DIYbanter - Hard gloss surface

On 18 Nov, 16:18, Rod wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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* *Rod wrote:
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.

That's interesting as I have them too. And had to cut one down, height
wise, using a circular saw. The finish both chipped and melted slightly..
I assumed it was some type of paint.

Hmmm - what I got were some doors from the "it Kitchens Gloss White
Slab" range. They didn't seem to melt for me - but maybe I was lucky?
Certainly quite a solid, decent thickness layer - whatever it is!

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Well, since that's the range I got the door and cabinet side from,
there's a good chance it should match! Looking at it, the area is
pretty small (the bit each side of a cloakroom sink on a 600mm
cabinet, 300mm deep), so it shouldn't have much chance of getting too
ruined. I'm sure a large ceramic tile cut to size would be the best
solution really, but a cabinet door is a lot more reliable to cut the
curve into.
No easier than the wood Dave suggested - I had considered something
'real-woody' and I'm sure it would look great in most situations but,
sadly, my house already suffers from having too many different species
of wood festooned around the place, so I'm reluctant to add to the
overall confusion(!)