Has anyone having MDO bubble?

[groovier drip]

Hello, I work for a garage door company in northern California, and I'm trying my hands on sign making (just a jigsaw and router) mainly for friends and family. I can get a lot of MDO cutoffs that are about 24"x48" that I use. The garage doors we make use the MDO as a base layer, the overlay design out of ExTerra. Recently I have been seeing bubbles develop on the MDO on doors we have sitting on racks in our warehouse and on customers' homes. Is it just a poor batch of MDO? We find some bubbles we can fix but they seem to pop up over a little bit of time. I don't want to have to spend time on my signs if it's just going to bubble on me, I have done some research and couldn't find anything retaining to the issue. Thank you and look forward to new experience and your guy's wisdom!!

 

[Johnny Best]

Been that way for years everyone moved on to ACM

 

[groovier drip]

Is that the aluminum stuff? So that's just the risk of using MDO?

 

[groovier drip]

Been that way for years everyone moved on to ACM

Is that the aluminum stuff? So that's just the risk of using MDO?

 

[Glavin_ID]

We use a lot of MDO and have seen it a little more recently.

 

[groovier drip]

We use a lot of MDO and have seen it a little more recently.

I have been seeing it either when we get the stack of MDO, or it will be sitting for a min and then a bubble develops. I don't know why but local contractors have been seeing it as well.

 

[Glavin_ID]

Been that way for years everyone moved on to ACM

Do you use 6MM ACM for 4x8 signs? I find the 3MM isn't rigid enough at that size. 6MM and MDO are pretty much the same price point for me.

 

[Johnny Best]

6mmm and stringers for 3mm

 

[groovier drip]

Do you use 6MM ACM for 4x8 signs? I find the 3MM isn't rigid enough at that size. 6MM and MDO are pretty much the same price point for me.

I use the MDO because I get 24"x48" for free from my company I work for so just trying to figure out if I can avoid the bubbling issue

 

[JBurton]

Is it painted MDO, or the stuff with the pvc face, or just bare MDO?

 

[The Blind Signman]

Hello, I work for a garage door company in northern California, and I'm trying my hands on sign making (just a jigsaw and router) mainly for friends and family. I can get a lot of MDO cutoffs that are about 24"x48" that I use. The garage doors we make use the MDO as a base layer, the overlay design out of ExTerra. Recently I have been seeing bubbles develop on the MDO on doors we have sitting on racks in our warehouse and on customers' homes. Is it just a poor batch of MDO? We find some bubbles we can fix but they seem to pop up over a little bit of time. I don't want to have to spend time on my signs if it's just going to bubble on me, I have done some research and couldn't find anything retaining to the issue. Thank you and look forward to new experience and your guy's wisdom!!

when i started in 1986 i bought my mdo at wholesale at 33.00 a sheet (minumum 10) ..then years later it was primed...and in the early 2000's they were painted... never had bubbles

 

[Gino]

Depends on the manufacturer and what grade he's selling to your company. The cheaper grades have more patches and footballs under the top layer, while some use a plastic final layer. I have a supplier that was getting their MDO from finland. Great price and was like painting on satin glass. When I first started buying MDO, it was all called duraply and was $23.00 for a 1/2" 4' x 8' double sided sheet. Even if we were doing a single sided sign, we used the double sided stuff.