Switched from prefinished plywood to painting MDF on a kitchen job and saved $1200

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Nah man, respectfully I gotta disagree here. MDF is gonna swell and bubble the second any moisture hits it, especially around a sink or dishwasher. You saved $1200 now but you're gonna eat that in callbacks for sure. Prefinished plywood might cost more upfront but it holds up way better in a kitchen environment. Plus the time you spend sanding and painting MDF to look decent kind of eats into that savings anyway.

the_cole5d ago

Also nobody's mentioning how heavy MDF is. Good luck getting those upper cabinet doors to stay aligned after six months of gravity doing its thing.