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   Danford_C._Jennings | May 18, 2001 03:14pm | #1

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   Mark,

   Do not use hide glue on MDF. Personally, I don't think that sizing will help. Use yellow glue. As to paper backed veneers, I stay away from them completely. FWIW.

   Dano

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   mark_denoncourt | May 18, 2001 11:24pm | #2

   *Someone mentioned to me that I could seal the edges/or everything of the MDF with a 1# cut shellac....but how would the hide glue take to a sealed edge/surface like this?MarkPS. I'm guessing I just test out the hide glue on a scrap of raw MDF and see what happens...can't see hide glue having that much more liquid VS. solids than white or yellow glue (hide glue is about %50)any other comments?

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   Danford_C._Jennings | May 19, 2001 02:06am | #3

   *TAB, no problem. Dissention is the spice of life. I would never use hide glue on MDF, nor would I recommend that anyone do so. But, if you have had good luck with it so far I won't knock it. IMO, MDF is basically paper and moisture will cause it to swell. I live in a fairly arid climate yet I have scraps of MDF from the same sheet that vary in thickness.Any who, I am not much of a risk taker when it comes to commissioned pieces and stick pretty much to traditional practices.Mark, I still recommend against using hide glue on MDF. Go to the library or buy a copy of "The Encyclopedia Furniture Making" by Ernest Joyce, ISBN 0-87749-068-6. He is pretty specific on types of glues and how they should be used. His chapter on veneering also discusses glues in further detail.Dano