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MDF - Wood? or Both??


Joe W.

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Greetings all,

Came across this at Lowes Project Source 23-in W x 35-in H x 0.125-in D Cabinet End Panel in the Kitchen Cabinet Accessories department at Lowes.com 

and decided to give it a try for some Christmas decorations.  

Since it is 1/8th thick, I stack cut 3 ornaments and was pleasantly surprised to see it cuts easy and clean, and looks good, in my opinion.

Was wondering if anyone else has used this? 

I haven't done a close look at how it compares pricewise to 1/8" BB, but am guessing it has to be close to the same price.

I'm thinking this is more MDF or a close cousin, but wasn't able to find that out.  Comments welcome to this inquiring mind.

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Hi Joe, I think this is the same material I have used a few times as backer boards. I have also cut some key chains. The material I have looks like plywood but doesn't have the nice grain like what you posted from Lowes.

As far as pricing, I can get birch and maple 1/4 plywood 2' X 4' for about $15. It's been about a month since I last purchased any so that price may have gone up or down.

I think it would work well for ornaments. It's light and by stack cutting you reduce the chance of breakout on thin cuts. Good luck!

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It's MDF core and if I remember correctly it comes in oak, maple and hickory for matching the more common cabinets. I've used it in the past, didn't know lowes and the like carried it though.. I've always bought it at my local lumber yard.. Some of the less common materials is actually laminated with like wall paper type material rather than actual wood material so watch out for that.. maybe it's just a cheaper version? Not sure but some of the stuff I've seen is real wood ( plywood ) and others is ply but just cheap stuff with a wall paper type laminate to resemble the wood type.  

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I use MDF for backerboards and have seen some MDF with a papered veneer similar to what I believe you bought Baltic Birch has been my go to ornament board however 1/8 sheet jumped in price from 17 dollars to about 50 bucks in my area of the world and I have been told the lumber yards are having trouble importing it in

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