Where can I get MDF skirting board

Coveredinbees!!!!

I'm replacing the skirting board in one of my bedrooms, when I did the last bedroom I used wood skirting board which turned out to be a nightmare of warped timber and annoy knot holes. This time I want to use MDF as it doesn't have knots or warp as much but I can't kind an MDF skirting board with a rounded top. Wickes do all the fancy stuff and B&Q do a chamfered board but I just want the rounded off stuff same as in the bedroom I have already done. Any ideas?

andrew-b

Have you tried a local timber merchants as your more likely to get what your after for a lower price than the DIY "sheds".

Andy

burnsguitarman

I think you'll find the ordinary 'pencil top' mdf skirting hard to find, if not impossible, but then again I may be wrong!

totalsolutions

I use new timber and don't have any problems. Buy it straight to start with and check for knotting. Treat the knots first.

Coveredinbees!!!!

Thanks for the replies looks like it'll have the be good old wood again then.

Fred_Bear_2

Southend Timber Ltd ( southendtimber.com 01702 600427) do Ogee, Torus, Chamfered and Pencil round, but it depends where on Earth you are located Coveredinbees. I have just ordered some 170mm Torus, the only supplier I could find.
HTH

misgrace

If you do manage to get the type of MDF skirts that you want, then go for it, rather than the wood.
Its a dream to paint,much better than wood, and this is from a professional P&D,(me) they come already primed as such, but to get a really nice finish, I would still undercoat, then do at least 2-3 coats of satinwood, or if your going for gloss, do 2 undercoats and 1 gloss.

TomsMom

misgrace wrote: »

If you do manage to get the type of MDF skirts that you want, then go for it, rather than the wood.
Its a dream to paint,much better than wood, and this is from a professional P&D,(me) they come already primed as such, but to get a really nice finish, I would still undercoat, then do at least 2-3 coats of satinwood, or if your going for gloss, do 2 undercoats and 1 gloss.

Misgrace - have you used the pre-finished mdf skirtings and architraves? I was thinking of these for the house we are buying, I think there is an oak finish one (or similar that I have seen in Jewsons).

james10999

Jewson will be your best bet as they have the most wide range of products

www.jewson.co.uk and find your local branch

misgrace

TomsMom wrote: »

Misgrace - have you used the pre-finished mdf skirtings and architraves? I was thinking of these for the house we are buying, I think there is an oak finish one (or similar that I have seen in Jewsons).

Tomsmom, I have never seen the oak finish type, and TBH I have only painted the 'white ones', or the actual bare MDF, normally for bookcases, shelves etc.

The beauty of the 'white MDF' that have already been painted or sprayed back at the factory or where it comes from, is that there is minimal sanding, it is very smooth, you only have to give it a very very light sanding with the smoothest bit of sandpaper you have, and that is between coats, as the paint dries, it can pick up tiny nibs from any dust that is flying around, but even so, its a dream to paint.

On the other hand, the bare MDF, can be a nightmare at times.:eek:

TomsMom

misgrace wrote: »

Tomsmom, I have never seen the oak finish type, and TBH I have only painted the 'white ones', or the actual bare MDF, normally for bookcases, shelves etc.

The beauty of the 'white MDF' that have already been painted or sprayed back at the factory or where it comes from, is that there is minimal sanding, it is very smooth, you only have to give it a very very light sanding with the smoothest bit of sandpaper you have, and that is between coats, as the paint dries, it can pick up tiny nibs from any dust that is flying around, but even so, its a dream to paint.

On the other hand, the bare MDF, can be a nightmare at times.:eek:

Thanks for that Misgrace. The only reason I'm thinking of the pre-finished one is so that there will be minimal maintenance, i.e. no repainting, in future years. Not being lazy, just practical in my circumstances :rotfl: