Cabinet Question

[danst96]

I am going to be embarking on a custom laundry room project shortly where there will be a bunch of fairly specific cabinets that will house (hide) a water softener, a sceptic tank soak-away pump, a bunch of pipes, a CCTV security system and then general storage for my laundry room.

I was planning to use MR MDF for this and will be painting it most likely a fairly light colour. With it being MDF, would you recommend adding a hardwood strip to the outside front edges of shelves, bottom of the cabinets, even doors and the like? Or is that not necessary?

My cabinetry to date has been mainly with plywood which i have added edge banding to hence the question.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Sachakins]

In that environment I'd lip every panel you make and edge before assembly.

 

[Ollie78]

Yes I would say a lipping is a good idea, it makes the edges much easier to paint and offers a little protection. You might get away with iron on edge banding.

 

[TomGW]

Why not use mfc instead of painted mdf, at least for the cabinet carcasses? It will be harder wearing than a painted finish inside cabinets. I have recently refitted our laundry room with similar bespoke constraints.
One suggestion - if you have the space make at least one standard 500/600mm tall cupboard to fit with storage drawers, similar to a Blum Space Tower - other brands available.

 

[danst96]

Why not use mfc instead of painted mdf, at least for the cabinet carcasses? It will be harder wearing than a painted finish inside cabinets. I have recently refitted our laundry room with similar bespoke constraints.
One suggestion - if you have the space make at least one standard 500/600mm tall cupboard to fit with storage drawers, similar to a Blum Space Tower - other brands available.

Good shout, I haven't done a whole lot of cabinet making, it's usually been furniture more so excuse the ignorant question but is there other edge banding available that isn't the crappy iron on stuff that's possible to apply without specialist machinery?

 

[danst96]

Also yes I plan on having at least 2 tall cabinets, the Blum systems is a good shout

 

[johnnyb]

Why change from ply? Hidrofugo is the stuff these days

 

[danst96]

Why change from ply? Hidrofugo is the stuff these days

Cost is the biggest factor to look outside of ply.

 

[johnnyb]

It's around £50 a sheet from Lavers if you have 5 sheets.(hidrofugo)

 

[danst96]

I'll see if I can find it here in Canada, that's reasonably priced compared to other options here