Painting Best Practices | Tim | Activity https://paintingbestpractices.com/members/tdg/activity/ Activity feed for Tim. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:51:36 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 da5da5820a0bd2e36134a1672c6839bb Tim started the discussion MDO CHOICES in the forum Supports https://paintingbestpractices.com/forums/topic/mdo-choices/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:42:46 -0700 MDO CHOICES

I have been looking for suitable MDO board for making linen covered panels. There are types with a paint ready veneer, (without a primer), some with a softwood veneer, and some with a hardwood veneer. Core material is quite variable also.

I did make some MDO panels with a veneer that looks like a resin treated hardboard, and they seem just…

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]]> fa2ae437da57ff82cbe41036c79cc896 Tim replied to the discussion Tempered Hardboard in the forum Supports https://paintingbestpractices.com/forums/topic/tempered-hardboard/#post-28557 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:28:32 -0700 Reply to Tempered Hardboard

I’m replying to myself… I was able to find the section that addressed this in the webinar. It was fully explained.

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Tempered Hardboard was presented as a substrate in the Webinar. I was thinking of using it for linen covered panels with a shellac based primer on the back and sides. I would probably keep them in the 12”x 16” and smaller range to prevent warping, and use MDO for larger pieces.

Would there be drawbacks to using tempered hardboard this way?

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