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MDF Moulding

MDF Mouldings Advantages

  • MDF Mouldings Are Affordable Architraves, window sills and skirting boards are items present in every single house as they serve many different purposes. So obviously, the affordability of MDF is a huge advantage when it comes to renovating or building a new home.
  • Easy to Paint MDF smooth surface makes it very easy to paint! However, make sure you are getting primed MDF mouldings -otherwise, you could damage the surface. What’s more, a white primed moulding will enhance every type of colour you choose.
  • MDF Mouldings Provide a Smooth and Uniform Surface But still can look like wood! This is one of our favourite advantages of MDF mouldings as these are so versatile. If you wanted to give your mouldings a wood-like look, you could simply get a veneered finishing, or just go DIY and learn the right painting technique
  • Durable and Weather Resistant MDF mouldings offer a combination of flexibility and durability. This means that your skirting boards would easily cope with the natural effects of weather on your house without shrinking, expanding, bending or warping.
  • MDF Mouldings Are Easy to Handle and Install Where wood mouldings would be just for the expert DIY-enthusiast, MDF is a great material for the beginner! Easy to install, handle, drill, and fix, it’s an excellent way to skip feeling intimidated by the task at hand!

MDF stands for Medium Density Fiberboard. It is a type of fiberboard made from wood or other lignocellulosic (aka dry plant matter) materials that are refined into fibres and reconstituted with a resin binder (glue) at high temperatures. It is one of the four main categories of wood-based panels which also include laminated boards, particle boards, and oriented strand boards.

The reason that MDF is so popular as a material is that it’s easier to machine than natural wood and it can be laminated and painted to create almost any board finish. It also has a lot of characteristics similar to natural wood and so can be used as a substitute for it.