Shelves that are in. Unlike plywood, which is generally undersized, MDF and particleboard often fit right into standard-sized grooves. MDF is ideal for jigs. In addition, you can drill precisely located holes in it because there are no fibers to deflect the bit. This jig is used to sharpen chisels with sandpaper on a drill press, and was featured in AW 98, January , page Thin MDF is handy for making patterns. Router templates made from MDF have durable edges.
This spells trouble for a load-bearing butt joint. From tiny cracks come big failures! Long screws and housed joints are best for shelves. Deep threads on the screws are a must. Add glue to make a really strong and durable joint. Use plenty because edges soak up lots of glue! Wet basement or garage floors wreak havoc with MDF and particleboard. Not to be used as a finish, MDF should always be trimmed out with solid wood.
Because it is so dense, it is very heavy, so not ideal for large, hung cabinets. Also a waste-wood product, particleboard is less expensive than MDF and made by hot-pressing sawdust vs fiber with resin adhesives. And some makers charge that much to the dealer as well. It's called "market economics". When someone perceives something to have a value beyond its cost, then the cost rises to meet that perceived value.
In other words, the market will bear the upcharge for the most part. That leaves the wood snobbery bit. A lot of people intellectually understand that furniture board will give them a perfectly fine cabinet. They prefer to be able to bandy the term "solid wood" in conversationeven though cabinets haven't been built of actual "solid wood" since plywood was invented a century ago. It's NOT solid wood, any more than particle board is.
It just rolls off the tongue of oily salespeople much better. In the industry there is no such animal as "furniture board". Typically it is used by retailers because it sounds better than MDF. MDF Medium density fiberboard and Particle board has gotten a bad name.
Most people think of PB as the low density board they see at the home centers used for underlayment. Good quality PB, Industrial grade, means that one cubic foot of it is 45 lbs or more in weight. Commercial PB is typically about 42 lbs density.
Both are good products for the right application. MDF is similar to PB but is made from smaller particles, is denser and thus weights more, typically over 50 lbs density. MDF is very stable, will absorb less water than PB and is often used with veneers.
Its smooth dense face does not "telegraph" through the thin veneers that are used today. Many veneers on plywood will over time, telegraph the grain of the plywood. Transitional and traditional doors are offered in wood - solid maple, cherry, oak or walnut - with a choice of many different stains, glazes and patina finishes.
Traditional MDF doors are finished in either solid colours or with paint-and-glaze hand-dragged finishes. So does this mean the interiors are NOT mdf, rather particle board? Board on Board Fence. Drywall, Green Board, or Cement Board for floor to ceiling tile? Very few manufactured cabinets use MDF, though sales people who don't know better will sometimes refer to furniture board as MDF.
Until you look at it and know what you are looking at assume when a salesperson says the cabinet is MDF that it is in fact furniture board. As tom indicates MDF is common in doors. The term furniture board, long grain furniture board, when used by a cabinet mfg means a specific type of particle board, typically 45 lb density.
As tom indicates there are lots of types of this stuff- engineered wood plywood is an engineered wood BTW and they are just fine. My own kitchen, mid to upper end, is frameless boxes using furniture board.
Mine is going on 10 yrs old, I've redone some as much as 28 yrs by the same mfg and the cabinets were sound as the day they were installed. There are a number of hi-end frameless brands that still have the good sense to offer it, though increasingly some have responded to misguided consumer blowback and switched to plywood on frameless cabinets.
Mine is going on 10 yrs old, I've redone some as much as 28 yrs. This describes the kitchen we did in our previous home circa Those cabinets were by WoodMode. When we remodeled in , they were in perfect, albeit no longer in style, condition. Bowing down to LiveWireOak! Very well said and something I've been trying to educate my clients since I began my career in kitchen design in !
I once had one of my friend's father in my showroom. His ktichen was going to be very high end When we had our first visit, he said, "I went to a couple of designers a few weeks ago, but I want nothing to do with them He was a very imposing man!
He looked at me and said, "What do YOU think?? I agree with them. However, it's your kitchen and if you want plywood construction, I'll give it to you. Plywood is an engineered wood product made up of sheets of wood veneer.
The wood veneer boards are pressed and bonded together to create one solid piece. This manufacturing process is called cross-graining and it reduces shrinkage and expansion while improving panel strength consistency. Different grades of plywood are used for different purposes.
Lower grades are perfect for subflooring in buildings and homes. High grades can be used for cabinets and shelving. There are many types of plywood to choose from. Make sure to choose the correct plywood type for the furniture or fixture you are building.
The primary differences between grades are the number of knot holes and voids. The amount of defects and work to repair them determines the grade.
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