Useful information for interior architects and furniture designers – problems that can arise during the processing of MDF plates

Often when they sell furniture with transformed MDF plates (painted, ground, etc.) the values of the material are exceeded to justify the highest price of the product compared to the melamine pal. If you want something better «I do you MDF» I tell you a little. «… it’s more expensive because it’s MDF» say the others …

We must remember that the MDF is a crowded plate (the name is explained everywhere) that from its composition allows the rigorous processing in volume and the surface remains smooth enough to be painted, infolia or veneer …

The more processing we bring to a crowded dish, the more we must pay attention to its limits.

To discuss the topic, I appealed to Mr. Alexandru Buda by the thermoplanet company who has a significant experience in working with the material. Often it performs works in command of the architect. His way of making it experience continuously (therefore to make mistakes) and from this point of view it can be the perfect guide for what we want to discover. At the same time, it is also quite persevering to find the correct solution so that the product that reaches the customer is the correct one. And until it is a bit reasonable at the price …

Alexandru Buda – Thermoplanet:

«It is true that we also make mistakes, but we know a lot that only those who do not work does not make mistakes.

The MDF is elaborated better than the PAL because it is denser and during processing it does not produce chips. We use this material everywhere at home, starting with the living room and ending with the bathrooms for the bathrooms. In the bathrooms the painted or refused MDF is used in the bathrooms.

Careful! The resistance of the furniture does not consist in the fact that it is made of MDF, but it is that it is painted. The MDF is not resistant to humidity, but if it is not processed and treated, it correctly absorbs humidity and quickly deteriorates. To obtain a water -resistant product, we must respect a rather complex technological process, with which we obtain a protective layer.

Mr. Elia is right when he says that we must be careful of the limits of the material, because at the time of the processing of various tensions in the material they appear, tensions that lead to the deformation of the plates.

The phenomenon of the curvature of the plates is directly proportional to the depth and width of the milling, but also to the size of the plates. The larger the plate we elaborate and the deeper milling, the stronger the phenomenon of the sidewalk. This brake phenomenon is very common in the doors, both sliding and classic.

Depending on the situation and the project, we can stop deforming the plates with different methods:

1. We can respond to the mills on the face of the material on the back to equalize tensions in the panel.

2. We can apply some compensatory profiles on the back of the doors or another thickness of material if the project allows it. «