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Default Engineered vs. Plywood for Kichen cabinets

Yamuk wrote:
In regard to kitchen cabinets, what are feelings in terms of
engineered wood vs. plywood for the end panels, floors/tops, wall
backs, base backs, and shelves?

The proposed cabinets would be getting use only by 2 retired baby
boomers.


If, by "engineered wood", you mean ,melamine covered particle board
then that would be my choice. Plywood is a better product but it
needs some sort of finish. And regardless of what it might be
finished with, that finish is not nearly as durable or easy to clean
as is the melamine on the particle board.

Yes, if particle board gets wet it will expand; solution is to not get
it wet...not hard to do. However, do NOT use particle board on the
top...it *will* get wet there.

For backs, one can use tileboard too...cheap and readily available. I
prefer to use 1/4" mel board but it is sometimes hard to come by; if
so, I use 1/2" mel board.

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