bigandy
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 06:05 PM |
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Sealing chipbaord adges.
Afternoon all,
I've just built a few shelves and a new workbench in the garage, and I have used up some 18mm chipboard I had going spare. Having cut
everything out and sanded the sharp edges, the chipboard is very crumbly around the cut edges.
Does anyone have any bright ideas for something that can be painted on it to stop the edges crumbling/giving splinters? I was thinking some kind of
glue or sealant might do the trick?
I'm beginning to think it would have been easier to just go and buy some 18mm marine ply instead 
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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mr henderson
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 06:18 PM |
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Get some car body filler. Work it in well, then sand it smooth when it has set. You may need to do it a couple or three times.
Ply would be easier but still not perfect, due ti the amount of endgrain, there are also voids where there are empty knots in the intermediate
layers.
MDF would be easier still, but requires several coats to get reasonably smooth.
I know lots about painting sheet materials
John
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 06:28 PM |
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Try you local builders supply for aluminum edging, looks like angle iron, or wood byproduct edging material, glues on with contact cement.
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 06:28 PM |
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Purchase a thin prepared timber baton 18mm wide, pin and glue to the edge, when set sand down and there you have one perfect edge ready for primer and
painting. No mess, quick and permanant.
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BenB
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 06:28 PM |
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Personally- didn't bother. No problems yet four years on.....
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jacko
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 06:32 PM |
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I have 20mm chipboard shelves in my garage and i bent some 14g alloy in to channels and put that on the edges it also makes the shelves stronger
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l0rd
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 06:53 PM |
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Duck tape?
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designer
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 07:14 PM |
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A few coats of varnish will do it.
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Phil.J
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 07:14 PM |
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Use chipboard iron-on edging, only takes a few minutes.
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roadrunner
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 07:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Phil.J
Use chipboard iron-on edging, only takes a few minutes.
At last ,someone with the correct answer.
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mr henderson
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 08:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
quote:
Originally posted by Phil.J
Use chipboard iron-on edging, only takes a few minutes.
At last ,someone with the correct answer.
You need a very clean cut edge to get a good result this way, and a trip to the diy shop. My answer was fine, and could be carried out with materials
found in most garage workshops.
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jacko
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 08:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
quote:
Originally posted by Phil.J
Use chipboard iron-on edging, only takes a few minutes.
At last ,someone with the correct answer.
A chippie would say that
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mookaloid
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| posted on 15/2/09 at 10:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by l0rd
Duck tape?
I like this solution - it's only a shelf in a garage after all.
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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DarrenW
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| posted on 16/2/09 at 02:00 PM |
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For garage shelves either nothing and replace if / when required. If you have to seal PVA glu or dregs from end of a silicon tube will do the job.
However the rest of the surface will absorb moisture over time and knacker them anyway if you are concerned about dampness (ie in unheated detached
garage).
I wouldnt waste valuable duck tape etc on garage shelves.
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