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   GACC_DAllas | May 28, 1999 10:12pm | #1

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   MDF? What are you trying to do? Piss me off? If you want something cheap, try some yellow pine T-111 siding with a chair rail. I know MDF is cheaper, but it should be banned from the interior of any home. Just wait till they mop the floor and that stuff starts soaking up water and swells up and cracks all the joints. The best wainscotting for a wet area is always tile or marble. I know my opinion may suck, but it's the only one I've got. I mean no disrespect.
   Thanks for hearing me out.

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   Guest_ | May 29, 1999 03:05am | #2

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   On the West Coast, we have a 3/8" plywood product that has been grooved to mimic real bead board wainscotting. It is paint grade. I've used it in bathroom applications and is fast to put up and takes paint well. It was inexpensive and the client was happy. Ask your local yard.

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   Guest_ | May 29, 1999 06:12pm | #3

   *Dallas is a little over passionate about this one but he's right, pine...and shellac the knots on the front only.

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   Guest_ | May 29, 1999 07:02pm | #4

   *John, you might check out MDO, medium density overlay (exterior grade plywood with an epoxey(?) paper finish). It's used for highway signs, and is great if it's a flat panel affair you're talking about.BB

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   Guest_ | May 31, 1999 09:19am | #5

   *Hey GACC, man, easy does it. Man, do all you Texans go off like that at the mere mention of MDF?...geez... BTW you gotta love that Gulf coast in the fall, don't ya?John - Bucksnort has an idea there. MDO will stand up to the moisture, no problem. - yb

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   Guest_ | Jun 03, 1999 12:15am | #6

   *John, I used MDF for the raised panels of some wainscoting i did years ago. It was in a dining room of a home that i built. It was painted and turned out very nice! I was concerned about the edges after running the panels through a shaper but they were just fine after a little sanding. I will try to dig up pictures and post them. I would use it again in a heartbeat! Glenn

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   Guest_ | Jun 05, 1999 08:38am | #8

   *youngbob, sorry man, that stuff just chocks me up. We just finished a whole house of cabinets out of MDF. The clients saw some cabinets at the Dallas Museum of Art and just had to have them. I bet the dust and chemicals probably took a few years off our lives. We use MDO for soffits now. Paints up beautiful and resist weather. Good stuff. I still prefer wood, but you gotta grow and learn.Padre Island in October is heaven. Nobody's there. Don't tell anyone.I'll try to keep my hate for MDF to myself. Ed.

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   Guest_ | Jun 05, 1999 08:38am | #7

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   A client wants wainscotting in their
   bathroom, but doesn't want the real
   stuff. They don't want the shrinking,
   and the price is to high. I have used
   bead board, but hate it. Is there an MDF
   product, and does anyone know the
   supplier. Any info will be great. Thank
   you.