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102 days ago |
As a newbie, I love this “Church” i.e lumberjocks but, I don’t know if I am in the right “Pew” for this question. forgive me if it isn’t. I have never used mdf before. I recently bought a commercial Router table Top. It is made of 1 1/8 mdf. The fence system subfences are made of mdf as well. The top and bottom surfaces of the table top are laminate, as are the faces of the subfences. There are numerous t-track and miter guage tracks inlaid (in routed grooves in the mdf) into the table surface and the subfence surfaces. The ends and tops/bottoms of the subfences are “Raw” mdf as well. There is a routed out recess for a mounting plate insert. The edge(s) of The table proper are covered by a resiliant (sp) material that appears to be glued on. While somebody has told me I don’t have to worry about it—with mdf—I was unwilling leave all of this raw mdf unsealed against humidity changes / moisture absorbtion. I removed all t-tracks and using the BlO/Poly/Mineral spirit mix saturated all raw mdf. I used the mix because I wanted the sealant to be thin for penetration (wow, did the mdf soak that stuff up). I did this over the course of an hour or so yesterday (Using a brush I just went round robin keepng the surfaces wet for about four passes over everything. I let the above application dry over night, and put an additional coat on today. Is this enough? Did I use the wrong appproach? Should I wait for several day before reassemblying to let the BLO cure. Should I wait several days and then put a coat of straight Poly on? Any input would be appreciated. -- Nelson |
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