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Franco B:
I was planning on using signwriters vinyl to cover my cabinet in but its just going to be too thin and will easily mark. I don't want to put all this time, effort and money into my project just to end up marking the cabinet a couple of months down the road.

I think the only real solution is to cover the cabinet in Formica. Does formica come in a standard thickness?

The MDF I am using is 18mm thick and I'm using 3/4" t-moulding (19.05mm) so at present the t-moulding stands out slightly. 0.5mm thick Formica either side would give me the 19mm or I could use 1mm thick Formica and offset the t slot. I could always go 0.2mm or so eitherway and end up with slightly proud Formica or t-moulding which wouldn't really be a problem.

So you Formica pro's, what thickness's have you used and what thickness would you recommend?

ChadTower:

They don't really sell by thickness, they sell by grade.  The stuff I was using yesterday was grade 10 I think, which is about 0.045" or 1.14mm thick.  That's general countertop grade and probably what you'd use for a cab.

mountain:
Franco,
I used vertical grade for my second cab. After working with both, I would guess that it is about 1/2 the thickness of countertop grade. Probably around .020"

ChadTower:

Is vertical grade cheaper?  I think I paid around $55/sheet for the grade 10 at Lowe's.

Chadwick:
I think standard thickness is approx. 1/16" or 1.587mm

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