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Mike A:
No.

bperkins01:
Kitchens for tenants...  Sure..  low cost kitchens.. 
MDF is still crap.  I've done laminate counter tops..  particle board is better.

If you're going to spend a thousand dollars on a cabinet (buttons, controllers, power supply, PC, monitor, hardware, etc...)
Get the plywood.  Seriously - $63 more for 2 sheets.
And if is because you want to save money - Particle board costs less and its a stronger material.

MDF $24.44

3/4" Particle Board $18.98

3/4" Birch Plywood $55.98

For a non-professional - I'm and advanced/expert woodworker.  I've built a little of everything.. When I first started I used MDF..  its crap.  On my Mame cabinet I did use some..  Its my monitor bezel.  Perfect material for that.  100% non-structural.

Alejo I:

--- Quote from: bperkins01 on August 09, 2020, 11:00:45 pm ---Kitchens for tenants...  Sure..  low cost kitchens.. 

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Friggin Bulthaup kitchens ($/€60,000 to $/€100,000 for the cabinetry alone, easily) use MDF.

At this point I don't know if there's something about different European and American regulations concerning the glues used in MDF that is making this conversation so difficult, because I swear I feel like we are talking about completely different materials.

Mike A:
Wow. That company churns out soulless horrible kitchens. They have no personality. It looks like they were designed for robots.

bperkins01:
Maybe you guys in Europe get better MDF.
Our Home Depot MDF that people use to build arcade machines here is crap.
Good for one screw and then hole is useless.
It's very heavy vs. alternatives.
Swells with humidity, not just moisture.

If I paid $100K for kitchen cabinets and they had MDF - then I'm doing a bad job shopping. And they would not be for tenants.
You mentioned your not an expert carpenter - more than one expert woodworker on this thread recommended using something of better quality than MDF.

I can agree to disagree however. 
Sorry OP for the hijack.. 

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