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Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:03 pm
by Essex Boy
I had quite a long chat with the Sarissa people when I was at the Games Expo thing. Apparently the MDF squares do warp when one side is made overly wet, but sealing both sides helps prevent it.
What did surprise me is that, according to the chap I spoke to, MDF becomes pliable when heated. So, leave a warped board in the sun, or on a heat source, and its own weight will flatten it out.
Never heard that before.
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Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:15 pm
by Paul
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:03 pm
What did surprise me is that, according to the chap I spoke to, MDF becomes pliable when heated. So, leave a warped board in the sun, or on a heat source, and its own weight will flatten it out.
I've never tried it because once you've got stuff glued to the top it seems a bit of a risk!
I would also resist the temptation to use an artificial heat source as MDF is choc full of nasty chemicals which overheating might liberate!
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:16 pm
by Buff Orpington
Norman D. Landings wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:24 pm
A trombone cleaner. £5 from Steiner music. What a bargain.
There are loads of questions that we are too scared to ask.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:29 pm
by FreddBloggs
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:03 pm
I had quite a long chat with the Sarissa people when I was at the Games Expo thing. Apparently the MDF squares do warp when one side is made overly wet, but sealing both sides helps prevent it.
What did surprise me is that, according to the chap I spoke to, MDF becomes pliable when heated. So, leave a warped board in the sun, or on a heat source, and its own weight will flatten it out.
Never heard that before.
E
Errrrr yes, so does a lot of woods and plywood, make it hot and damp you can shape wood into ships! But mdf can be very picky stuff.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:46 pm
by Paul
Do yourself a favour though and don't research the dangers of MDF or you'll be rebasing everything on something that won't embalm your lungs!
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:50 pm
by FreddBloggs
Never ever cut it with a proper breathing mask, even in small quantities, it is truly lethal stuff.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:44 pm
by Norman D. Landings
Buff Orpington wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:16 pm
Norman D. Landings wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:24 pm
A trombone cleaner. £5 from Steiner music. What a bargain.
There are loads of questions that we are too scared to ask.
Nobody wants a dirty trombone, do they?
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:29 pm
by levied troop
FreddBloggs wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:50 pm
Never ever cut it with a proper breathing mask, even in small quantities, it is truly lethal stuff.
There’s a
veryimportant ‘out’ missing from that sentence
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:34 am
by Essex Boy
FreddBloggs wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:29 pm
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:03 pm
I had quite a long chat with the Sarissa people when I was at the Games Expo thing. Apparently the MDF squares do warp when one side is made overly wet, but sealing both sides helps prevent it.
What did surprise me is that, according to the chap I spoke to, MDF becomes pliable when heated. So, leave a warped board in the sun, or on a heat source, and its own weight will flatten it out.
Never heard that before.
E
Errrrr yes, so does a lot of woods and plywood, make it hot and damp you can shape wood into ships! But mdf can be very picky stuff.
That's certainly my understanding.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:10 am
by Jeremy
Not so much a purchase, but a lovely gift from Iain to use in my WW2 scenarios. A bit of a touch up and some weathering and it will be brilliant. And just the right scale!
