MDF production technology. The main types of MDF

MDF is one of the most popular building materials today. The environmental friendliness of MDF boards, high performance and variety of MDF boards have given impetus to high demand, and consequently, to the wide development of production technologies. How MDF panels are made, what types of MDF are and why they are good - let's try to understand this article.

MDF panels: description and application

MDF painted

MDF is painted using polyurethane enamels - matte, semi-gloss, semi-gloss, high-gloss. Accordingly, painted MDF can be semi-matte, matte, semi-gloss, glossy, in different effects - “texture”, “chameleon”, etc.

Painted MDF

Painted MDF is used most often in kitchen and commercial equipment, as separate elements in the production of combined furniture from chipboard (facades). Painted MDF is very fond of designers and people who follow fashion trends in interior design, because this type of MDF helps to transform the interior beyond recognition easily and cheaply.

The production of painted MDF begins with the primary priming of ready-made boards with an airbrush (the board is primed to deresin the material and to increase its moisture resistance). The slab dried after the primary primer is primed with a filler - bumps and scratches are removed. And only after that a layer of enamel is applied to the MDF surface.

MDF veneered

Veneered MDF

Externally veneered MDF is not much different from natural wood, and the service life and durability of this material even exceed the main indicators of wood. Veneered MDF is used for the manufacture of furniture and interiors - where one would like to see natural wood, but either its high cost or unsatisfactory physical characteristics interfere.

Recall that having a thickness of 0.1 to 5 millimeters. begins with the preparation of the surface - the plate is polished and putty cavities and scratches. Then, wood veneer of one or more species is laid on the front of the MDF board and veneered in one of three ways:

- cold veneered MDF production consists in gluing the veneer plate with the help of special substances;

- hot veneered MDF production consists in "pressing" the veneer plates under the action of high temperature to the milled parts;

- production of veneered MDF using the membrane method consists in joining the veneer and MDF surface under vacuum.

As you can see, the production of MDF does not involve the use of hazardous synthetic substances; MDF itself does not require recoating or