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Will painting plywood make it more dimensionally stable? Add some Durock?
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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="Allegheny2-6-6-6"] <P mce_keep="true"><A href="http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?3,1195272" target=_blank></A></P> <P mce_keep="true">Ken uses 3.4 plywood cantilevered directly from the buildings studs and his bench work is so strong and stable you can stand on it.</P> <P mce_keep="true">Good luck and enjoy your new railroad. <BR></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>Excellent news. That is exactly how I have planned my layout.......3/4 inch and every piece will be attached on one side directly to a wall stud....even the pieces that are entire sheets.</P> <P>I was looking over the oak and birch 3/4 in plywood just the other day. At $75 per sheet at Home Depot is is some of the most expensive building material onsite, but I am going to go for it. I need 7 full sheets but as the British say, "Start as you mean to go on"...........and I mean to have this layout outlive me.</P>
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