Nearly ruined a full custom kitchen job with bad MDF edge banding

Last Tuesday I had 12 cabinet doors delaminate after one humid night because the supplier switched glue types without telling me. Cost me 3 days of rework and $400 in materials out of pocket. Has anyone else had a supplier pull something like this without warning?

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wilson.jana19d ago

You're mad at the supplier but maybe this is on you for not checking the glue spec before hanging those doors. MDF is a sponge in humidity, everyone knows that, and if that supplier sent a different batch you should've tested a sample before installing 12 doors. I've had shifts in material mid-job before and it's a pain but a quick phone call or a test piece clamped overnight would've caught the delam before it ruined your weekend. Blaming the supplier after the fact is easy but three days rework sounds like you skipped a step in your own quality check process.

brookebailey19d ago

Totally agree with you on the test piece trick. I learned that one the hard way too after a whole kitchen full of cabinet doors peeled back on me. That "quick phone call or test piece" advice would have saved me a whole weekend of scrambling. It is easy to get mad at the supplier but you're right, skipping that step is on us.