celtictechie said:
**the homostote is a cardboard type building material
**lothon is a type of thin wood about quater inch thick
good luck
Are you refering to
Luan ?
Luan is typically a 1/4"
Luan mahogany plywood often refered to as " door skins" by contractor suppliers and Home Depot.
Luan is a specific "type" or species of Mahognay. 1/4"
Luan is usually used as a
cover material for " Studiio" flats, 1/8" can be used but requires a lot more staples and tends to warp, buckle, and doesn't have nearly the shear strength as 1/4 < yes that's Shear as in diagonal shear force not Sheer as in "pure"or "Ultimate" >
Luan doesnot make for a decent floor unless it has all been pre-painted on both sides ( it tends to buckle if not.) . If one were to use it as a flooring it would be imperative that the sub-floor be completely free of potholes, woggadies, and soft-spots, as
Luan, as a 1/4" material, has virtually no
face impact strength. If it does get gouged,
Luan also has the tendancy to "tear" or run along the lines of it's substrate plys. Honestly I don't think I would use
Luan for a flooring material, as it is typically only a coule of dollars a sheet cheaper that
Masonite or M.D.F. < Medium Density Fiberboard >
Homosote is a trade-name for "Builder Board" And typically is only useful as a sound deading layer in platforming <e.g. 3/4" ply , 1/2" homosote,Framing. > it's also great for several different scenic elements such as rocks, bricks, masonry
etc. when carved, sanded routed, shurformed. It is imparative that you use proper ventalation and dust masks when working with homosote as it is extremely fibrous, and you'll be coughing up tons of pulp if you don't. Again I don't think I could consider Homosote as a floor unless you were using it as an underlayment beneath at least 3/4" CD or BC < good luck> plywood. Homosote has no
point load strength a 2"x4" dropped from 6" above it would dent the
face I can only imagine what rolling a case across it would be like.
Finally just for giggles I'll say it again Oil based paints are; messy, smelly and require mostly toxic materials to clean - up, and generally more expensive. As far as I'm concerned they really have no use on a
stage. I have painted the floor of the
house with them, an area where you know you need a finish that is going to last a long time, be more or less impervious to cleaners, and that you're not going to want to paint more than once every two years.
Wow that was a lot longer response than I though it would be.