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What are the pros and cons of baseboards in allmoge, MDF, or Furu?
What are the pros and cons of baseboards in allmoge, MDF, or Furu?
A clear disadvantage of MDF is that it doesn't look particularly nice when it wears, when the paint peels, the surface doesn't withstand much. However, an advantage of MDF is that it is more stable with changes in humidity where it is placed, but as long as you buy the moldings in good time and let them sit in the room where they will be installed for a couple of weeks, it is a manageable problem - especially for baseboards. For trims, it is a bit more troublesome to avoid cracks.
Isn't "allmoge" a collective term and can thus include various types of wood?
Pine is the easiest to work with if you haven't installed a lot of trims before, in my opinion. The paint holds, it's durable, and definitely the easiest to nail/screw into (tack nails etc. work here too) - expensive.
MDF - Cheap, very cheap. The paint comes off more easily but shouldn't during normal wear and tear; that's not something I've experienced anyway. It's harder to install than pine as you need to pre-drill - here, the paint can come off and crack easily if you're not sure what you're doing. I fasten all my MDF trims with a brad nailer, it's absolutely the easiest in my opinion.
Pine is the easiest to work with if you haven't installed a lot of trims before, in my opinion. The paint holds, it's durable, and definitely the easiest to nail/screw into (tack nails etc. work here too) - expensive.
MDF - Cheap, very cheap. The paint comes off more easily but shouldn't during normal wear and tear; that's not something I've experienced anyway. It's harder to install than pine as you need to pre-drill - here, the paint can come off and crack easily if you're not sure what you're doing. I fasten all my MDF trims with a brad nailer, it's absolutely the easiest in my opinion.
I use veneered MDF moldings. Straight and fine, and very durable.
I bought knot-free and painted it myself. I think it looks best and is the fastest. Always use brad nails as they make the smallest holes. Then putty and fine paint. A hot tip if you are going to install baseboards in an old house is to buy baseboards that are fairly thin (15mm) as it will be easier to install them even if the wall is not straight.
The advantage of MDF is that all moldings are approximately the same size, unlike when you use solid wood moldings where there can be a variation of about 5 mm between different moldings.