I picked up a board of MDF from Home Depot (A smaller piece of this) for a keyboard tray. It was cut for me at the store, and I installed it with a drawer slide.
But later on I remembered that MDF is notorious for formaldehyde usage in the glues that make it up.
Is what I did something safe enough to use daily? I'm having trouble telling if the danger comes from cutting the board vs gasses that it might contain seeping out over time. I didn't coat the board, is that something I'll need to do?
My skin will be coming in direct contact with the board, but from the searching I did it looked like MDF could be a allergen for certain people's skin. I've come in contact with it on surfaces more than once before without an issues, and I couldn't tell if there was any actual danger.
There was also a fair bit of sawdust that got disturbed after getting trapped in a pocket on one of the pieces. Are there any special precautions I need to take with the dust that came out? I went and wiped the edges of each piece with a damp cloth to make sure there was none left on the other pieces, and vacuumed the floor. Does the dust that was collected need special handling?
Submitted August 01, 2015 at 08:12PM by NewToMech http://ift.tt/1Ib6D8q
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