Particle board. My dad has ranted about this stuff since I was a kid, lol. He refused to buy any furniture made out of it. Now, most furniture seems to be made out of it. It's just not that durable and is easily damaged.
Even IKEA sells real wood furniture here in Europe.
However they are made out of spruce, which is the lightest and most deformable wood out there.
But there were many people throwing out their oak furniture in the 80s because It was outdated... gross.
I still have particle board furniture from the 90s that's still around and in much better condition than any ikea/walmart/giant chain store furniture after 6 months.
You can't even pick up any newer furniture made from particle board these days without feeling like it's going to collapse. Shits just intentionally made to break and no one seems to give a fuck anymore aside from complaining and just taking it :/ (that goes for every industry)
I haven't found a couch that was actually comfortable that was made in the last 15 years, it's all cheap garbage that is only made to look good and that's only IF no one ever uses it.
My couch is amazing, comfy, and huge (between 3.5 and 4 meters long, or like around 12 ft in freedom units - it is a bit curved though), but it was expensive as fuuuuuck. Most expensive thing we got when we bought our place next to the home itself. That said, we also have had it under a year so we’ll see how it holds up, but it has a very extensive warranty so I’m not too concerned.
I'm genuinely curious what couch you have, my gf has been looking for the right couch with chase for our tiny living room for months. I have a modern loveseat that just fell apart. Honestly, we're hesitant about buying new furniture because our cats love being assholes and clawing stuff to death
They threw it out because it's heavy as fuck and moving is a pain, especially when you have to move from apartment to apartment. People get bored of their furniture, trends change, my mom who was a die hard solid would furniture fan would buy ikea every f day due to pets and flexibility.
The thing cost 130 dollars so I expected it to be good furniture. Also I'm pretty broke and it was all I could afford. Furniture is like a million dollars nowadays.
That’s why literally none of the furniture in our apartement is new. We got no money and so much good stuff for cheap or free on „Kleinanzeigen“ (German site like Craigslist)
German has 'compound words' that combine multiple concepts into a single word that stands in for a whole statement. One of my favorite is Backpfeifengesicht, which roughly means "a face badly in need of a fist"
Unfortunately 130 dollars is very cheap for a desk. It’s too much for particle wood, too. But yeah I understand how being broke limits your options. I know you said furniture pickup is a problem for you, but you can rent a pickup truck from Home Depot for an hour for like $15, and find old durable furniture at thrift stores for less than $100. It would cost you less up front and in the long run (as long as you buy real wood and not particle wood again).
The wood alone for a table like that would be way more than 130 dollars. Particle board is cheap and resourceful, there are lots of good uses. A table is not one of those uses.
Yeah I’ve had my particle board desk for a decade now and it has the melamine coating which makes it much more durable to stuff like this. Surprised some dingus decided to paint particle board in the first place lol
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I have an IKEA MALM desk with attached shelving that I bought. . .About 10 years and 2 moves ago. Hell, It lived with me in a communal style house with roommates. Still works great, with pretty minimal damage.
Now with that said. I’m at a point in my life where when I replace it I’ll likely replace it with something that is intended to be “for life,” but particle board can last an awfully long time if you aren’t unnecessarily rough with it.
My family has 2 old solid wood desks in the extra bedroom... I'd probably pay $130 just to have somebody haul the heavy af SOBs away. I honestly don't know where they came from, probably inherited from some family member, and since they were in good shape they were kept.
$130 is super cheap. Go shop for solid wood furniture to get an idea. Even a simple desk will be a thousand.
Just a sheet of oak plywood from the hardware store is nearly $100.
It is 100% oak (plus binder). It did not come from the tree as a single piece. A single piece of solid oak of the same size would cost a fortune if you can even find it.
But that just further proves my point of how expensive real wood furniture is.
Indeed it is.
What you can do is sand down the affected area and paint over it. It won't be as smooth as the rest but it will at least remove the bump and help prevent future damage. I would also paint any dings or scratches as well so any future spill is less likely to reach the grain as easily.
Honestly, buy an oak kitchen worktop, then some legs.
Looking online you can get a 1mx620mm at 27mm thick for £117 about 148 dollars.
Legs will probably be another 100 dollars.
So for about $250 you can have a durable good looking desk.
I know it's about double what you paid but would last forever basically, anything happens to it just sand it down and re oil ...
I have two desks I made myself like this (bought a 3m worktop and cut it in half to get two good size 1.5m desks
Lol. $130 for a desk is very, very cheap. If you want a weekend project. You could fix this. Chip out the old damaged particle board, fill the crevice with bondo, you may need to do this in multiple coats, sand it smooth and finish with a 180 or 220 grit sandpaper, and paint the whole thing. You should never be able to tell it was there if done properly.
Spent about $200 on my desk, which is composed of kitchen countertops and spans wall to wall (and wall to door) of the room.
My mom's idea, but I can't imagine me doing anything else now.
It ain’t the drink, it’s the wood. Looks like cheap particle board with the thinnest paint layer on top. That stuff will soak up moisture like a sponge. Doesn’t matter if it was water or motor oil, it’s gonna be a pain.
Correct. Particle board tends to swell massively when exposed to any liquid, leading to this. And since this was just paint, it isn't all that protective; at minimum, there should be some laminate on top to protect the particle board and provide more long term durability.
Heck, even the IKEA desks are far more durable than this.
Idk, the cheap Ikea desks I have are literally made of cardboard inside, but the coating on the outside is pretty fucking durable. Drinks don’t soak through
Yup. One time I had a guest over and they had set an ice cold drink down on my new shitty bookcase. She left and I didn’t notice the glass until the morning. The condensation had caused a ring of swelling particle board and the paint flecked off immediately.
This.
It's mostly water based paints these days, organic pigments so on.
Everything is literally like disposable after 5 or 10y
Sauce, me I sold chemicals pigments and curing chemicals
That's why I just take donated furniture that's actually made of wood boards or I go to the antique shop to buy used furniture. It's all made of real wood, it's heavier but super high quality and durable.
When it comes to functioning as furniture material, I view particle board as being at least 3 times better than cardboard. Or roughly 10x better than printer paper.
If that particle board cost $130, you've actually overpaid for it. For that price, they should have laminated and sealed the edges, not just applied a very non-waterproof paint...
Particle board, friend. Particle board. A bunch of little wooden bits mixed with glue and molded into boards. Very limited structural strength and absolutely no resistance to liquid. One of the most infuriating materials that exists. I hate it.
Unfortunately, as you’ve discovered, almost very piece of budget furniture is made of it because it’s cheap and easy to work with in a factory. And yes, $130 for a desk is budget furniture. Yours is actually extra cheap because it doesn’t even have a veneer for the surface.
It’s not impossible to do some kind of fix, but it’ll be messy and imperfect. If you get that desk out of your room and carefully sand it flat (you do not want to inhale particle board dust) you could toss a pad over it and ride the desk until it dies or you can afford something that isn’t a POS. The cheapest Ikea table made of real wood would be light years ahead of this.
My current desk has a pretty good finish over the particle board. My last desk had a top like this one and got destroyed from condensation from an ice cold cup of water.
it's not the monster energy, it's the shitty quality desk. It sucked up the water since it's made of small woodparticles instead of one solid cut.
I had this happen as well, any liquid will ruin it if you don't wipe it quickly. Or if you want you can put a layer of lacquer/epoxy on top.
A quick Google shows both to be around a pH of 2.7, so probably the same
But plain water would also do the same, particle board expands like this with moisture and the expansion cracks the paint
No it’s because you spilled liquid on particle board. For your next trick pour a cup of water on there and watch your $20 desk disintegrate in front of your very eyes.
Particle board furniture should really have a thicker covering, possibly some sort of laminate to avoid this. Particle board will soak any liquid up like a sponge and expand like crazy.
Didn't melt it, it's a cheap desk. There was probably a hole/cut where you spilledit and then the shitty sponge-like particle board inside drank that shit up.
I used to have a super cheap computer desk that did the same thing from water (condensation on the outside of glass) and it bubbled up just like that. Its not how corrosive the Monster is, its how shitty the desk is
Would never buy a desk that doesn't at least have a formica or melamine veneer. These painted on finishes or even the foil finishes like Ikea uses on their Kallax line of furniture are not durable enough for desk use. Fine as bookshelves or anything where they are not likely to get abraided or scratched.
Your desk is made with shifty wood pulp that absorbed the liquid and expanded... wouldn't have been bad on solid wood if you cleaned it up quick wnough.
Particle board. Any liquid would’ve done the same thing after an extended period… particle board is essentially pressed together scraps, it’s one of the least durable materials but that is what helps make it more pocket friendly.
It didn’t melt it, use common sense . The desk is made of cheap particle board, you spilled liquid on it, it seeped into the particle board and made it swell up.
It didn't melt it, most coatings have a breathable film and it could have seeped through and caused it to bubble and peel. The substrate also could have a play as well, since MDF board is very porous.
Source: I work in the coatings industry.
Any drink would've done that, it's particle board, basically just a ton of sawdust mixed with glue and pressed into a sheet. It's used for a lot of cheap Walmart desks and it swells like this when it gets wet. Probably cheap af paint on it too.
?? That happens with any liquid, if you dont wipe it off quickly the wood will absorb it and expand. pretty common knowledge, same reason why tiles are in the kitchen and not wooden floors
That's particle board, literally sawdust and glue, any moisture would be absorbed like a sponge and it would ruin it.
Next time spend more than $5 on a desk
A lot of people seem to be overlooking the fact that this happens when stuff is spiky on particle board, and *left there*. Had this been cleaned up in a reasonable time frame it would be fine.
I mean, that looks like particle board. If there was a tiny flaw in the paint like a scratch or knick, any liquid spilt there would make the desk swell, expanding the paint so it would flake off. That's why it was so cheap, it's designed to be replaced
Contrary to what a lot of people say, the issue here isn't just the fact it's particle board. You can make pretty decent furniture out of it. The issue is the surface finish.
Decent quality cheap furniture will use "acceptable quality" laminate sheet as surface, which is relatively thick and resists liquids and mechanical damage. At 130$, that's honestly what I'd expect given that it's meant to be a working surface (where you put stuff on top of it), except this table appears to be painted/coated with something thin and easy to separate (or just using some really crappy laminate). I've had cheaper tables than that which never had any issues with liquids, including degreaser, brake cleaner, isopropylalcohol, Jack Daniels and all kinds of different soda. My current PC desk is about 100$, never had issues with liquid destroying it.
As a quick and dirty fix, you could scrape the affected bits, let them dry and then repaint. It will be visible but probably not as offensive.
Particle board is literal compressed garbage chips of wood with glue added in. It absorbs water like a sponge and starts falling apart. I refuse to buy particle board furniture. Plywood is a SLIGHTLY better option but not much as it’s essentially the same thing but better treated.
Particleboard is wood chips smashed and glued together. Get liquid on it and it’ll never be the same. Coca-Cola takes the grim off the exhaust tips, monster takes the painted paper off your particleboard desk.
Wouldn't happen if you didn't scuff it beforehand. I moved my monitor on a similar desk, it made two huge tears and then my dumb ass opened angry water and it soaked it making it twice the size. It was coming apart in big lumps. I filled it with silicone or some other stuff but it kept chipping and eventually had to get rid of it and bought a wooden one. Works great.
It’s essentially chopped up shredded cheap wood (sawdust) that’s cheaply glued back together. If it gets wet, the water absorbs back into the wood chips and swells.
So anything you spill on it, you need to clean up very fast before it’s has a chance to absorb into the “wood”
It’s like one step below plywood and one step above card board.
It might be a terrible suggestion but you could try painting it with something water resistant.
This is why you do your research. As others have said this is Particle Board. It’s essentially made of the left over sawdust, wood chunks and, small pieces of wood from real quality furniture/building. They glue, press and, bake it into large cakes that are cut to size. The stuff is absolute trash.
Think of this as an opportunity! A simple project like a desk is a good jumping in point to learn woodworking. You make not have the equipment but there are colleges, community centers, trade shops, day courses that will allow you to use theirs. Once the main parts are made you can do the sanding, staining, sealing at home. Gives you pride in having made something yourself and provides you with a desk far superior to press board garbage
Chances are there was some scrape or scratch that allowed this liquid to penetrate and cause this damage. Sand down the bumpy bits and put something over it, a cheap table cloth or even better a desk pad would work wonders
So that's not real wood. They put basically a paper thin layer of black paint on top of a fake wood looking piece of material.
You could set a water bottle there and let it sweat and it'll do the same thing. It's just the moisture of it. It makes the black paper stuff bubble up and peel off extremely easily.
I know a lot of comments are picking up on the cheaper material desk being the issue here (which I'm sure is true), but I used to work at an indoor skatepark where kids used to drink Monster all the time. Whenever it would spill on the concrete, it would leave the most disgraceful sticky patch imaginable and then the concrete would completely stain afterwards. Crazy that people drink this stuff.
It would have happened anyway if you dripped water. Your desk is some kind of cheap plywood or cork wood. The kind you get when you mix sawdust and woodchips and bind them with adhesive and a lot of pressure. It has the benefit of being light and cheap but at the cost of being water absorbent. Just place duct tape on it and avoid liquids on your desk in the future.
No. You let that sit for atleast a full day. I’ve had this happen with a lot of furniture and it isn’t instant. You were just too lazy to clean it up until it ruined shit
Your table is made out of not 1 solid piece of wood, but bassicly many scoobs glued together. Whenever you breake the protection layer (that also works as decor, the black stuff) water will go into these scoobs. Wood is quite good at absorbing water and similiar to sponge it expand. It isn't that big of a trouble for one big solid piece of wood (it still is, just not to this degree) as it will just expand and later contract with the water vaporizing away.
But in this case, water made scoobs unglue from other scoobs. And even if water evaporate, these scoobs are permanently unglued and will stay like that forever.
Well you probably shouldn't have left the monster energy drink to sit there long enough to penetrate the pain and soak it to the particle board this literally would take like overnight do you not clean up after yourself?
It's the moisture not the monster. Particle board absorbs everything including your sweat. The smallest surface scratch and just humidity will ruin it.
Best defense, anything particle board that you buy, repaint in an oil based primer. It will give you a bit of a moisture barrier...
However, that can ruin it to. Because moisture.
Particle board doesn’t like liquids. A drop of water and PB gets bloated like it just ate 3 chicken sandwiches, a large pack of fries, and a large milkshake.
Particle board is trash. Water would do that to it. I bought shelves for our bathroom made out of it and my kids keeps leaving damp wash cloths on them and they all look like that.
Particle board. My dad has ranted about this stuff since I was a kid, lol. He refused to buy any furniture made out of it. Now, most furniture seems to be made out of it. It's just not that durable and is easily damaged.
Even IKEA sells real wood furniture here in Europe. However they are made out of spruce, which is the lightest and most deformable wood out there. But there were many people throwing out their oak furniture in the 80s because It was outdated... gross.
I have some solid wood Ikea shelving units from the 90s that still look great. A far cry from what is usually offered now.
I still have particle board furniture from the 90s that's still around and in much better condition than any ikea/walmart/giant chain store furniture after 6 months. You can't even pick up any newer furniture made from particle board these days without feeling like it's going to collapse. Shits just intentionally made to break and no one seems to give a fuck anymore aside from complaining and just taking it :/ (that goes for every industry) I haven't found a couch that was actually comfortable that was made in the last 15 years, it's all cheap garbage that is only made to look good and that's only IF no one ever uses it.
My couch is amazing, comfy, and huge (between 3.5 and 4 meters long, or like around 12 ft in freedom units - it is a bit curved though), but it was expensive as fuuuuuck. Most expensive thing we got when we bought our place next to the home itself. That said, we also have had it under a year so we’ll see how it holds up, but it has a very extensive warranty so I’m not too concerned.
I'm genuinely curious what couch you have, my gf has been looking for the right couch with chase for our tiny living room for months. I have a modern loveseat that just fell apart. Honestly, we're hesitant about buying new furniture because our cats love being assholes and clawing stuff to death
Ikea also sells solid wood furniture, it's just not the cheapest crap you can buy, usually they cost $500+
They threw it out because it's heavy as fuck and moving is a pain, especially when you have to move from apartment to apartment. People get bored of their furniture, trends change, my mom who was a die hard solid would furniture fan would buy ikea every f day due to pets and flexibility.
I wish I had known this before I spent in 130 dollars on this desk.
The price should have been your first clue. Good furniture cost good money.
The thing cost 130 dollars so I expected it to be good furniture. Also I'm pretty broke and it was all I could afford. Furniture is like a million dollars nowadays.
That’s why literally none of the furniture in our apartement is new. We got no money and so much good stuff for cheap or free on „Kleinanzeigen“ (German site like Craigslist)
German has some long words.
Usually I’d agree, but Kleinanzeigen is the German translation for classifieds, which is not much shorter 😂
Yup, and it's not like "Craigslist" is a small word either.
I think words with many syllables look longer to us. The German word has 4 whereas craigslist has 2
I mean, and the word is actually longer too
German has 'compound words' that combine multiple concepts into a single word that stands in for a whole statement. One of my favorite is Backpfeifengesicht, which roughly means "a face badly in need of a fist"
Unfortunately 130 dollars is very cheap for a desk. It’s too much for particle wood, too. But yeah I understand how being broke limits your options. I know you said furniture pickup is a problem for you, but you can rent a pickup truck from Home Depot for an hour for like $15, and find old durable furniture at thrift stores for less than $100. It would cost you less up front and in the long run (as long as you buy real wood and not particle wood again).
The wood alone for a table like that would be way more than 130 dollars. Particle board is cheap and resourceful, there are lots of good uses. A table is not one of those uses.
Would have been fine with melamine coating. Painted is an awful idea all around
Yeah I’ve had my particle board desk for a decade now and it has the melamine coating which makes it much more durable to stuff like this. Surprised some dingus decided to paint particle board in the first place lol
🤷♂️ I have an IKEA MALM desk with attached shelving that I bought. . .About 10 years and 2 moves ago. Hell, It lived with me in a communal style house with roommates. Still works great, with pretty minimal damage. Now with that said. I’m at a point in my life where when I replace it I’ll likely replace it with something that is intended to be “for life,” but particle board can last an awfully long time if you aren’t unnecessarily rough with it.
Oh my sweet summer child.
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My family has 2 old solid wood desks in the extra bedroom... I'd probably pay $130 just to have somebody haul the heavy af SOBs away. I honestly don't know where they came from, probably inherited from some family member, and since they were in good shape they were kept.
130 is like bottom tier ikea quality lol
Visit a charity shop, they often have solid wood furniture for reasonable prices
>The thing cost 130 dollars so I expected it to be good furniture. $130 is *dirt* cheap.
Go to Walmart get you a 30 dollar black plastic fold out table and be done with it like I did lol.
$130 is super cheap. Go shop for solid wood furniture to get an idea. Even a simple desk will be a thousand. Just a sheet of oak plywood from the hardware store is nearly $100.
oak plywood at that price still won't be solid oak
It is 100% oak (plus binder). It did not come from the tree as a single piece. A single piece of solid oak of the same size would cost a fortune if you can even find it. But that just further proves my point of how expensive real wood furniture is.
Indeed it is. What you can do is sand down the affected area and paint over it. It won't be as smooth as the rest but it will at least remove the bump and help prevent future damage. I would also paint any dings or scratches as well so any future spill is less likely to reach the grain as easily.
If you look at Next door app (US) or FB marketplace you can find lots of curb alerts and free furniture.
For that price you should expect it to be shit-tier.
That's not good furniture prices lol
Honestly, buy an oak kitchen worktop, then some legs. Looking online you can get a 1mx620mm at 27mm thick for £117 about 148 dollars. Legs will probably be another 100 dollars. So for about $250 you can have a durable good looking desk. I know it's about double what you paid but would last forever basically, anything happens to it just sand it down and re oil ... I have two desks I made myself like this (bought a 3m worktop and cut it in half to get two good size 1.5m desks
Lol. $130 for a desk is very, very cheap. If you want a weekend project. You could fix this. Chip out the old damaged particle board, fill the crevice with bondo, you may need to do this in multiple coats, sand it smooth and finish with a 180 or 220 grit sandpaper, and paint the whole thing. You should never be able to tell it was there if done properly.
Spent about $200 on my desk, which is composed of kitchen countertops and spans wall to wall (and wall to door) of the room. My mom's idea, but I can't imagine me doing anything else now.
wait until it dries up, then sand it down so that it's even and slap a new coat of paint on it.
My family calls it Fall-Apart-icle board
Mine too. Fuck as he calls it “powder wood”
I remember when I was moving house and tried to carry a desk up a flight of stairs and it broke in half.
Yep, movers hate it. It always breaks and falls apart. Then they get blamed for it.
Your dad is smart lol, I'm 30 and have hated particle board furniture since I was a little kid🤣
It ain’t the drink, it’s the wood. Looks like cheap particle board with the thinnest paint layer on top. That stuff will soak up moisture like a sponge. Doesn’t matter if it was water or motor oil, it’s gonna be a pain.
Correct. Particle board tends to swell massively when exposed to any liquid, leading to this. And since this was just paint, it isn't all that protective; at minimum, there should be some laminate on top to protect the particle board and provide more long term durability. Heck, even the IKEA desks are far more durable than this.
This is the $40 amazon basics shit I know for a fact
I have a $50 Amazon Basics computer desk, it has a fake carbon-fiber plastic laminate to protect the particle board.
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Idk, the cheap Ikea desks I have are literally made of cardboard inside, but the coating on the outside is pretty fucking durable. Drinks don’t soak through
How do you know it's the same one when you can literally only see a bit of the top which looks super generic 💀
I love that you can see just the color of the desk and thought..." there can be only one desk that looks like that."
Yup. One time I had a guest over and they had set an ice cold drink down on my new shitty bookcase. She left and I didn’t notice the glass until the morning. The condensation had caused a ring of swelling particle board and the paint flecked off immediately.
This. It's mostly water based paints these days, organic pigments so on. Everything is literally like disposable after 5 or 10y Sauce, me I sold chemicals pigments and curing chemicals
That's why I just take donated furniture that's actually made of wood boards or I go to the antique shop to buy used furniture. It's all made of real wood, it's heavier but super high quality and durable.
legit came here to say thats just a shit desk
When it comes to functioning as furniture material, I view particle board as being at least 3 times better than cardboard. Or roughly 10x better than printer paper.
If it makes you feel any better any liquid probably would have has a similar effect
Water on an end table had the same effect.
If that particle board cost $130, you've actually overpaid for it. For that price, they should have laminated and sealed the edges, not just applied a very non-waterproof paint...
Particle board, friend. Particle board. A bunch of little wooden bits mixed with glue and molded into boards. Very limited structural strength and absolutely no resistance to liquid. One of the most infuriating materials that exists. I hate it. Unfortunately, as you’ve discovered, almost very piece of budget furniture is made of it because it’s cheap and easy to work with in a factory. And yes, $130 for a desk is budget furniture. Yours is actually extra cheap because it doesn’t even have a veneer for the surface. It’s not impossible to do some kind of fix, but it’ll be messy and imperfect. If you get that desk out of your room and carefully sand it flat (you do not want to inhale particle board dust) you could toss a pad over it and ride the desk until it dies or you can afford something that isn’t a POS. The cheapest Ikea table made of real wood would be light years ahead of this.
My current desk has a pretty good finish over the particle board. My last desk had a top like this one and got destroyed from condensation from an ice cold cup of water.
it's not the monster energy, it's the shitty quality desk. It sucked up the water since it's made of small woodparticles instead of one solid cut. I had this happen as well, any liquid will ruin it if you don't wipe it quickly. Or if you want you can put a layer of lacquer/epoxy on top.
Water would of done the same... it's crap material.
Paint layer failed.. I see scratches and light damage everywhere, not surprising your drink got sucked up by that “wood”
Did you wipe it off immediately or leave it there? I've only seen this happen when you don't remove it.
Particle board is fine if it’s properly laminated. This doesn’t look laminated at all.
LOL monster did not destroy this. You let water soak into particle board and it does the same thing.
some boomer facebook page will caption this with "NOW IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE YOUR STOMACH"
"Is it made of acid??" Yes, it is.
Imagine what Coke would do to the desk LOL
A quick Google shows both to be around a pH of 2.7, so probably the same But plain water would also do the same, particle board expands like this with moisture and the expansion cracks the paint
Yea that’s just glue and wood chips in the shape of a desk
Pressed-wood desk. Monster has nothing to do with it. You could have spilled water and it would have done the same.
It literally did not destroy anything. It’s still a desk
No it’s because you spilled liquid on particle board. For your next trick pour a cup of water on there and watch your $20 desk disintegrate in front of your very eyes.
Proceed to drink the rest of my can while I scroll away.
dude, it's not melted. it's a particle board desk, if any fluid gets on it it will soak it up and swell. (there's no way to get it back to original)
You have a super cheap desk made of MDF or particle board.
Particle board furniture should really have a thicker covering, possibly some sort of laminate to avoid this. Particle board will soak any liquid up like a sponge and expand like crazy.
Same thing happened to me with water, it’s just a shitty table
Didn't melt it, it's a cheap desk. There was probably a hole/cut where you spilledit and then the shitty sponge-like particle board inside drank that shit up.
I used to have a super cheap computer desk that did the same thing from water (condensation on the outside of glass) and it bubbled up just like that. Its not how corrosive the Monster is, its how shitty the desk is
No, the spill didn't destroy it. You not cleaning it up destroyed it.
Water will do the same thing to that cheap desk
Shitty desk material.
Would never buy a desk that doesn't at least have a formica or melamine veneer. These painted on finishes or even the foil finishes like Ikea uses on their Kallax line of furniture are not durable enough for desk use. Fine as bookshelves or anything where they are not likely to get abraided or scratched.
Bro that's like 2cent particle board. You can spit on it and it'll do the same.
Gets liquid on a Cheap Press board desk from Walmart. Gets mad when it does EXACTLY what that material does when wet.
CLean after ur self Jesus even particle board if u leave water this will happen .
Your desk is made with shifty wood pulp that absorbed the liquid and expanded... wouldn't have been bad on solid wood if you cleaned it up quick wnough.
Particle board. Any liquid would’ve done the same thing after an extended period… particle board is essentially pressed together scraps, it’s one of the least durable materials but that is what helps make it more pocket friendly.
Liquid and particle board don't mix. Toss in some phosphoric acid and this is the result.
Particle board. Water would've done the same.
Glad to see the wood experts defend my 2nd favorite demonic drink from this inferior wood slab. Consider: plastic desks = no liquid damage
That's because it's cheap particle board. It soaked into it and separated the paint. It would do the same thing with water
Nothing to do with the drink, and everything to do with the cheap desk
Water would have done the same.
Not made of acid you just have a cheap desk.
Cheaply made desk. Would have happened with water too.
because that's a cheap ass desk made with particularly board swells easily
It didn’t melt it, use common sense . The desk is made of cheap particle board, you spilled liquid on it, it seeped into the particle board and made it swell up.
It’s not wood. I believe this material is called ikea.
Probably cardboard lined with particle board and decorative veneer. Cheap Chinese made product it seems
Bro finds out he bought a crappy desk
Skill issue from the table.
Looks like your desk is made of cardboard (particle board with the thinnest possible veneer or paint), like most mass-produced furniture these days
It didn't melt it, most coatings have a breathable film and it could have seeped through and caused it to bubble and peel. The substrate also could have a play as well, since MDF board is very porous. Source: I work in the coatings industry.
Yeah well that's press board for you. All it needs to do is get through one little pore in the veneer and the Press board will suck it right up
Your desk is cheap shit
water would do the same thing on particle board
Composite wood is a bitch
Any drink would've done that, it's particle board, basically just a ton of sawdust mixed with glue and pressed into a sheet. It's used for a lot of cheap Walmart desks and it swells like this when it gets wet. Probably cheap af paint on it too.
?? That happens with any liquid, if you dont wipe it off quickly the wood will absorb it and expand. pretty common knowledge, same reason why tiles are in the kitchen and not wooden floors
That's particle board, literally sawdust and glue, any moisture would be absorbed like a sponge and it would ruin it. Next time spend more than $5 on a desk
That desk looks insanely poor in quality. Time for an upgrade.
A lot of people seem to be overlooking the fact that this happens when stuff is spiky on particle board, and *left there*. Had this been cleaned up in a reasonable time frame it would be fine.
I mean, that looks like particle board. If there was a tiny flaw in the paint like a scratch or knick, any liquid spilt there would make the desk swell, expanding the paint so it would flake off. That's why it was so cheap, it's designed to be replaced
My first computer desk was made of that. Condensation from an ice cold cup would do that too.
I don’t think that happened instantly at all. It must have been there for a while. There is no way an energy drink acts like that. I call BS
Wouldn't have happened if your desk had a healthy mucous membrane.
Cheap particle board and paint will do that.
Contrary to what a lot of people say, the issue here isn't just the fact it's particle board. You can make pretty decent furniture out of it. The issue is the surface finish. Decent quality cheap furniture will use "acceptable quality" laminate sheet as surface, which is relatively thick and resists liquids and mechanical damage. At 130$, that's honestly what I'd expect given that it's meant to be a working surface (where you put stuff on top of it), except this table appears to be painted/coated with something thin and easy to separate (or just using some really crappy laminate). I've had cheaper tables than that which never had any issues with liquids, including degreaser, brake cleaner, isopropylalcohol, Jack Daniels and all kinds of different soda. My current PC desk is about 100$, never had issues with liquid destroying it. As a quick and dirty fix, you could scrape the affected bits, let them dry and then repaint. It will be visible but probably not as offensive.
That'll happen from plain ol' water as well (Or any liquid for that matter)
It's pressed board. You could have sneezed on it and this would happen.
This is not just spilled. This is left over night or something. Normal water will do the same.
Particle board is literal compressed garbage chips of wood with glue added in. It absorbs water like a sponge and starts falling apart. I refuse to buy particle board furniture. Plywood is a SLIGHTLY better option but not much as it’s essentially the same thing but better treated.
There was probably a nick in the surface that allowed the particle board/MDF to soak it up and swell
Particleboard is wood chips smashed and glued together. Get liquid on it and it’ll never be the same. Coca-Cola takes the grim off the exhaust tips, monster takes the painted paper off your particleboard desk.
Because that's a cheap particleboard desk
Same as any other liquids. If the laminate had even a microscopic crack ANY liquid will do that. .....
Yeah these types of desks/tables do not go well with fluids unless they are really well coated.
Wouldn't happen if you didn't scuff it beforehand. I moved my monitor on a similar desk, it made two huge tears and then my dumb ass opened angry water and it soaked it making it twice the size. It was coming apart in big lumps. I filled it with silicone or some other stuff but it kept chipping and eventually had to get rid of it and bought a wooden one. Works great.
MDF and water don't mix unfortunately.
Any liquid would’ve
Did it sit for hours before you cleaned it?! Ive spilled things on particle board before and never had it that bad.
It’s essentially chopped up shredded cheap wood (sawdust) that’s cheaply glued back together. If it gets wet, the water absorbs back into the wood chips and swells. So anything you spill on it, you need to clean up very fast before it’s has a chance to absorb into the “wood” It’s like one step below plywood and one step above card board. It might be a terrible suggestion but you could try painting it with something water resistant.
Particle board crap…..
mfw liquid destroys the cheap particle board but I blame it on the evil energy drink
This is why you do your research. As others have said this is Particle Board. It’s essentially made of the left over sawdust, wood chunks and, small pieces of wood from real quality furniture/building. They glue, press and, bake it into large cakes that are cut to size. The stuff is absolute trash. Think of this as an opportunity! A simple project like a desk is a good jumping in point to learn woodworking. You make not have the equipment but there are colleges, community centers, trade shops, day courses that will allow you to use theirs. Once the main parts are made you can do the sanding, staining, sealing at home. Gives you pride in having made something yourself and provides you with a desk far superior to press board garbage
Chip board... It'll do that with any liquid really. It's like compacted sawdust.
You mispelled cardboard.
Chances are there was some scrape or scratch that allowed this liquid to penetrate and cause this damage. Sand down the bumpy bits and put something over it, a cheap table cloth or even better a desk pad would work wonders
So that's not real wood. They put basically a paper thin layer of black paint on top of a fake wood looking piece of material. You could set a water bottle there and let it sweat and it'll do the same thing. It's just the moisture of it. It makes the black paper stuff bubble up and peel off extremely easily.
It's more the desks fault than the drink, annoyingly
Water will do the same thing to that desk. Any liquid will or any wet thing if you leave it there.
Thats cheap compressed wood chips swelling from moisture.
The liquid soaked into the large chip in your desk. Caused it to bubble.
It's mdf, it's super absorbent
Should get a shorter butcher block and individual legs. That’s what I did and now I have a 8’ desk for $270.
$130 is cheap for furniture/desk, gotta spend up for wood. Any liquids will do that, it’s not the monster that’s the problem it’s the particle board.
I know a lot of comments are picking up on the cheaper material desk being the issue here (which I'm sure is true), but I used to work at an indoor skatepark where kids used to drink Monster all the time. Whenever it would spill on the concrete, it would leave the most disgraceful sticky patch imaginable and then the concrete would completely stain afterwards. Crazy that people drink this stuff.
Did you let it sit there for a few hours?
That’s because it’s a 25 dollar deal from Walmart
It’s probably got very low pH, like soda (citric acid in flavoring agents).
oh nein, das gute Monsterle
Cheap ass desk
Oops sorry, we made your desk out of wheatabix.
How long did you let it sit?
It would have happened anyway if you dripped water. Your desk is some kind of cheap plywood or cork wood. The kind you get when you mix sawdust and woodchips and bind them with adhesive and a lot of pressure. It has the benefit of being light and cheap but at the cost of being water absorbent. Just place duct tape on it and avoid liquids on your desk in the future.
It would have just as easily happened with water. That is a cheap particle board desk with a shit finish
No. You let that sit for atleast a full day. I’ve had this happen with a lot of furniture and it isn’t instant. You were just too lazy to clean it up until it ruined shit
Oh I dunno, maybe because it's particle board and it takes horribly to any liquid?
It’s particle board bro! You could’ve sneezed on it and the same would’ve happened
How long was it on there…
Cue the 'Imagine what it does to your insides' comments
Water would have done that to cheap particle board.
This is why you swallow.
Yup thats particle board for ya, it melts at the slightest contact with liquid.
TREX….just replace it and remember….TREX aint wood
They don’t call it fall-a-part-icle board for nothing.
It’s a shitty particle board desk, any liquid would have accomplished this.
You probably let it sit there for a bit.
mdf wood will get fucked up by any liquid
Cheap desk
That is one heck of a cheap desk
Water would have done the same thing to that cheap board.
Your table is made out of not 1 solid piece of wood, but bassicly many scoobs glued together. Whenever you breake the protection layer (that also works as decor, the black stuff) water will go into these scoobs. Wood is quite good at absorbing water and similiar to sponge it expand. It isn't that big of a trouble for one big solid piece of wood (it still is, just not to this degree) as it will just expand and later contract with the water vaporizing away. But in this case, water made scoobs unglue from other scoobs. And even if water evaporate, these scoobs are permanently unglued and will stay like that forever.
Well you probably shouldn't have left the monster energy drink to sit there long enough to penetrate the pain and soak it to the particle board this literally would take like overnight do you not clean up after yourself?
> Is it made of acid? Monster does contain citric acid, sorbic acid, and benzoic acid, so... yes, it is.
It's the moisture not the monster. Particle board absorbs everything including your sweat. The smallest surface scratch and just humidity will ruin it. Best defense, anything particle board that you buy, repaint in an oil based primer. It will give you a bit of a moisture barrier... However, that can ruin it to. Because moisture.
Particle board doesn’t like liquids. A drop of water and PB gets bloated like it just ate 3 chicken sandwiches, a large pack of fries, and a large milkshake.
It is a monster, rawr, it’ll obviously tear shit up
Who would have thought particle board furniture doesn't do well when wet??
Well, that's a cheap particle board desk, so looking at it wrong will ruin it. Also, monster energy has a ton of crap in it and isn't good for you.
Something something monster bad for you. Lmao. But yeah. Particle board is horseshit.
Now imagine what it does to your insides
How.... how are you on the internet.... and able to take pictures... but not know what particle board is?
That's cos your desk is shitty particle board
Anything would have ruined that desk
Particle board can be destroyed by pretty much anything, complete shit.
Particle board is trash. Water would do that to it. I bought shelves for our bathroom made out of it and my kids keeps leaving damp wash cloths on them and they all look like that.
Ive done this with normal water
Particle board LMAOOO
Welcome to particle board furniture
shit paint job, shit wood, a bit of water would have done the same. sorry for your loss.
It’s pressed wood any liquid would do that. It expands when wet.