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[cb668]

anybody have experiance working with tru-pan sheets.we want to make 4x6 panels with doors cut in them.

 

[MPowers]

4x6 with doors cut in??? Gonna be mighty short doors.

Trupan is a lightweight, medium density fiberboard, MDF. Any wood working tools will work fine. Like any mdf, does not deal well with water. The surface takes any water base paint, scene paint latex etc just fine.edges have a tenancy to absorb the paint (water) and swell up. Test your paint on a scrap. I have been told, no personal experience, that a solvent base spray paint will seal the edges.

Like any MDF, some degree of framing will be needed, the board doesn't just stand up by itself. Stiffness is dependent on the thickness and the framing.

 

[mstaylor]

Painting the edges with Kils or shelac will seal the edges without swelling, then you can cover with whatever you want.