just made some shelves/cabinet and ive used mdf before i know the edges will drink up alot of paint short of priming with a couple of coats,what is the best method to stop this?
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Apply wood glue to the edges-cuts-routs.
Either thin slightly or try full strength-white or yellow wood glue and paint that on the edges. Run a sand block over it when dry and paint it.
You don't want it to be too thick when applying.-
best of luck.
MDF makes nice shelves, being using it for many years. A good coat of primer is all you need followed by some good latex interior semi-gloss.
mdf shelves
thanks,i will try that out.
Shelves with MDF
This is really nice tip and easy for implemantation too. one of my fried use the same technique to paint shelves and she is happy with it.