Making a plain MDF box look nice

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

OK I am currently having two boxes made. One for comps and another for daily driving. I don't want just a regular carpeted box. I want it to look nice. I have seen some nices boxes here on caraudio. Some wooded boxes had some stuff added to it that made the box look king of like granite. I want to keep this simple. Things I can buy at home depot that are cheap but will make the box nice. Any suggestions and pics of nice boxes please post them here.

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[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

its like a sticker type deal u can get at home depot, **** i cant think of the name..

AH formica!

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

sand the mdf untill it shines. yes you can do that.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Route the edges.

Paint with fleckstone paint, from home depot.

Maybe carpet and do some inserts underneath the carpet to put in a symbol or something of the like?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

sand the mdf untill it shines. yes you can do that.

Indeed.

I used a roundover bit on all the edges, and sanded it with 120-600grit...in steps. It was so **** smooth, and it shined. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

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[Jameseypoo 5,000+ posts]

any pictures? i wanna see a shiny mdf box //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

any pictures? i wanna see a shiny mdf box //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I'll look. That is the one setup I didn't tak any pictures of though, it kind of makes me sad //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif... was kickass... for my 18XXX.

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

 

[dalucifer 10+ year member]

that looks **** good if u ask me..

 

[slain93gsr 10+ year member]

that looks really nice...didnt know you could sand mdf to look that way

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

so youre saying that box rite there isnt coated?? dayummmm i like how the port is sanded

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

that gives me ideas //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif... I was buying a router anyways, I'll have to get a sander too