Brad Ridgway
02-12-2009, 7:45 AM
I'm still trying to iron out my construction methods for upcoming cabinet build. I was reading some other posts prefinished panels (and Norm's been brainwashing me on this too)...
Background:
1) i think i like the lighter interiors compared to the darker exterior
2) for the finish, after reading some other posts, i think i may go with cherry + BLO + Shellac + USL
3) i think i also would like to build frame and panel for the exposed ends (i would have 8 such panels (including top and bottom) and 4 non-exposed on the sides of the range / DW, and a full height panel between fridge and start of a lower / upper cabinet run (one side is exposed)
4) I have 9' ceilings and the mrs wants the uppers to be full height to the ceiling and we'll have glass square doors at the top above the longer solid doors (i.e. the glass would always expose the interior 8 sides mentioned above)
Concerns:
... revolve around how to best address the fact that those four points seem to be conflicting? I think it would be odd to use prefinished birch or maple of a lighter grade for the interior yet see dark panels on the exposed ends (wouldn't be an issue as much on the cabinets with solid doors, but seeing the difference through the glass up top would seem odd)
I feel like i could get around it by just build the carcasses entirely out of the same ply and anchor the end panels where appropriate (bringing the thickness to 1.25" on the ends)? If so, how best to anchor - maybe screws from the inside (and slots to allow for panel movement)?
Even if i get cherry ply, i feer my proposed finish would age differently then the prefinished and end up looking different anyway, but maybe that's minor?
Anyway, any recommendations are appreciated...
thx in advance
-brad
Background:
1) i think i like the lighter interiors compared to the darker exterior
2) for the finish, after reading some other posts, i think i may go with cherry + BLO + Shellac + USL
3) i think i also would like to build frame and panel for the exposed ends (i would have 8 such panels (including top and bottom) and 4 non-exposed on the sides of the range / DW, and a full height panel between fridge and start of a lower / upper cabinet run (one side is exposed)
4) I have 9' ceilings and the mrs wants the uppers to be full height to the ceiling and we'll have glass square doors at the top above the longer solid doors (i.e. the glass would always expose the interior 8 sides mentioned above)
Concerns:
... revolve around how to best address the fact that those four points seem to be conflicting? I think it would be odd to use prefinished birch or maple of a lighter grade for the interior yet see dark panels on the exposed ends (wouldn't be an issue as much on the cabinets with solid doors, but seeing the difference through the glass up top would seem odd)
I feel like i could get around it by just build the carcasses entirely out of the same ply and anchor the end panels where appropriate (bringing the thickness to 1.25" on the ends)? If so, how best to anchor - maybe screws from the inside (and slots to allow for panel movement)?
Even if i get cherry ply, i feer my proposed finish would age differently then the prefinished and end up looking different anyway, but maybe that's minor?
Anyway, any recommendations are appreciated...
thx in advance
-brad