Dear experts,

My latest project is refinishing the kitchen.

I've decided to keep the existing cabinets, and
have painted them. But I'm thinking of changing
the doors.

At Home Depot, I saw, in the same section as the
melamine, what they called a pine laminate.

This are long pieces of pine, edge glued together
to form a flat board. The same effect is seen in
a solid wood table top.

I like this idea, of using real wood laminate for
the cabinet doors. But but I'm not fond of pine.
I could make them myself, but I would have to buy
the tools, and take the time to build the boards,
before finally getting to making the doors.

Does anyone know where I could buy a similar, solid wood,
edge glued laminate? But, made out of oak or maple?
I live in the Boston area.

Also, do I have the right term? Does this product go by
another name? (not oak/maple laminate?)


Thanks a lot

From: condor_222

Also, do I have the right term? Does this product go by
another name? (not oak/maple laminate?)


hardwood edge veneer....available at Lowe's and Home Depot
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Roger Redford wrote:

I could make them myself, but I would have to buy
the tools, and take the time to build the boards,
before finally getting to making the doors.

All you'd need is a saw and a plane. Plus clamps. Lots of clamps.

If you have a router you could use it instead of the plane to edge the =
boards by running along a straight edge. Obviously, you could also use =
a joiner.

Once you have your boards glued up it is duck soup to make the doors. =
Note that they should be full overlay doors, not inset.

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As another option, you could use the pine glue-ups as a substrate
on which you could apply a veneer in the wood of your choice.
You would only need a simple laminate trim tool for the edges.

If it were me, I think I would buy a few hundred dollars of tools
(router, plane, etc) and glue up some solid material. It would
probably be much cheaper & after its finished, you still have the
tools.

My 2ç.

Lou

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Roger Redford wrote:
[ ... ]
At Home Depot, I saw, in the same section as the
melamine, what they called a pine laminate.
[ ... ]
Does anyone know where I could buy a similar, solid wood,
edge glued laminate? But, made out of oak or maple?
I live in the Boston area.

Sure. Look in the flooring section. They should have a variety
of hardwood veneered producs you can use.

Also, do I have the right term? Does this product go by
another name? (not oak/maple laminate?)

Veneer. That's the term for applying a thin layer of real wood
over a base material.

Thanks a lot

You're welcome.

Of course, you could just ask at Home Depot to see if they can
order oak or maple laminate where they get the pine.


Gary

--
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Contrary to popular opinion, _not_ everyone loves Raymond.

At Home Depot, I saw, in the same section as the
melamine, what they called a pine laminate.

I saw something similar there too, called "Thermofoil." I passed on that
after some checking on the net showed there was some concern over the stuff
changing color and coming unglued. This did happen most frequently over
stoves/ovens, but I can't imagine how hot a stove would have to get to make
the laminate start to peel and discolor.

Instead, I ordered up some cabinets with solid birch doors (stained and
varnished) with a laminate countertop. Cost a little more, but it looks
better . . .
-Tock

Thanks everyone for your responses.

However, I already knew about using the roll on laminate.
And, how to make them myself. And edge veneer.

But I still have my heart set on oak or maple laminate.

Does anyone know if it exists? Where could I buy it?


(Roger Redford) wrote in message . com...
Dear experts,

My latest project is refinishing the kitchen.

I've decided to keep the existing cabinets, and
have painted them. But I'm thinking of changing
the doors.

At Home Depot, I saw, in the same section as the
melamine, what they called a pine laminate.

This are long pieces of pine, edge glued together
to form a flat board. The same effect is seen in
a solid wood table top.

I like this idea, of using real wood laminate for
the cabinet doors. But but I'm not fond of pine.
I could make them myself, but I would have to buy
the tools, and take the time to build the boards,
before finally getting to making the doors.

Does anyone know where I could buy a similar, solid wood,
edge glued laminate? But, made out of oak or maple?
I live in the Boston area.

Also, do I have the right term? Does this product go by
another name? (not oak/maple laminate?)


Thanks a lot

(Roger Redford) wrote in message om...
Thanks everyone for your responses.

However, I already knew about using the roll on laminate.
And, how to make them myself. And edge veneer.

But I still have my heart set on oak or maple laminate.

Does anyone know if it exists? Where could I buy it?

Telephone book = lumber yard = call...

Cheers,

Ned

But I still have my heart set on oak or maple laminate.

Does anyone know if it exists? Where could I buy it?

As mentioned earlier, it's available as kitchen countertop material. You
might even be able to buy slabs of it at Ikea in their kitchen department.

In article ,
Roger Redford wrote:
Thanks everyone for your responses.

However, I already knew about using the roll on laminate.
And, how to make them myself. And edge veneer.

But I still have my heart set on oak or maple laminate.

Does anyone know if it exists? Where could I buy it?


If all else fails, go to an 'art supply' store. One that sells artists
paints, brushes, etc. Look at 'wooden drawing boards'. Usually solid,
P
laminated up, maple.

Sit down before looking at the price tags, however.