MDO questions

[Jamie Buxton]

I'd call my lumberyard, but he's closed until Monday, so I'll ask you folks.

MDO plywood is available in a "one-sided" grade. Does that mean there's resin-impregnated paper on only one face? Or, more to the point, does this mean that wood glue like Titebond III will stick to the back face?

[Mark Singer]

I have used it for years as a concrete form material....but it skined on bot sides.

[Stephen Dixon]

I have bought 1/2" MDO in either 1 side faced, or 2 sides faced, I have personally never seen 3/4" with just one side faced, but I don't know that you couldn't get it that way. 1 side faced is cheaper, imagine that.
Steve

[Tim Morton]

Yes, you can buy 3/4 MDO with the paper face on one side only. The back is like CDX. Yes wood glue wil stick to the back. We use 2 sided for making outdoor graphics, and the only time we used one sided, the boards were warped and twisted to the point of being almost unusable. I'm guessing the wood was just sitting around too long.

[Jim Becker]

My local yard [carries/can get] one-side or two-side MDO.