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Thread: Sweet-Smelling Homemade MDF?!?
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24th October 2008, 07:05 PM #1Senior Member
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Sweet-Smelling Homemade MDF?!?
For my tags I wanted to be able to make them from recycled materials, so I use offcuts from a local timber marchant.
Recently I had an idea that I could make my own MDF with this guys wood chippings, some external PVA and say if I were doing xmas tags, I could mash up some old christmas trees and put them in.
I got my inspiration from people who make paper out of poo, and a smoothie company I recenty visited. If possibly I don't want it to look like mdf, I was thinking of adding colours to the wood and perhaps fragrences to make it smell really good.
I have read a bit on the internet about how MDF is manufactured, and it seems to be to require alot of capital and space, neither of which I have.
My plan was to 'cook' it as if it were a recipe.
1) using boiling water, loosen the fibres in the wood.
2) cut up bits of xmas tree and put in the blender with the wood. Mash
3) add colourings/scents to make the mdf smell/look good
4) add PVA and blend
5) pour mixture onto a greased pan and clamp with a bookbinding vice
My question is therefore, could I make something similar to mdf (without the durability) using only wood chippings, External PVA, an old xmas tree, a blender and a cooker?
Please tell me I'm not crazy.
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24th October 2008, 08:19 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Essentially your are making paper - MDF is really only industrial, super thick cardboard and 'Masonite' aka hardboard is really just the same thing cooked a bit longer with more pressure.
If you are using sawdust you will probably needed to cook it up in a pressure cooker with either a weak acid or caustic. Then neutralise it. Add chunky bits to the slurry (technically its called 'stuff') and then lift it with a fine wire screen. As it will be pretty thick, you may need to make up a very strong press & squeeze it between a couple of sheets of stainless steel - you can get offcuts at better scrap yards or commercial kitchen bench makers.
Anyhow - try having a look in the 'Crafts' section of the local library for books on making fancy paper fro some more ideas.
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24th October 2008, 08:55 PM #3Senior Member
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How thick do you think I could make it?
Ideally I would want to make more of a 'sheet material' than a paper.
I like the stainless steel idea though.
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25th October 2008, 09:45 AM #4.
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It sounds like a lot of trouble, why not just use the offcuts direct ?
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14th September 2017, 09:05 AM #5New Member
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Hello from 9 years later, I just wanted to know the results of your homemade MDF.
Where you able to make homemade MDF?
I'd like to know your experience
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He hasn't been online since 2008, I don't like your odds...
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