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I just bought a 4' X 8' sheet of 1/2" MDO last Tuesday. I used a small piece of it and stored the remaining 4' X 6' up in my Barn. I laid it on edge and today found that it is warped. It has been raining lately so the humidity is high, but geeze.. one week?
My question is twofold: Should MDO be stored horizontally or vertically?
Can this sheet be straightened or is it kindling?
My wife was going to make Christmas yard decorations out of this.
Am I in the doghouse or what?
-------------------- Mark Neurohr "Ernest" Paintin' Place 141 Sunnyside Road Kittanning, PA 16201
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as a one man signshop, i store my mdo cutoffs by leaning them against 2x4's(against the wall)
the 2x4's give them stability(so they won't warp.)
i keep all cutoffs because you never know when a customer will walk in and you just happen to have the right size panel that is already primed and ready for a finish coat.
that mdo scrap doesn't look like trash to me, it looks like a possible $150.00 sign to me.
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I pretty much do the same as Mark by leaning them against the wall. I LOVE those scrap pieces...they are great money makers. One time a 4x8 warped bad. I did get it to straighten out by painting the bowed side.....it straightened out...then I painted the other side. And man is it a bummer when the edges get wet.
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Mark....I'm with Mark on the MDO storage..Leaned against a couple of 2x4's that are leaned against a wall.
I also look on scraps of MDO as $$$$$$$$$in the bank. I buy a sheet for a job and charge the customer for the whole sheet. If there is a 2'x4' leftover piece I can use it for a future job and charge THATcustomer for it as if I had gone out and bought another sheet for HISproject.
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
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We do it a bit differently, Marcus. We use two sheets of CDX and store the MDO and partials between them. We use 4 welding clamps, one in each corner to hold the bundle upright against a wall. We have NO warpage.
-------------------- Pierre St.Marie Stmariegraphics Kalispell,Mt www.stmariegraphics.com ------------------ Plan on knowing everything before I die and time's running out! Posts: 4223 | From: Kalispell,Mt 59903 | Registered: Mar 2000
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