How to make painted OSB look halfway decent?

Actually, I have. And I weigh 215

By definition, five out of every ten folks who take a breath daily fall on the left side of the bell curve with regard to intelligence.

The times we live in ... those of us who were raised in a time when there was more value placed on being conscientious, than in being cunning, do what we can.

After that it becomes inevitable that it is every man for himself.

I think you get my point. :-)

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ALL the code is concerned about as far as residential fireproofing goes is to:

Give the resident time to recognize there is a fire and get out. In most cases, that is a 20 minute burn through.

If the fire is severe enough to test the fireproofing of trusses and such, there is nothing left to save, anyway. It is a total loss, and as such, the fire department wages a protection battle to make sure it does not spread, and that is the end of that. Pour water on from the outside, and let it burn.

WHAT 10k sq foot... what does he do for a living, drug sales? My wife and I always kid about the McMansions around here, what the hell do they do....

Wouldn't it be easier to spray a fire retardent spray on them, and offer more protection? You have all the plumbing and wiriring to work around and re-seal.

I'm not a big fan of sprinklers... kids play ball inside, knock the glass out.... and you have a disaster.

Someone is painting knocks the glass out, and you have a runny mess disaster.

Someone pops a champaign cork and thinks it's great to let if fly... and you have a party disaster.

On the other hand, I think it can save lives. I heard on the news, that they want to make it mandatory in NJ, and I would guess by the wording that the announcers were reading, that would be required to sell your home... so you would not be grandfathered... How costly would that be.

Actually have a adhesive failure on counter top of about 11 months, but is just the ends by the stove. Self cleaning oven must be a bit to hot.

Mark

Ontario is considering requiring sprinklers in residences larger than so many sq feet (or meters). This allows people to get out from anywhere in the residence in case of a fire.

Also, firemen will often enter a sprinklered building to fight the fire, thereby protecting property - when they will not enter a nonsprinklered building the same size and construction under the same conditions. And they will NOT enter a building with steel roof trusses, while they WILL with timber, because timber chars and remains strong long past the point where steel web joists soften, buckle, and fail.

Despite so many nay sayers, I have made several outstanding things from MDF. Anywhere that it has been cut, routed, or is just the porous edge will soak up paint forever, so the trick is to seal the cuts. Drywall compound works. shellac and latex metal primer work well also. You do need to sand the edges with fine paper. It takes paint beatifully.

I have done a few things in high gloss black that I defy you to tell what I used

Sure, that's been my position all along.

Yes, I've said that the fire department's job is to save the neighbor's house. I agree 100% but in this case there is *no* fireproofing on the I-beams (completely unfinished basement). The beams are exposed to the world, save for a little fiberglass stuffed between (the all-important bottom rail is still bare). AFAIK, there is no code that says the I-beams have to be covered. The house has a CO.

They're not going to save a house that's fully engulfed. A fire chief of a midsize city once told me that if they have to use more than

He was a paid department chief, with over 20 years.

It will wreck everything in the house, from the sheetrock right down to the trusses. If he could get by with 50gal, it was salvageable. A bigger fire, requiring more water, not so much.

They carried 1000gal on the pumper. He guaranteed that the house would be a total if he used it. It wasn't there for home fires. Sorry, I'll take the word of someone I new (very well) over someone on the Usenet.

BIG difference between MDF and OSB. As different as balsa and oak .

I make models out of OSB. I find it can be cut thin to almost a veneer but before I do that I take a belt sander to it. The stuff kills saw blades but I sharpen them myself.

OK, do you have any pictures posted somewhere for us to look at? ;~)

Want to say fiber glass, epoxy and micro balloons ala Lew miss him.

Drywall compound or veneer - - -

That's what I was about to write. However, it seems like a whole lot of work to go through just to avoid using the correct product to begin with. :-)