards but they are more expensive. The biggest obstacle to painting MDF is how easily it absorbs water especially along the edges. Painted MDF looks good and the factory finish doesnt need extensive sanding before you paint it.