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[spike]

at is best stuff to use on mdf please i am using it fo my bench top thanks

[Seaspray]

Don't like MDF If gets wets it falls apart. You may try 5 coats of oil based outside varnish if you're doing light work and it won't get wet . I put it on chipboard flooring so far it's holding up.

No chance of something stronger like ply or better still an old worktop?

[dougal99]

I would give it several coats of varnish to protect the surface from stains etc. Preferably satin or matt. Gloss would probably be a little slippy. Don't forget to rub down between coats.

[Colin Bishop]

Apart from the advice above, (you will definitely need to really seal the MDF well against spillage), I buy sheets of white faced hardboard to lie on my worktop. When they get scarred. stained and damaged I just replace them.

[Martin (Admin)]

There is an MDF Sealant ...

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Quick-Dry-MDF-Primer-750ml/p/214271

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Painting+Decorating/Primers+Undercoat/MDF+Primer+25L/d150/sd3006/p18925

http://www.wilko.com/search?q=mdf+sealant&perpage=12&pdxttype=Primer%20Paint

[wingaard]

Buffalo Ply is often used for engineers work-bench tops.
http://www.advancedtechnicalpanels.co.uk/products/buffalo-board-birch-plywood

[essex2visuvesi]

this stuff is good on MDF.... I painted my shelving units with it as well as the shed floor
http://www.ronseal.co.uk/products/diamond-hard-floor-paint

[RAAArtyGunner]

Have you considered covering it with a laminate, known as Laminex, Formica, etc here in OZ.

Which in essence is compressed cardboard but hardwearing, available in non slip, cleans up well, eg, kitchen bench tops.

[tr7v8]

mine have always been kitchen work surface, very often able to get a damaged one for sensible money.

[ballastanksian]

Often builders merchants like Covers will have offcuts of kitchen worktop 'in the back' for sale. I bought a piece a few years back for a reasonable price.

[kinmel]

I  always just leave the MDF bare, once it is truly ruined I just replace it with a new one.

[tigertiger]

Merging what Kinmel and Colin have suggested. I have a sacrificial surface on top of my bench. You can use another piece of thin mdf or hardboard.When it is ruined, throw it away.