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Old 05-20-2008, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad300tdt View Post
md5? Do you mean MDF? If so, the spacer in that link was made with MDF. The edge of it is rough looking. If you use MDF for your spacer, use drywall compound or wood putty to fill the edges and sand it smooth. I use MDF all the time for lamp bases and if you don't fill the cut edges, the paint will just keep soaking in and never make a good finish.
LOL yes mdf. Thats the programmer in me talking. Mine will look much better than that. I was planning on 1.5-2" of MDF cut at and angle and sanded/rounded smooth covered with appropriately colorde grill cloth. Not OEM but I don't have a cover for the medkit as it is.
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