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VanillaGorilla:
You're going to want to 'edge in' on any of the interior areas that will be difficult to paint, post-assembly. Especially areas where you have mating panels, or joints. Just dust some paint on the areas where you will be gluing joints and or screwing things together, before you begin assembly. Dont worry about scratching that application, The purpose is that you dont have to be concerned with hitting those areas heavily when you do the final paint application, which will save you from drips and runs in your top coat.

8BitMonk:
I textured and painted my first cab and it was a pain. For every one thereafter I've used 3/4" black melamine coated particle board. Depending on where you live you may have to look around a bit for it but it's worth it. You end up with a nice black finished professional looking product. It really is the best of both worlds, it looks better than painting and is also much quicker. It's also easy to affix sideart to.

For assembling your cab I highly recommend using a Kreg Jig. The basic Kreg Jig kit is fairly inexpensive and can be bought at Home Depot. All you need to use it is a standard power drill. It's solid, fast and can all be done from the inside of the board so no exterior holes.

Xiaou2:
melamine is expensive, and its a pain to work with.  Worse that that, a simple chip out of it.. and what can you do?  Most people throw melamine out once it gets chipped, because you cant fix it easily.

Getting good results painting isnt easy either.. but, its fixable.

mgb:
I never wanted to laminate my cabinet but then I did and I love it (simple black, not that marble that was being used alot a few years ago).
With laminate you can use screws, countersink them and give 'em a quick fill then laminate right over them.
its not the cheapest way though.

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