pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on tue 20 jan 04
or...?
Hi Lisle,
The Tables may actually not be 'MDF', but instead, are
perhaps a 'MEDEX' or an exterior Grade of MDF or it's like.
Medite, or MDF, or their kin, if allowed to absorb
water...will 'puff'...and the Table would ( I would expect
anyway,) begin to have softly lumpy bulges where the 'puff'
did not quite return to flat upon drying out...looking like
like 'welts'...
While the exterior grades...would remain flat and smooth...
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cavalier Lisle Art & Design"
> The Massachusetts College of Art (where I have been taking
ceramic
> courses the past two years) has numerous 4' x 8' work
tables which
> have work surfaces (I am almost positive) that are made of
3/4"
> Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF).
>
> This material absorbs some water while you work on it, but
it does
> not adhere to wedged clay too much, so most students use
these tables
> for wedging as well as hand building work. It is also a
very smooth
> surface, so it does not imprint a texture on your clay, or
trap dust
> like canvas can do, and it is easy to sponge clean.
>
> I have used MDF to build shelving and a Frank Giorgini
tile press too!
>
> Marc Lisle
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