What is Truflat Paint? How to Use & Project Ideas

What is Truflat Paint, and what can you do with it? Keep reading to find out!

What's Inside:

• What is Truflat Paint?
• What's the Difference Between Regular Truflat Plywood & Truflat Paint?
• What Can You Make With Truflat Paint?
• Is Truflat Paint Actually Paint?
• Make Colorful Laser-Cut Items with Truflat Paint

What is Truflat Paint?

Truflat Paint is a version of Truflat laser plywood that comes pre-primed and ready for a coat of paint.

Truflat is a brand of ultra-flat laser plywood, with the guaranteed flattest surface in the industry.

Original Truflat plywood is made of a medium-density fiberboard (MDF) core covered with custom-painted designer faces. Truflat Paint is finished with a layer of primer, which makes it ready to paint.

If you're new to Truflat, learn more in our guide to Truflat plywood.

Why Choose Truflat Paint Laser Plywood?

No more sanding, polishing, and painting layers of primer and multiple coats of paint.

You only need to paint ONE single coat for a beautiful finish on your laser-cut items.

Not only that, but Truflat Paint is finished and primed on both sides so you can paint on BOTH sides easily.

Here are the benefits:

⏰ Save Time - No more wasted hours sanding, priming, and applying multiple layers of paint to your laser-cut items and waiting for them to dry.

✅ Easy to Cut - Unlike regular wood, this prefinished MDF sheet is easy to cut with even lower-power diode laser engravers.

💰 Make More Profit - Your items take less time to make, which increases your profit per item!

🎨 Make Colorful Products - Easily make beautiful, custom laser-cut items in any color you like. The only limit is your imagination! 🌈

Plus, Truflat Paint has many of the same features as regular Truflat plywood.

Features of Truflat Paint

• Ultra-flat laser plywood—the flattest you'll find in the industry
• Pre-primed for painting on both sides
• No sanding or other prep needed!
• Made of a 100% recycled or recovered wood fiber core (MDF)
• Super easy to cut with flat surface and MDC core, even with lower-power diode lasers
• White surface makes it easy to add color
• 1/8" thickness and 12" x 19"-sized sheets

Truflat Paint is coming to MakerFlo Crafts very soon! Stay tuned for more!

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What's the Difference Between Regular Truflat Plywood & Truflat Paint?

If you're familiar with Truflat plywood, you might be wondering how Truflat Paint and Truflat laser plywood differ.

Both are made of the same ultra-flat laser plywood with an MDF core.

But the difference lies in the coating.

Truflat Plywood is Coated for Sublimation

Regular Truflat plywood has an acrylic coating that gives the wood a glossy finish and works for sublimation printing. (Yes, you can sublimate on these!)

Truflat plywood comes in 6 designer finishes, including 3 wood grain designs plus white, linen, and black. The new white Truflat plywood, Truflat 2.0, also doubles as a dry-erase board. Learn more in our guide to Truflat 2.0.

Paint won't stick to the acrylic coating on regular Truflat. It's easy to create paint fills by painting over engraved areas and wiping the excess away.

Buy Truflat Plywood at MakerFlo (This is not Truflat Paint. Truflat Paint is coming soon!)

Truflat Paint is Coated for Painting

On the other hand, Truflat Paint is primed on both sides so you can paint it right away.

You can't sublimate on this product, but you can paint it quickly and easily to achieve vibrant colors.

Truflat Paint comes in a white finish only.

What's the Difference Between Truflat 2.0 and Truflat Paint?

If you haven't heard of Truflat 2.0, here's what you need to know.

The original Truflat plywood comes in 6 colors, and one of those is white.

Truflat recently upgraded its white plywood to have an extra dry-erase finish. That means you can use it to make custom dry-erase boards.

This upgraded white Truflat sheet is called Truflat 2.0 or Truflat White 2.0.

Learn more in our guide to Truflat 2.0.

You might confuse Truflat 2.0 with Truflat Paint because both are white!

But here's the main difference: Truflat 2.0 is coated for sublimation printing and dry-erase markers, while Truflat Paint is coated for painting only.

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What Can You Make With Truflat Paint?

You can make so many things with Truflat Paint! Here are some ideas to get you started.

Note: These images are of regular Truflat plywood to give you an idea. If you use Truflat Paint, you can make all of these items in custom colors. As this is a new product, we'll share more photos soon!

Idea #1 - Business Signage

You could paint this with the company's brand colors or even add custom brush art on the sign.

Idea #2 - Home Decor

Imagine this in a sunny yellow or peaceful lavender to welcome people to your home.

Idea #3 - Christmas Ornaments

You could paint these red, green, gold, silver, or other favorite holiday colors.

Idea #4 - Wedding Decor

Imagine having personalized wedding signage and table decor like this, but painted in the bride and groom's wedding colors.

Idea #5 - Baby Milestone Signs

These cute baby milestone signs could be painted in pastel colors like pink, blue, purple, or yellow.

Idea #6 - Gift Card Holder

This nifty laser-cut coffee cup holds a gift card or cash! You can paint it in any color to make it pop!

Idea #7 - Laser-Cut Art

This piece of laser-cut art showcases all of Truflat's plywood finishes. But with Truflat Paint, you can make vibrant and colorful works of art.

Idea #8 - Wooden Jewelry

What color would you make these in?

Is Truflat Paint Actually Paint?

When you hear the name "Truflat Paint," you might think this product is a type of paint!

That's a common misconception.

Truflat Paint is NOT paint. It's a pre-primed MDF sheet that's ready for laser cutting and painting.

Truflat Paint is coming to MakerFlo Crafts very soon! Stay tuned for more!

Make Colorful Laser-Cut Items with Truflat Paint!

Now you're an expert on Truflat Paint!

We can't wait to see what you make with it. Join us in our Official MakerFlo Facebook Community to share your creations with us!