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Chocolatl · 07-03-2013, 06:13 PM

Glatt, that sounds awful!

I initially chose the MDF because it's wonderfully smooth. I knew it would be held together with some kinds of resins, but I didn't realize just how toxic that stuff would be. I imagine just the one board wouldn't be too bad, but the idea that my baby would be handling something that was leaching formaldehyde wasn't very appealing.

Thanks for the wood recommendations, foot. I ended up going with untreated poplar cuz the hardware store only had that and oak. Round two this weekend.

07-03-2013, 06:13 PM	#503
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Glatt, that sounds awful! I initially chose the MDF because it's wonderfully smooth. I knew it would be held together with some kinds of resins, but I didn't realize just how toxic that stuff would be. I imagine just the one board wouldn't be too bad, but the idea that my baby would be handling something that was leaching formaldehyde wasn't very appealing. Thanks for the wood recommendations, foot. I ended up going with untreated poplar cuz the hardware store only had that and oak. Round two this weekend.