Making the MDF Block Prints

Making the MDF Block Prints

Posted on May 3, 2015 

I made the blockprints from the MDF block today.  I was impressed with the way that the MDF performed.  I filmed the process for a youtube video but because of a glitch I lost the footage for the first run that I made.

I had already cleaned and dried the MDF block (and every thing else) before I discovered that I had no footage for the video, so I started all over and did another print run. The MDF performed fine, even after I had soaked it pretty well in the cleaning process.  In fact it had completely dried before I made the second run but the edges remained sharp and it did not become crumbly as I had feared it would. It has now been soaked in the cleaning process twice and it still looks and feels good.  I may make a few prints with it in a few days just to check it out.

I will be making a print in the same style to compliment “The Farmer”, called “The Farmers Wife” and I will use MDF to do it.  In fact I plan to make some more detailed prints with it in the future to see how it will perform.  Below is a picture of one of the prints of “The Farmer”.

“The Farmer” Block Print