coloring mdf

[horse123]

what can you use on mdf to give it different colors, besides just painting it, do you also need to seal it with anything before hand.
I have some in the shed, but dont use it much for this reason, I saw a small table made from mdf & it had a nice reddish brown color to it, but dont know they got this color.
Regards Horse

[echnidna]

you can buy mdf in various colours
(bunnies don't sell it you must look for specialised suppliers

[Harry72]

Any oil/spirit stain will do the job, probably give water based stains a miss tho.

[snowyskiesau]

I used a Feast Watson spirit stain when I made a computer desk.
I had to give it several coats to get an even colour as the MDF acted like blotting paper.
It worked out pretty good once a top coat was applied.

[RufflyRustic]

I tried water stain on MDF recently what a failure that was! Live and learn!

[toolbagsPLUS]

Hey Ruffly i'm shattered, thought you didn't use that stuff.

Won't from now on will ya!

Cheers

Steve

[RufflyRustic]

Nope, I won't from now on, not for box bases, nope

[toolbagsPLUS]

I am so very proud of you, not sure where I read this but someone of great wisdom once wrote...

"Never underestimate the positive power of encouragement "

Oh well better get back to cutting large pieces into small pieces so i can join them into big pieces again??!!

Cheers

Steve