MDF and filtration soil.

[Walt]

MDF (that's medium density fiberboard to you). Most of the newer baseboards here are made of the stuff. Depending on what it's been painted with, it will expand if it gets damp. So how do you clean the edges? Or do you just tell them it's not possible?

 

[Mikey P]

That stuff is a real bitch when doing tIle/stone work.


On carpet you best stay a bit away. On tile or stone that is not soiled to the edge cover it with blue tape then put duct tape over it extending a 1/8th inch on to the tile to act as a moisture barrier.



Pre qualify like mad.


If it's a huge issue for them suggest they hire a handy man to pull it off and replace when your done.

 

[steve frasier]

hate the stuff, usually just use a squirt bottle of vac-away cyclone (Brian sells it) agitate it withs a straight edge brush and rinse it with a crevious detail tool

flitration on stairs is just as bad, usually the sheet rock has no primer and the paint will peel it you get anything on it. If you get it a little wet then it damages the sheet rock. Try to blue tape it up but the vacuum will pull the tape right off the wall if you get the detail tool to close to the tape

 

[John Watson]

Shore don't take much moisture to cause it to start to swell. On pet jobs, we identify the potential problem of MDF and normaly can show a swelled section if damages are around or close to the walls before we start. We note a hold harmless clause which we right on the inspection if we are to flood those areas where MDF is installed.