[Woodworkers] Finishing MDO

[Steve Bigelow]

MDO, it seems, was really made to be painted.

Hey, I know, maybe you could paint them? :-) (Sorry).

I'm assuming you want a wood look?
Thinking way out of the box, but what about contact paper?
https://amzn.to/2AMpB9k is a wood grained version. OK, yeah, it looks a
little cheesy, but probably not like MDO.

Here's a marble version that could actually look cool:
https://amzn.to/2RzPO0k

Regards,
-Steve

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 1:10 PM Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> So we are just about finished with a fairly major interior remodel of our
> humble abode.  The 2 bedroom closets had these painted shelves that were
> probably original to the house built in 1940.  I really did not want to put
> them back.  Actually I really do not want painted shelves period.  I
> thought about the wire closet stuff but the supports are pretty much a
> permanent part of the wall so installing the wire stuff may not have worked
> really well?
>
> I wanted to go with something that would be flat and smooth and hopefully
> easy to finish.  For whatever reason I chose MDO plywood.  It’s flat and
> smooth but I really didn’t think it through on the finishing.  I tried some
> wipe on poly on a scrap and was not overly impressed with the results.  So
> I did some Googling.  The only thing that I have come up with that seemed
> to be a decent recommendation is General Finishes Arm-R-Seal.  And before
> anyone asks yes I edged the front of the plywood J
>
>
>
> Anybody have any other suggestions?
>
>
>
> 2Dave
>
> *"professional putzer"*
>
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