I just bought a new computer desk tonight. It was one of the cheaper ones. As I was putting it together I started to wonder what they used to cover the wood with. I beleive the wood is mdf or something simular. But it is not lamited. It looks to be some kind of thin covering and the wood grain look rolls around the egdes and corners seemlessly. It just got me curious about what it is and what process they use to put it on. If anyone has any info please let me know. Thanks- Robbie

It is either paper or vinyl. They make tops like that at Kernersville down the road from you about 50 miles. I set up the DC drives for the system. The technology they were using was from Germany.

The covering has glue on the back. They shape the MDF or chipboard and then a machine puts the covering on it and it is run thru an oven about 30 feet long. It is removed from the machine and but on pallets.

Most of the computer desks are made in Hendersonville, NC. I have also been thru their factory.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry, That process sounds pretty interesting

There was a company, next door to the one I worked at which made the machines that glue and press the substance on to the wood.
These machines were HUGE. Basically they consisted of a frame, and some very large rollers that dispensed the glue and rolled the substance on to hundreds of feet of material to be fed through an drying line.
Thats how they make all of these MDF desks.

That substance is called Rigid Thermo Foil (RTF).