What to do with an unfinished MDF plaque?

[Steve Busey]

I bought a used Helix recently, and the guy threw in a bunch of unused blank materials. Part of those materials included about half a dozen 5x7" plain MDF plaque boards. What can be done with those? :confused:

Thanks

[George M. Perzel]

Steve;
They are good for practice but that's about all-poor sales item as they are tough to finish as any cut edges absorb paint
Best Regards,
George
Laserarts

[Steve Busey]

Steve;
They are good for practice but that's about all


Perfect - if there's one thing I need, it's practice! Thanks George.

[Martin Boekers]

You can also use them to make jigs as you'll find, jigs come in handy!

[Chuck Stone]

you can also put a few coats of gesso on them and then spray them with rattle can.
Then laser through the top coat of paint for an etched look.

[Steve Busey]

You can also use them to make jigs as you'll find, jigs come in handy!


Good idea, Martin!


you can also put a few coats of gesso on them and then spray them with rattle can.
Then laser through the top coat of paint for an etched look.

Interesting idea! Is just regular ol' Krylon OK?

[Chuck Stone]

Interesting idea! Is just regular ol' Krylon OK?

Yep.. I got the idea here. There was a discussion about scratchboard
and so I tried it. You can use various programs or plug-ins that give
an etched, crosshatched or woodcut look to help it along. Haven't
really found the market for it, but Neil Pabia likes it.. he took some
samples to tick off his artist neighbor who does these by hand.
heh heh heh ...

[Neil Pabia]

I wish I had filmed his response...LOL

Yep.. I got the idea here. There was a discussion about scratchboard
and so I tried it. You can use various programs or plug-ins that give
an etched, crosshatched or woodcut look to help it along. Haven't
really found the market for it, but Neil Pabia likes it.. he took some
samples to tick off his artist neighbor who does these by hand.
heh heh heh ...

[Chuck Stone]

I wish I had filmed his response...LOL

now that would have been cool..

have you tried it yet? MDF isn't usually something you'd make a finished piece
out of, but always seem to have on hand. Almost like getting free product