NOOB HELP:Stuck on door speaker install

[frootloops]

It's been 24 hours, time to check on the MDF.





The barbell collar might not have been the best thing to weigh it down, but that's what I had... oh well.
Initial thoughts, not much has changed. The swelling around the holes that were drilled into it really haven't swollen up all that much (I was expecting them to swell more then the rest of the wood.
Other then the icky color is has changed... not bad.

And here is the measurement.


Less then a 1/16", .0555" to be exact (got my micrometer out and it measured .8055 measured).

Back into the same nasty water for another day.

[Aaron'z 2.5RS/WRX]

I'm going to try this as well, with mine.... This should be interesting... lol.. stay tuned..

[frootloops]

Originally Posted by Aaron'z 2.5RS/WRX

I'm going to try this as well, with mine.... This should be interesting... lol.. stay tuned..

lol, anyone else want to try it?

[frootloops]

I had to check the status of the wood about twenty minutes earlier then I wanted to (I have stuff to do), but that shouldn't make much, if any, difference.

Now this is starting to get gross...

It just keeps getting darker and darker.


I think I'm going to change the water tomorrow.
Now the measurements:





It's almost 7/8" thick now. After another 24 hours it again has expanded less then a 1/16th of an inch (.0565 to be exact). So if this trend continues, I should have myself a 1" thick piece of MDF after 96 hours of being submerged in water.

[Aaron'z 2.5RS/WRX]

I am in TN for the next week, so I won't be able to do any testing... I'll try when I get back though.,.,.

[frootloops]

This is a fun experiment, playing with gross brown water... and if you couldn't tell, the MDF is about ten shades darker then what it started as.

Anyways the measurements:





Within 24 hours it expanded a mere .0115", that is less then a 64th of an inch. I'm wondering if it hasn't almost reached it maximum water retention and wont expand much more... hmm.

[NOFATTYS]

Hey Jon,

I just got out of the clink...had a ticket and it escalated much further than i could have anticipated. I will send everything out tomorrow morning. sorry for the delay

[frootloops]

Originally Posted by NOFATTYS

Hey Jon,

I just got out of the clink...had a ticket and it escalated much further than i could have anticipated. I will send everything out tomorrow morning. sorry for the delay

No problem, shit happens, that's how the world works.

[Aaron'z 2.5RS/WRX]

I think we got our calipers from the same Ebay store... lol..

[frootloops]

Originally Posted by Aaron'z 2.5RS/WRX

I think we got our calipers from the same Ebay store... lol..

LOL, probably did.


I wasn't able to check it Saturday (working on my shop) but here it is as of today. I think it's aging like a fine piece of cheese...



And the measurement:



So yesterday and today it only swelled only .026" from Friday's measurement.

By my calculations it SHOULD swell to 1" thick in about 8-9 more days. Once it has done that I'll see how weak and brittle it is and whether or not it'll dry out and shrink back down to anything close to 3/4".

EDIT: One other note, it almost doesn't float anymore... kinda cool.

[Aaron'z 2.5RS/WRX]

Wow man, I can already tell you, the MDF you are getting and the MDF I get is different... it's gotta be..

I just read in another thread about a guy that had 2 different sheets of MDF sitting outside, one more yellow like yours and one more brown, like what I would get and he said the stuff like mine was totally wrecked, while the other seemed just fine...

The difference seems obvious now...

The question IS now, where can I get that product HERE...

[frootloops]

I've bought a few sheets of lesser quality MDF from Home Depot (a few years ago) which is why I try not to buy their sh*t.

If you have an actual lumber yard (not a box store linke HD or Lowes), go there and see what brand of MDF they can get. Sierra Pine is my favorite, another brand is Temple-Inland. If they don't stock or can get either of those, just look at the MDF for those differences between my sample and what you have.

Also if you still want a sample of the stuff I get so you can take it into the store and say "I want THIS MDF!", just let me know!

[ogg]

Originally Posted by NOFATTYS

Hey Jon,

I just got out of the clink...had a ticket and it escalated much further than i could have anticipated. I will send everything out tomorrow morning. sorry for the delay

That sucks man. Nassau or Suffolk county?

[frootloops]

Probably my second to last update as it seems to have quit soaking up water.
I didn't check it Monday (working on the shop), so here it is after another two days.



.003" difference from Saturday's measurement... I don't think I'm going to reach that 1" thickness.


I wont check it until Saturday at which point I'll stop soaking it as I don't think it will swell much more then it has.

[Aaron'z 2.5RS/WRX]

Nice man, thanks..

I'm still in Memphis, so I can't o my testing yet... lol..

[frootloops]

Originally Posted by Aaron'z 2.5RS/WRX

Nice man, thanks..

I'm still in Memphis, so I can't o my testing yet... lol..

Well hurry up and get out of there, I want to see some 2" thick swollen MDF!

[frootloops]

UPDATE!

I hopefully have set everything right with NOFATTYS... if not I'm just going to have to throw it on the CNC and whip him up some new ones once it's up and running.

Anyways some pics of how they turned out.



Them after applying some Spectrum.