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Well sorry but the prefinished plywood Alex is talking about requires no finishing. Not to mention it is pretty, structural, available in low and zero VOC, sustainable, lighter and oh did I mention superior in every way? There is and never will be any chipboard in my shop, or my home, or installed by me in any clients home. I use MDF for work surfaces, thats it, MDF's hard "cardboard" character makes a nearly perfect utility table, to be beat up in a shop.

Casework requires structure, all though I find the repurposing innovation of chipboard intriguing, it is simply a grossly inferior product. The melamine is bad enough, what really stinks is the poor souls who buy quite expensive veneered furniture only to discover the door just fell off because the crapwood crumbled away at the cup hinge. Or the dowels or confirmats were forced in the factory and the entire box is weak. Or the pozi screws were turned a tenth of a turn too far and the drawer slides are falling out. Or god forbid you have a slow leak at kitchen or bathroom sink and your whole cabinet swells up and disintegrates. I could go on and on about how ill and misinformed your remark is Murrmac.

Respectfully submitted.

Tim