Thread: Dartboard - MDF, Cork

I have made a couple of cork boards for clients.
From memory I had the MDF on the garage floor and coated it with contact adhesive, then layed the cork on top whilst wet. You may need a second person to assist as the cork is flexible - or have the cork on the floor protected from dirt and lay the MDF on top. To ensure adhesion I placed several weighty items on top - such as various tool boxes and let it sit for an hour or so before trimming the cork or MDF as required. I probably had a sheet of MDF or ply to protect the cork face. You may not be able to reposition the cork after it has been laid on the adhesive.
While I did not do a double layer of cork I would follow the same procedure.
If the cork is bigger than the MDF a sharp knife will trim. If the MDF is bigger than the cork I used a trimming bit in the router.
It will take a bit of effort to paint the adhesive for the area you want. If you can find a second hand the adhesive where you started will not have set or over set by the time you are finished.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Thanks for the reply and advice HandyJack. I basically followed your lead. The first layer was out of two pieces of offcut cork roll. I cut out 8 "tiles" and stuck them on one at a time so no problem with glue drying out too quick. The top layer was out of one piece and my wife and I painted on adhesive using 63mm paintbrushes then positioned the cork and covered with newspaper and then old pavers. Even then I had some edges that didn't stick properly but redid those afterwards and clamped using little G clamps. The main problem was that cork came in roll and I couldn't get it nice and flat before sticking.

Anyways I'm happy with finished product and we're now happily darting without damaging the garage wall!

Thank you for letting me know how you got on.

My first project I used cork from a roll. That's when I learnt two people were needed.
The second project was smaller and the cork tile was thicker and I managed it myself.