I've never been to your state yet. But I can't imagine any state having more
humidity than Florida or Louisiana.
I can say I've also never made kitchen cabinets out of maple either. But I've
made a bathroom vanity out of maple and haven't had any trouble with warping.
And bathrooms get as humid as the scale goes.
I would think if the doors were "raised panel", they would tend to be fairly
stable. If the panel in the center is made of a ply, it can be glued in the
frame parts called rails and stiles, and that would be as solid as you can get.
The "slab" or solid piece doors can cup or warp over time, and paying for a
solid maple slab door will get right pricey in the end...
----- Original Message -----
From: Betsy Whitney
To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:01 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Back to the kitchen cabinets
Aloha again,
We now know that the space that we thought was empty in the corner of
our kitchen is really empty. We'll have to remove part of the wall in
the corner to get access to it. This is no problem because it doesn't
go all the way to the ceiling.
I went to look at cabinet doors at my friends shop. She is
recommending that we have her make doors out of some sort of laminate
that has a plywood backing. She showed us some all wooden doors and
they had a piece of wood on the inside that was about 2 inches wide
and a half inch thick. I asked her why that was there and she said
that the doors can eventually warp. The wood doors were made of maple
or oak. She said that wood in Hilo warps worse than wood in
Seattle, Florida or Oregon.
I can't imagine that she would be trying to talk us into this
laminate if it weren't good because making the doors out of wood
would put more money in her pocket.
However, I just wonder what the list thinks?
TIA, Betsy
Teamwork: Together we achieve the extraordinary.
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