I have been saving some wood scraps for my brother to burn in his wood stove, have some MDF and particle board melamine too. Would present any problems if mixed in with the regualr wood? Thanks.
Dan
I have been saving some wood scraps for my brother to burn in his wood stove, have some MDF and particle board melamine too. Would present any problems if mixed in with the regualr wood? Thanks.
Dan
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I can't tell ya techinally if its good or not, seemed to work during 10-12 years we burned wood in the house woodstove, does burn a bit hot though, and I can't emagine the flumes from the glue are all that good for ya though.
Al
I generally don't burn all that glue based stuff in our wood stove. I especially wouldn't want to burn melamine that has the laminate surface on it.
In my shop stove, yes.
A little at a time, mixed with oak and such
Here's the MDS for MDF. . .
http://www.temple.com/images/i_gener...s/mdf_msds.pdf
I do not put any MDF or plywood scraps in my stove. Solid wood, only.
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I agree with Jim. The glues involved, along the any organic compounds (like Formaldehyde) would prevent me from burning MDF.
In fact, if you look at the MDS sheet supplied by Lars, there's special specs for MDF and Formaldehyde on a couple levels.
Hazardous Decomposition Products - Thermal and/or thermal-oxidative decomposition can product irritating and
potentially toxic fumes and gases, including carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons,
aldehydes and organic acids.
I think the most important part of the MDS is that animal testing has produced nasal cancer at 14ppm. Now that's alot of MDS exhaustion, and I don't know if it was the result of a thermal-oxidative (burning) ....but will you be to a human subject as lesser values. Is your family?
Why even take the chance?
Last edited by John Hain; 02-21-2007 at 5:28 PM.
I agree with the general comments. Even with a well ventilated and hot stove the formaldehyde concentration might be high enough to get some exposure, and the repetitive exposure is the problematic area in regards to being a carcinogen; especially if it is inhaled from the fire.
For that matter I would not burn old pieces of painted wood in the stove for the same reason with lead.
Last edited by john mclane; 02-22-2007 at 8:57 PM.
I would have to vote no as well....I burn my MDF/plywood scraps outside in the firepit.