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Merboard Gold New Age Selection
Selection Guide Product Properties
 Premium
Quality Regular Density MDF
Merboard Gold creates a professional finish on a wide range
applications such as furniture, joinery, paneling, toys and games, tables /
chairs, beds, doors, speakers cabinets, shelves, shop fittings, DIY kits,
partitions, moldings, picture frames, displays, models, instruments, fixtures,
storage units and many more . . .
Premium Quality & Versatility
Merboard Gold is a premium quality Medium Density Fiberboard with unique
physical properties making it suitable for a wide range of manufacturing, trade
and building applications.
Uniform Texture, Strength & Stability
Merboard Gold's uniform texture combined with superior bond strength and
inherent stability allows precise machining of panel faces and edges, creating
endless opportunities for the cabinet maker, furniture maker, builder and home
handy person.
Easy to Machine & Finish
Ease of machining Merboard Gold makes light work of even the most intricate and
difficult projects. It's smooth and flat surface is easily painted or
stained to achieve a high quality finish, providing the ideal substrate for
overlaying thin decorative veneer, vinyls, printed paper, foils and melamine
papers.
Cost Effective
The utilization and recovery of residual plantation wood resources in the
production of Merboard Gold ensures Merbok's costs remain competitive and
achieves optimal use of our forest resources.
Performance
Merboard Gold is easily sawn, routed, molded, drilled, glued, nailed, screwed,
sanded, painted, laminated, and veneered - making it the most versatile
building panel for all trades people and the home handy person.
Merboard Gold is manufactured for internal applications and should not be
exposed to water or high humidity environments such as bathrooms. It
should be kept clear of heat sources such as stoves and heaters.
Merboard Gold's physical properties provide natural resistance to attack by the
common household wood borer and provided the panel does not reach 20% moisture
content for extended periods it is also resistant to fungal decay.
Merboard Gold - is the product of the future bringing comfort, convenience and
contemporary style to the environments of today.
Properties
| PROPERTIES |
UNIT |
RANGE
OF THICKNESS (mm) |
Thickness
Tolerance
(within panel) |
mm |
3
-6
+/- 0.2 |
>
6 - 12
+/- 0.2 |
>
12 - 19
+/- 0.2 |
>
19 - 32
+/- 0.3
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Size
Tolerance
(within panel)
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mm |
+/- 2mm/m max in length and width |
| Squareness |
mm |
+/-
1.5mm/m |
| Density |
Kg/m3 |
780 |
750 |
730 |
700 |
| Density
Profile @ Core |
% |
90 |
85 |
85 |
80 |
| Internal
Bond |
N/mm2 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
| Modulus
of Rupture |
N/mm2 |
45 |
40 |
35 |
30 |
| Modulus
of Elasticity |
M/mm2 |
3000 |
2700 |
2600 |
2400 |
| Surface
Soundness |
N |
1700 |
1700 |
1600 |
1600 |
Screw
Holding
- Face
- Edge |
N
N |
N/A
N/A |
N/A
N/A |
1100
1000 |
1000
900 |
| Thickness
Swell (24hr) |
% |
18 |
12 |
8 |
6 |
| Water
Absorption (24hr) |
% |
40 |
30 |
25 |
20 |
Dimensional
Stability
(Humidity 35 - 85% hr)
- Length/Width
- Thickness |
%
% |
0.4
6 |
0.4
6 |
0.35
5 |
0.35
5 |
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Merboard
Gold