Road cases are typically covered with ABS plastic. I think it unsuitable as a stage top cover but what do I know?Is 1/4" MDO available? Step up to 1/2" MDO in throwing out an idea. What surfaced materials are road cases made from? More expensive but a few more moppings lasting?
Tempered Hardboard, is it still even available as opposed to just hardboard? Gears clicking in not up to the most modern on lumber types. Plastic other than dance floor is probably a bad thing to look into.
What I know is that just about every commercial manufacturer of stage platforms, SteelDeck, StageRight, StageCo, etc., offers an ABS surface. But for a permanent install on my stage? No.
Same. We have many Wenger decks with textured "plastic" surface. I would not want that as a full time stage floor.
Our current (second) top layer has been exhibiting this characteristic. Primer, five layers of paint and spike tape pulls up all the layers leaving a scar.Do some digging in this forum, the topic had come up a few times here.
One thing to be aware of with all modern "hardboard" is that it delaminates really easily, and won't last if you regularly tape the floor.
Does 1/4" MDF hold up to the abuse stage floors get?
Funny the circle of life. When my father built his house in Ohio in 1962, the clapboards were Masonite brand. Today the company concentrates solely on doors.I have requested / suggested "hardboard" as an alternative. The lumber vendors go directly to siding products, not sheet goods. I'll need to do more research to educate them.
Funny, but when MY dad built his house Og told him to go with Slate siding but no, he has to go with the short-faced bear skins. Man, I spent so much time playing bait for those things....
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