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ar188
post May 15 2024, 09:09 PM

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QUOTE(michaelangelo @ May 15 2024, 05:26 PM)
I went to the showroom of this plywood cabinet maker and the glue smell is so strong..eyes tearing and I have decided not to use plywood for my kitchen cabinet. I have been told by other cabinet makers that plywood has the highest VOC chemicals due to the glue that they use…so choose wisely..plus plywood is more expensive. The new material with zero chemical  is  NAF { no added Formaldehyde}
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obviously these people know nothing.

there is low VOC grade plywood, maybe they just get their stock from hardware store which has no grade for voc.
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post May 16 2024, 09:29 PM

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QUOTE(michaelangelo @ May 16 2024, 06:36 PM)
I think its the glue they use for putting the laminate onto the plywood..unless they use very high quality glue...which of course will cost u more in the end...
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they call it contact cement. yea one tong is rm60-70, if low voc is aroud 200-250

dont see why they would charge 10% more when one 10k project only uses 3-5k worth of materials, whats 200 extra?
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post May 17 2024, 08:47 PM

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QUOTE(ckokwei @ May 17 2024, 04:05 PM)
I see. Because initially I thought they will use every single pieces of plywood to make entire cabinet until I found out that unfinished product is still show as block board. If this would not affect the performance of the cabinet, then would be fine.

I think what we can't accept is you mention using plywod to make cabinet, end up the frame all inside is chipboard only the door using plywood. then might as well mention chipboard cabinet rather than plywood cabinet.
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i did mention to the kitchen industry people dont simply say something its not. now malas to repeat already

another stupid term is they offer nyatoh kitchen
actually the door is nyatoh, the carcass frame actually is some crap mdf/chipboard material.
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post May 21 2024, 07:41 PM

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QUOTE(ckokwei @ May 21 2024, 04:20 PM)
Very true. Don't simply say that when you did not use the material fully but mixed. Just tell people door made from what and carcass made from what.

But business being business. They would have want a maximum profit margin, thus mixed with other cheaper material and claim that whole thing is Nyotoh.

What can't be accept is the charges is still high. Normal people will just think since price is higher so should be nothing wrong and all should be the same material until they find out the truth.

I also heard block board are some kind of low combination of low quality wood and at times block board come with some hollow parts will it affect the overall performance ?
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block board is very subjective. what wood inside i cant confirm cos we dont know which supplier it comes from. so your malaysian supplier for blockboard may vary in quality (for the internal wood blocks)

youtube videos i have seen = in indonesia blockboard = some crappy soft wood dried in some sun room, many voids /hollow sections
in thai (big factory, some plantation soft wood, proper production process)
there is vietnam/taiwan etc export grade, very good grade soft wood, proper big machine production process

in either case its soft wood. probably softer than export grade pine wood. i guess usable n better than chipboard


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post May 23 2024, 09:24 PM

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QUOTE(iamnotyou @ May 23 2024, 02:45 PM)
Can't expect kc people to explain all that, esp if you see them on ads.
Thus very important for customers to ask and check details before payment (go to their showroom if they have one).
Also if the price is too low than standard, chances part of the cabinets are from lower quality material.
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what?
if thats the case, why aluminium kitchen cabinet suppliers can explain in detail that their carcass cabinet is either proper aluminum or acp or hybrid etc? eager to open the door and show whats inside?

price too low? u know how much is the raw material cost of a 10k kitchen or not? biggrin.gif u come to this industry then maybe your eyes will open big big.



 

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