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Just noticed my plywood edges were swelling after only 4 months in a bathroom job in St. Louis
I installed some custom vanity cabinets with prefinished birch plywood and they looked perfect when I left. But the client just sent me photos showing raised grain and swelling along every cut edge. Has anyone else had this problem with standard plywood in high humidity rooms?
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anthony_wells3mo ago
Has anyone else had their cabinet faces swell up like that? I used to think all birch ply was basically the same, but after a kitchen remodel in a lake house I saw the same thing happen on every exposed edge. Now I always seal the cut ends with two coats of shellac before install and haven't had the problem since.
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betty1443mo ago
You think shellac works better than poly for that, or just what you had on hand?
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