Where do you guys buy MDF?

[odabbs 10+ year member]

I'm about to buy a good bit of MDF and I was wondering where you can get it pretty cheap and the best quality

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[dbeez 5,000+ posts]

lowes go in and ask if they have an damaged sheets i get 10-15 knocked off per sheet where the straps just nick the corners..nothing bad wrong with the sheet at all..i have a feeling i may not be getting it that cheap for much longer though..

 

[Cabin_Pressure 10+ year member]

Lowe's and Home Depot, whichever is cheaper the day i go to buy.

 

[Redlineaudio 10+ year member]

I have a vendor that delivers it to the shop. cost is about the same as lowes but I don't have to go get it.

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

u can get it from lowes or homedepot at a fairly good price. i get 3/4" MDF for 26.75+tax a sheet from a place out here called chino lumber. its normally around 30 per sheet near me. but lowes or home depot is fine. if there is a lumber yard alot closer to you save the gas $$$$$ and go there

 

[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

home depot like $30 a sheet iirc

 

[06Titan 10+ year member]

If you find a place that's cheaper than Home Depot's price for MDF, take a picture and show them because they will meet it, and beat it by 10%.

 

[themgators511 10+ year member]

lowes, home depot, or the lumber yard....

 

[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

If you find a place that's cheaper than Home Depot's price for MDF, take a picture and show them because they will meet it, and beat it by 10%.

o'rly didn't know that

 

[odabbs 10+ year member]

Alrighty well I'll go check out lowes and home depot. We have a lumber yard around here somewhere to so I'll go check with them. Thanks guys

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Just make sure if you go to a local lumber place that what they sell is actual MDF. The first "MDF" sheet I bought was from a local place and it was actually particle board. I didn't find this out until I bought a sheet from Home Depot and realized I had been jipped the first time. Luckily I only used it to build a false floor...

 

[modskwod 10+ year member]

Just make sure if you go to a local lumber place that what they sell is actual MDF. The first "MDF" sheet I bought was from a local place and it was actually particle board. I didn't find this out until I bought a sheet from Home Depot and realized I had been jipped the first time. Luckily I only used it to build a false floor...

Lol, same thing happened to me....

 

[odabbs 10+ year member]

Just make sure if you go to a local lumber place that what they sell is actual MDF. The first "MDF" sheet I bought was from a local place and it was actually particle board. I didn't find this out until I bought a sheet from Home Depot and realized I had been jipped the first time. Luckily I only used it to build a false floor...

Alright thanks for the heads up

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Alright thanks for the heads up

Yeah no problem. Particle board looks like a ton of little pieces of wood glued together, MDF looks like one solid color because it's basically sawdust and glue. Also MDF will be like twice as heavy.

 

[Redlineaudio 10+ year member]

One thing to note Lowes sales a lower grade of MDF then the supply houses. we can really tell the difference when we have to get it there from the Cabinet grade stuff the supplier has.