<div dir="ltr"><div>Nothing is 'too heavy' if needed for safety. That is why they have large steel plates with threaded 'lift' holes to cover temporary cavities during street repair work. If I have to use a forklift or a Condor to safely complete a project, so be it.</div><div>/s/ Richard</div><div>_________</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 6:17 AM, Mike Katz via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Masonite properly called hardboard is a high density fiberboard. MDF is a medium density fiberboard. That why you can not buy 3/4 hardboard, it would be too heavy. I much prefer the density of a habits on the floor unless it is a one off put down and toss. Tempered hardboard is still the way to go for a semi permanent sacrifical to surface on a stage floor.<div dir="auto">I am a bit puzzled by someone's comment that the manufacturing process for hardboard has changed to make it more environmentally cleaner. As far as I know, hardboard is manufactured with heart and pressure and no trains or glue. That is a pretty clean process. Does anyone have more info on that?</div><div dir="auto">Mike</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 7, 2017 5:03 PM, "Bill Schaffell via Stagecraft" <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">I have sheeted over a lot of stage floors with MDF. Ranging from 1/4" to 3/4" depending on what the client wanted. It holds paint great. Is readily available and dimensionally stable. Is there a reason(s) that I don't see the collective group here recommend MDF?<br>
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