We ordered a paint-grade sample door from Scherr's - poplar frame and an MDF center panel. We had been planning on painting our cabinets with milk paint, but the MDF panel has thrown me for a loop.

One milk paint manufacturer said to use a bonding agent, another said it will be fine to paint the milk paint directly on the MDF, and a woodworker told me that any waterborne paint on MDF will make it "fuzzy."

Can any knowledgable cabinet-painters weigh in?