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Hey - any of you in the Austin area know where I can find Hard Board finished on both sides? Thickness is not too much an issue, but a variety would be nice. Just checking....
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Give Brazos or Fine Lumber a call.Don, aka Pappy,
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Struck out all over the place - Pappy thanks for the suggestions - neither carry it (as well as a dozen other places I called). I did learn there is an 84 Lumber in Georgetown - wow lived here 16 years and did not know that - what do they say? "Location-Location-Location.." Any one else have any sources?? starting to get desperate.
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FWIW, the lowes stores in the NYC tristate area carry tempered (the kind of hardboard you're looking for)hardboard. our HDs carry untempered hardboard (finished on one side only). any lowes stores near you?there's a solution to every problem.......you just have to be willing to find it.Comment
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Toolguy - yes there is a lowes near by - they only carry Hardboard finished on one side - seems the 2 side finish is like big foot - everyone has heard about them but no one has seen them
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just to clarify, i have purchased tempered hardboard at lowes. maybe they can find it for you at a neighboring lowes store.there's a solution to every problem.......you just have to be willing to find it.Comment
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I will swing by tomorrw and see what they say.... fingers crossed.Beaux Ti -
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Doesn't help you but - not available in Oz
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From Wikipedia:
Hardboard, also called high-density fiberboard (HDF), not to be confused with 'hardwood', is a type of fiberboard, which is an engineered wood product.
It is similar to particle board and medium-density fiberboard, but is denser and much stronger and harder because it is made out of exploded wood fibers that have been highly compressed. Consequently, the density of hardboard is 31 lbs. or more per cubic foot (500 kg/m³)[1] and is usually about 50-65 lbs. per cubic foot (800-1040 kg/m³). It differs from particle board in that the bonding of the wood fibers requires no additional materials,[2] although resin is often added. Unlike particle board, it will not split or crack. It is used in construction and furniture. Hardboard is produced in either a wet or dry process. The wet process leaves only one smooth side while the dry processed hardboard is smooth on both sides.
The stuff is popularly called Masonite.
the one-sided stuff is called S1S and the 2-sided, S2S.
Peg board is S1S hardboard perforated on a 1" square grid.
Sounds like you need S2S or "Dry-processed" hardboard. However, I've never, ever seen the S2S smooth on both sides kind of hardboard. Must be a rare beastie.
from what I read, all hardboard is tempered... not just 2-sided. Tempering refers to the coating with oil (Tung oil?) and baking which confers the tempering or hardening.Last edited by LCHIEN; 02-28-2012, 06:31 PM.
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See if there is a McCoy's near you.
They list a tempered hardboard on their website, but then say it is smooth one side.
You may have to actually go there to look around. I've found lot of good stuff from them.Comment
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What's the project where you need two smooth sides, and what thickness do you need?
I don't get mine at the home centers, but rather at a lumber yard or from my plywood distributors. The two sided Masonite (called tempered Masonite), is available in 1/8" and 1/4". I may be mistaken but I think I've seen it in HD.
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Just a note that some folks today have no clue as to what you want by that name . . . or any other name. They know what it is but not what you call it. I was looking for some 1/4 inch one side smooth - last month and called HD and Lowes. Both the folks that I talked to had no clue as to what I wanted when I said masonite. Then I said tempered hardboard. They said "No we don't have that." I knew that they did.
And I just wanted one sided.
The problem is that most workers in HD and Lowes are hired help who "think" they know handyman stuff. They may, but old long ago regularly used and specialty words are not part of their vocabulary. In the Memphis area, when I went to get a sheet of 1/4, they called it "hardboard" sheets. When I mentioned that I had called and said tempered hardboard, the fellow said, well the person probably didn't know that "tempered hardboard" was.
At checkout, while talking with another fellow in line, I mentioned the masonite and he said that wasn't masonite that I had. The fellow in the lumber checkout heard the conversation and told me that masonite was specialty bathroom sheeting with plaster in it for adding tile to it.
. . . I kid you not!
I think it may be around, but you will have to go find it, or call them and ask them to look it up by giving them the SKU number that YOU find by searching their web site.Hank Lee
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As a last resort, could you laminate two 1/8" one-sided pieces to get to 1/4" Not sure if it would swell and distort from the moisture in the glue but it popped into my simple little mind.Comment
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That's funny about the hardboard vs Masonite. I was just in a big box store asking for hardboard. No one knew what I was talking about. I told one guy that it is what is used to make peg board, but without the holes. He said: "Oh, you mean Masonite" and showed me where it was.JohnComment
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**** the English language and its propensity to evolve over time
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