Hydrofugo MDF v MR Medite Premier

[Daniel Fyfe Bespoke Carpe]

Hi guys,

I have been using Hydrofugo MDF for a good few years now and was wondering if any of you are also using this or are using MR Medite Premier.

It would be good to hear your pros and cons for either of these products.

 

[Sideways]

Just in the process of making up some simple shaker style doors for an understairs cupboard.
Heavily inspired by @petermillard .
I'm using Hidrofugo and it's the cleanest machining MRMDF I've used as a DIYer.
I haven't tried Medite Premier.

22mm rails and stiles, tracksawn and slot routed for a 9mm panel

 

[petermillard]

Just in the process of making up some simple shaker style doors for an understairs cupboard.
Heavily inspired by @petermillard .
I'm using Hidrofugo and it's the cleanest machining MRMDF I've used as a DIYer.
I haven't tried Medite Premier.

22mm rails and stiles, tracksawn and slot routed for a 9mm panel…

Solid looking job, and eerily familiar! Don’t know about Medite Premier, but Optima was the one they introduced as the Hidrofugo alternative; it was a good board but I found it very dense, almost brittle so I tend to use regular Medite MRMDF or Hidrofugo, depending on availability. HTH

 

[Sideways]

The local yard where I buy Hidrofugo don't stock "ordinary" MRMDF.
They found they were losing trade as their key customers wanted a better quality board and were buying elsewhere They are a smallish company and it wasn't economic to carry two grades so they now only stock the good stuff.
That said, they don't carry 22mm sheet and I had to travel a little to get that.