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Flinkly:
melamine is what they call mdf that has a plastic coating already on one (or sometimes both) sides. the coating is kind of like laminate, but doesn't seem as thick and heavy duty as most laminate i've seen. most people use this for closet shelving and the such. you can find it at home depot, but only in shelf sizes, aka, 12 inches deep and many feet long. most local lumber yards carry something like this in 4x8 sizes though.
Marky_1979:
That sounds like what i need saves all that effort and time painting when i can have all the hard work already done. Anyone in the UK know where i can get this in sizes big enough for a cab?
MrTroy:
Question about that Melamine stuff... is it like that pre-laminated wood? Because they told me not to use that at home depot if I planned on cutting it, cause it'd splinter easy. What's the difference between that and Melamine?
rgecko:
if you are going to cut melamine, then yes you need to cut it carefully as it may chip... I opted for MDF and Melamine paint.
Truecade:
--- Quote from: rgecko on May 05, 2005, 03:37:13 pm ---if you are going to cut melamine, then yes you need to cut it carefully as it may chip... I opted for MDF and Melamine paint.
--- End quote ---
Agreed. If you're cutting rectangular melamine panels with a halfway decent table saw then you shouldn't see any chipping. Where you get chips is when you're cutting strange angles (ie cabinet sides) using a jigsaw or circular saw.
Also, I believe melamine is actually particle board (not MDF) with a thin coating of plastic laminate. My advice would be to use melamine and a table saw for the rectangular panels and MDF/Plywood/Particle Board + countertop laminate for the sides. I laminated 5/8" MDF for the first UAII cabinet I built and took forever. If I did it again, I would go the melamine route.
BTW, I think Mameroom.com uses black melamine for their pre-fab kits.
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