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Mike Goetzke
10-13-2010, 10:10 AM
I'm ready to build the boxes for our new kitchen cabinets. I've seen many suggest using prefinished ply. The hardwood supplier in my area wants $75 per sheet. I can get unfinished for around $40. It's very difficult for me justify $35 a sheet extra when I need 20 to 30 sheets for the job.

(edit - this is for birch)

Is this price difference typical?


Thanks,

Mike
Philip Rodriquez
10-13-2010, 10:23 AM
Wow, I paid $120 a sheet for pre-finished cherry!

The question you have to ask yourself is how much time will it save you.
Steve Griffin
10-13-2010, 10:30 AM
Depends on the rest of your production methods.

For myself, unfinished ply is the easy answer--I spray face frames attached, and it's easier to spray the insides than mask off.

-Steve
Jamie Buxton
10-13-2010, 10:31 AM
At one of my suppliers, 3/4" C-2 maple is $48 unfinished, and $58 prefinished.
Sam Layton
10-13-2010, 11:08 AM
Hi Mike,

I just finished my boxes. I used 3/4 maple pre-finished ply. I think I paid around $61 to 65 a sheet. For me it was well worth it. That saved a ton of work. I purchased 15 sheets of pre-finished, and maybe 5 or so sheets of unfinished. I did my kitchen and two bathrooms. I used the unfinished for the oven cabinet.

Sam
John Gregory
10-13-2010, 11:33 AM
I just purchases some BB pre-finished, 5' X 5' sheets for $33 each. I used it for drawer boxes. The vendor was Lumber Products in Salt Lake City , Utah. MacBeath wanted $36 for the same BB ply unfinished. I just got lucky.
Thomas S Stockton
10-13-2010, 2:06 PM
Should be only 5 to $10 difference. With plywood you need to make sure you are comparing similar grades or the pricing gets skewed real quick. c-2 or shop is perfect for cabinet interiors. And yes it does save a ton of time.
Tom
Jim Becker
10-16-2010, 9:39 PM
$75 for pre-finished is a steal!! The 1/2" cabinet grade veneer ply I buy for many projects runs me between $80 and $120 a sheet, depending on the species...and it's still "nude"...
Erik Lindseth
10-17-2010, 9:52 AM
I find pre-finished plywood great for cabinet interiors. Saves a ton of time. From my local ply guy, only about $5-10 dollars more per sheet. Well worth it for me.