MDF

[ellir0305 9]

i am in the process of extending one of my hutches into a multi layer court for my jill and her kits (when she comes into season) and i am a little short on plywood. but as a tight fisted person i would rather reuse materials i have than fork out any money. so i was wondering if i could use some mdf i got of a packing pallet to make the middle shelf? or will it harm the ferrets?

 

cheers atb

 

rob

[kill um with crisps 7]

It will fall apart when it gets wet mate.

[Leeview 791]

i am in the process of extending one of my hutches into a multi layer court for my jill and her kits (when she comes into season) and i am a little short on plywood. but as a tight fisted person i would rather reuse materials i have than fork out any money. so i was wondering if i could use some mdf i got of a packing pallet to make the middle shelf? or will it harm the ferrets?

 

cheers atb

 

rob

far from being ideal due to taking in moisture unless its green mdf(water resitant),it wont harm the ferrets and you could use it until you do find some plywood and then replace it

Y.I.S Leeview

[longnetter 32]

I might be wrong here mate, but I think MDF does contain some pretty harmful chemicals . The dust when cutting this stuff is harmful . I'd dig deep and buy a bit of plywood if I was you .

 

ATB

[ellir0305 9]

okey doke, don't want to harm the little stinkers, it won't get wet as its inside and i use aluminium trays under litter areas to make life easier. i will play it safe though and see if a can skip dive some plywood, i also need some mesh mmmm

 

cheers chaps

[AL BUNDY 45]

I might be wrong here mate, but I think MDF does contain some pretty harmful chemicals . The dust when cutting this stuff is harmful . I'd dig deep and buy a bit of plywood if I was you .

 

ATB

theyll be alright as long as they have dust masks on when there cutting it .

[stealthy1 3,964]

Think along the lines of Wheatabix, because MDF is about as much use out doors

[wullieh 53]

a mate of mine thought he would save money by building a 3 storey hutch with MDF and only to end up costing him more money as when it got damp as it will, it ended up swelling making it hard to open and shut the doors.

[ferreteressex 1]

i made a 4 story hutch completley out of 10mm mdf last summer,

as i got all the off cuts for nothing.

 

i used oil based inside,an outside some black water based primer i had laying about,left it about a week before putting the ferrets in because of the fumes,

 

the inside is great cleans up great no swelling at all even in the toilet an water areas but i had to re coat the out side last week as it is beginning to swell in places that the sun doesn't get to,

so in my experience if its free wood an thick MDF then oil base undercoat it all inside an out an it would be ok,but ply would defiantly last for years with the same treatment.

an yes MDF dust is very bad for your health its been band in the usa i think

[The one 8,481]

Its crap i go for old floorboards they last a lifetime and the piss doesn't rot them and my hutches are so heavy the wind doesn't blow the lids off ect