David Wyson
12-25-2023, 12:27 PM
Hello
About to skin 3/4” Baltic Birch plywood cabinet doors with plastic laminate. Doors various sizes but most about 16” by 26”. Doors are JUST the plywood….exposed edges. It is a nice quality, void-free ply.
I have done a fair amount of laminating of BB CABINETS, but never a “floating” panel like this.
Questions:
1. I think it is (used to be) standard practice to laminate BOTH sides of the panel, to prevent warpage. Is this the case?
2. If laminating both sides, it seems that if you do not do both at the exact same time, you could still get warpage. As the first side dries, won’t it pull up on the surface just a bit…..is that what causes any warpage? Again…is it important to skin both sides quickly?
3. Can one side just be coated with water-based poly, and the other side plastic laminated? Will this balance the sheet? And….must do both sides quickly?
Thanks for any advice.
David
Seattle
About to skin 3/4” Baltic Birch plywood cabinet doors with plastic laminate. Doors various sizes but most about 16” by 26”. Doors are JUST the plywood….exposed edges. It is a nice quality, void-free ply.
I have done a fair amount of laminating of BB CABINETS, but never a “floating” panel like this.
Questions:
1. I think it is (used to be) standard practice to laminate BOTH sides of the panel, to prevent warpage. Is this the case?
2. If laminating both sides, it seems that if you do not do both at the exact same time, you could still get warpage. As the first side dries, won’t it pull up on the surface just a bit…..is that what causes any warpage? Again…is it important to skin both sides quickly?
3. Can one side just be coated with water-based poly, and the other side plastic laminated? Will this balance the sheet? And….must do both sides quickly?
Thanks for any advice.
David
Seattle