When i show a perspective client a finished piece of plywood vs.
Cabinet melamine board laminated plywood.
Building cabinets and shelving units from double sided melamine sheets are perfect for many home renos and diy projects and in this episode i am showing one.
Looks as good as wood at a fraction of the cost.
A 4 x 8 ft.
18 mm x 4 ft.
Western pine is used for the softwood particle board core.
A quality laminate will hold to the wood without peeling.
Plywood cabinet construction can be easier than making them from melamine encased boards.
Many quality rta cabinets use laminate covered plywood for the body of the cabinets.
Melamine products are an attractive and inexpensive alternative to wood or plywood.
Ideal for covering furniture interiors fixtures shelving and more.
Thd sku 520386.
Melamine sheets shelves our melamine panels are made from premium material.
It is easier to cut and since the material it is less dense it is easier to assemble cabinets with screws and nails.
White high pressure laminate cabinet liner high strength yet lightweight.
It is reputed to have excellent machine ability providing a perfect surface no white spots and minimum edge chip out when cutting.
Melamine sheet is about half the cost of cabinet grade plywood and available in a variety of.
These boards panels and melamine sheets are made of particleboard with a tough factory applied melamine finish similar in appearance to plastic laminate.
So it is a give and takes the situation.
I have a bunch of reasons why i don t use melamine boards.
Cabinets made from plywood are also lighter an asset for upper cabinets.
Melamine kitchen cabinets are known for their attractiveness durability and affordability.
The way it looks.
It is made to the m2 industrial standard specified by american national.
A piece of melamine 9 times out of 10 after looking at the depth of the wood they are more inclined to warm to the vc finished plywood than the melamine.
The finish is often more consistent than solid wood grains.
However low pressure laminates cost less.
It is five time more durable than other shelves on the market water.
Melamine is a laminate but not all laminates are melamine.
Melamine panels and plastic laminate used to build cabinets office furniture and display counters and white boards are often referenced interchangeably but the two materials are slightly different.
Easy clean white laminate.