Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Tackboards
Ted Wong
>Our department is replacing some tackboards and I need to order in some material but I'm not sure what it is. It's brown and fiberous 1/2" thick and breaks easily kind of like vegetable fiberboard used for building sheathing but not as coarse. I know for certain it's not Homasote. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Celotex?
Ellis Walentine
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I thought...,
Lee Grindinger
>I thought Celotex and Homosote were the same thing. It's a regional name, I grew up in the west using Celotex but people in the east never heard of it..., until an Eastern cabinetmaker introduced me to Homosote.
Lee
Re: Tackboards
Robert Hutchins
>Howdy Ted,
In the past, I've purchased cork-covered homosote sheet goods. I've still got a pretty good sized chunk from the last sheet I bought. The cork gives a good appearance and 'heals' better than painted homosote by itself does. I got mine from a local full-service building supply house when I lived in Raleigh.
HTH
Re: I thought...,
Barry Irby
>I'm in the East. I have always known Homasote as a gray fiber board that looks like "shirt" cardboard but available in various sizes and at least in � and ��. Celotex is a coarse brown fibrous product. Usually comes in 1/2" thick 4 X 8' sheets that have tar coated on one side. Usually used as "storm siding" on houses. This is "regular" and little structural value. There is a second version that appear to be slightly denser and more heavily saturated with tar. This is sold as "Intermediate" and has enough structural value that you can sheet the entire house with it and eliminate the plywood bracing on the corners.