Hydrofugo in the rain

[stuart.grimshaw]

I've been asked to make a plinth for a local football club so they can have the match ball on display in the run up to the start of the game, like they do in the Premier League nowadays.

My question is, would something like Hydrofugo or Medite's MRMDF if they were painted, be up to the job of being in the rain for up to an hour? The club is Barnsley based so I'd expect a lot on wind, rain, sleet & snow on match days.

If not, then what kind of material would you go for? I don't really have the equipment to be fabricating something from Perspex or metal.

 

[Doug71]

Tricoya is good stuff but a bit spendy!

 

[Max Power]

I'd be wary of using sheet material that was only moisture resistant in a wet environment. Tricoya is fully waterproof

 

[stuart.grimshaw]

Tricoya is good stuff but a bit spendy!

You're not wrong!!

 

[Ollie78]

Maybe plastic, hdpe or a composite material like used in decking. There are some that do solid sections for decking joists etc.
All can be cut with woodworking tools.

 

[gcusick]

Marine ply? Or how about solid tree wood?