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Rod

wrote:
On 17 Nov, 17:45, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
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GMM wrote:

B&Q do plain high gloss white doors for kitchen units - made out of
the usual MDF. The finish is superb. Could you cut one of these to
suit - and perhaps use something else as a backing for added strength?
Well, I had that same thought - in fact I bought a door and side panel
for this very job, so there wouldn't be any problem with colour
matching. I must admit I'd rather thought the finish would be too
fragile - maybe I should try bashing it a bit to see if it might be
robust enough......
Any high gloss paint finish won't be that robust.

The doors will be covered with a pvc foil rather than paint, though,
and those are pretty soft.

I agree that paint is also likely to get scratched up pretty quickly
though. Even gloss proper (melamine-based) laminates aren't really
suitable for horizontal applications.

Having recently used some B&Q white high gloss kitchen unit doors as
source material for bathroom cabinets, I assure you they are melamine
and not PVC finish. (At least the ones I used!) So long as not being
used for kitchen type activities, I'd suggest they would be fine.
Certainly much tougher than any paint job.

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Rod

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