One of my horse-oriented friends sold me some lumber and sheet goods her husband had left in the garage. There are two sheets of 1/2″ plywood that I’m uncertain about. It has 5 plys, with a paper-type overlay on one face, but the back face has knots and knot-voids. At first, I was thinking a cousin to MDO, but the overlay’s only on one side and doesn’t seem that durable.
Would like to know what it is, and how much it’d cost to replace, before I cut it up for some low-priority project!
TIA
forestgirl — you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can’t take the forest out of the girl 😉
Edited 2/14/2009 1:50 am by forestgirl
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In the warehouse at my other work, we use K3 (particle board) shelving, which has a paper facing as well. That's all the help I can be of.
Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
(soon to be www.flairwoodworks.com)
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MDO plywood is available with only one side covered with the resin/paper. The back side looks really cheesy, like low-grade construction plywood. I think that's what you have.
FG, MDO is available with the resin impregnated paper on either one side or both. For highway signage, only one side needs to be smooth. MDO is basically exterior plywood that then has the resin impregnated paper applied. When only one side is needed to be used, the plywood uses a "C" grade veneer face on the back side. "C" grade allows unfilled defects.
Thanks, Howie. The only time I've purchased MDO was when making a sandwich-board style sign for my retail business, so it was papered on both sides.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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