joeycuda
Well-known member
Laminate application to plywood vs particleboard - stability?
This question is regarding my MC cabaret project, which I quit on after the laminate I applied to the sides of my new cabinet bubbled/lifted in spots. I don't think that I had an issue with applying the contact cement, as I applied a couple of coats to both the laminate and cabinet, just as instructed. Think it might be either
-The new cabinet sides I made are 3/4" birch ply. Could it be that the plywood moves more than pb, so with the wood movement, the laminate loosened up?
-The garage is humid at times, so could humidity have been a factor?
Either way, the laminate is being stripped off. I got this laminate really cheap, so it's mostly time that I've lost here.
I'm kinda considering rebuilding the whole damn cabinet, but particle board like the original cabinet. I wonder if laminate will adhere to pb better in the long run? It or MDF should be absolutely dimensionally stable?
thanks for reading
This question is regarding my MC cabaret project, which I quit on after the laminate I applied to the sides of my new cabinet bubbled/lifted in spots. I don't think that I had an issue with applying the contact cement, as I applied a couple of coats to both the laminate and cabinet, just as instructed. Think it might be either
-The new cabinet sides I made are 3/4" birch ply. Could it be that the plywood moves more than pb, so with the wood movement, the laminate loosened up?
-The garage is humid at times, so could humidity have been a factor?
Either way, the laminate is being stripped off. I got this laminate really cheap, so it's mostly time that I've lost here.
I'm kinda considering rebuilding the whole damn cabinet, but particle board like the original cabinet. I wonder if laminate will adhere to pb better in the long run? It or MDF should be absolutely dimensionally stable?
thanks for reading
