Anyone tried this yet? It's MDF, but not as we know it. There's some chem= ical jiggery pokery done at the cellular level, such that the binder resin = now also waterproofs the individual fibres. The result is weatherproof MDF= .
It looks like MDF. Same hardness, density and abrasion to tools.
It's weatherproof like a plastic. Decades of outdoor use expected.
Downside, not surprisingly, is the cost. Something like =A3180 for a 12mm s= heet.
It looks like MDF. Same hardness, density and abrasion to tools.
It's weatherproof like a plastic. Decades of outdoor use expected.
Downside, not surprisingly, is the cost. Something like £180 for a 12mm sheet.
I'll maybe not bother then. Sheeeeesh.
chemical jiggery pokery done at the cellular level, such that the binder resin now also waterproofs the individual fibres. The result is weatherproof MDF..
Wonder if they will introduce other waterproofed wood products - like OSB? (Seeing as they make solid wood products - and offcuts of them might be valuable enough to recycle in the factory.
I remember about 10 years ago there was a process where they put wood in a vacuum chamber, pumped out the air and then replaced it with some plastic or other. The net result looked like wood but required no treatment and didn't warp
AWEM
Sounds very much like the sort of stuff Permali have been making for years:
IIRC the Scandinavians use it for road signs
12mm? try £80 per sheet, but well worth it!!!
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