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Gold Screws Into MDF


Onoff

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Making a quick bedside table for No2 daughter in 18mm MDF. Space for her laptop, a shelf and bottle holder. She dictated how she wanted it. It'll be primed then roller painted black, probably with Bedec barn pain.

 

I've glued with Gorilla glue and screwed with  4mm Goldscrews. Screw heads counter-bored as a feature and will be filled. (One joint is tbh just Gorilla glue so currently sat weighted down with some heavy books). 

 

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Done now but one thing I never know, is there a need, particularly in MDF, to pilot drill first before screwing? I always do tbh. 

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5 minutes ago, Onoff said:

Done now but one thing I never know, is there a need, particularly in MDF, to pilot drill first before screwing? I always do tbh. 

Depends on the size of screw, I prefer to pilot the “first piece” with the countersink in it so that the pieces are pulled together, but the other only if the screw diameter is likely to split the MDF. Long thin screws is my preferred choice in MDF in that sort of joint.

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Counter-bored and filled my screw holes, deliberately, as I'm aiming for them flush.

 

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This is the primer I used, an old tin and I've no idea what sort of paint it is:

 

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Smells like "proper" paint and just about washes out with copious Fairy liquid and hot water. 

 

Looking for something I can fill over the top of the primer. Any ideas?

 

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1 minute ago, CC45 said:

yes I do - really annoying when it splits - near the ends are the worst.

 

table looks good ?

 

 

 

Wickes MDF, horrible stuff, like compressed dog fur.

 

I've had better quality MDF cover board.

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