MDF Finish?

[RodKirby]

Rod, is your bench's top two layers of 3/4" (18mm) MDF? What wood is that for the legs and aprons? TIA.

It's actually a single 32mm (1-1/4") HDF - HIGH density fibreboard. Available in Oz on special order. VERY hard and heavy (1-1/2 times normal MDF).

Frame is stained/varnished clear Pine.

[John Hunter]

I used Polyurethane on mine worked great!

[footprintsinconc]

not to digress from, but cant help and comment:

Larry, just look at your shop... all those jars lined up and down, the clamps so straight ...... the top shelves so organized! i really envy you, it seems that i cant stay organized at all until i do a major clean up and then it only lasts until i do something in the garage. two thumbs up to the organization in your garage!

[TheRic]

not to digress from, but cant help and comment:

Larry, just look at your shop... all those jars lined up and down, the clamps so straight ...... the top shelves so organized! i really envy you, it seems that i cant stay organized at all until i do a major clean up and then it only lasts until i do something in the garage. two thumbs up to the organization in your garage!

Not to knock Larry, but I'm willing to bet the picture was taken right after a major clean up. Rod is the only one around here that I know of that keeps his place THAT (and more) clean and organized all the time.

I'll also bet that most of the people around here will reluctantly admit that their shop looks more like a tornado just went thru it. And their workbench is buried under STUFF that need put away. They need to clean off a section just before they can do some work on it. Then again maybe it's just me.

[Cheeky]

i primed, painted and followed it up with about 5 coats of gloss poly (more durable than satin or semi).

sanded and cleaned inbetween coats, but chipping has ensued (serves me right for having a peg board over it with slick tools )

[LarryG]

Rod: Half again as heavy as MDF?!? Wow. And yes, I thought that looked like pine. Thanks.

Omar: I'm pretty organized by nature (I practice what a colleague once termed "pile management") but, as mentioned, my shop is bursting at the seams so I have to keep stuff organized in order to make it all fit. Also, long years of doing it other ways have taught me that a few SECONDS taken now to put something back where it belongs can save MINUTES later when I need it again, and don't have to search for it.

Ric: You lose, bud. What you see is the way my shop typically looks when I walk out of it at the end of the day. The last 20 minutes are always spent putting stuff away and running the shop vac over everything. But I'm not even close to being in Rod's league. I don't keep the place completely dust-free; as long as everything's stowed and 90-95% of the dust is gone, I'm happy.

[TheRic]

....Ric: You lose, bud. What you see is the way my shop typically looks when I walk out of it at the end of the day. The last 20 minutes are always spent putting stuff away and running the shop vac over everything. But I'm not even close to being in Rod's league. I don't keep the place completely dust-free; as long as everything's stowed and 90-95% of the dust is gone, I'm happy.

I'm impressed Larry!! It looks like you might be closer to Rod's league than your giving yourself credit for.

I have not had a chance to do much in my garage in the last couple of months. Bought some stuff back around Christmas, all I did was put it in the garage. They are still sitting there untouched. Right now I think I would have to do a major cleaning over a long weekend just to get my garage to look only like a tornado had gone thru it. Took me 20 minutes the other night to find a hammer (1 or 4).