04-14-2017, 04:32 AM
I have been asked about making some cabinets. Panel doors and they want them painted.
I would guess everyone has seen painted panel doors that don't look so good after panel movement. Either the panels shrink and you see raw wood or the panel expands and the paint gets scraped off as the panel expands into the frame dado.
What is the work around? There surely must be one but since I almost never paint wood, I am not up on how to proceed.
Use MDF for the panels? Not my first choice.
Paint the panels before assembly and make the dado fairly loose?
What say you?
I would guess everyone has seen painted panel doors that don't look so good after panel movement. Either the panels shrink and you see raw wood or the panel expands and the paint gets scraped off as the panel expands into the frame dado.
What is the work around? There surely must be one but since I almost never paint wood, I am not up on how to proceed.
Use MDF for the panels? Not my first choice.
Paint the panels before assembly and make the dado fairly loose?
What say you?