Those looking to build a new home or remodel their existing one are often unsure about which products will provide the best value. When it’s time to design or upgrade their kitchens, they are likely to have questions about the merits of wooden cabinets versus a particleboard alternative. 

Plywood is constructed by gluing sheets of log-cut wood together in a cross-grain pattern. The cross-grain method make plywood more durable than a solid cut of wood. After the wood sheets are pressed into a composite, they are covered with a wood veneer.

Particleboard is a composite made by binding together wood chips and wood particles with glue or resin. Next, the composite product is made into a wood sheet by using either pressure or a mold. The sheet is then “finished” by wood veneers, a laminate, or by painting. 

Is Wooden Cabinetry Better than Particleboard Cabinetry?
Both Offer Advantages As Well As Drawbacks

Construction
Plywood hold both mechanical and glued joints better than particleboard. Glued joints are actually preferable to mechanical fasteners like nails and screws, and that’s why higher-end cabinetry uses glued construction.

Durability
Particleboard can be durable if it’s constructed properly. However, it does scratch and dent more easily than plywood, so will not hold up as long as wooden cabinets.

Strength
Proper manufacturing can improve particleboard’s strength, but plywood can hold more weight due to the way the individual sheets of wood are interwoven. Wooden cabinetry is also lighter than particleboard, and if you plan to hang large upper cabinets from a soffit, your installation crew will have an easier time moving and maneuvering a plywood box.

Moisture-Resistance
Resistance to moisture is important in a room where water plays a big role. In the kitchen, water is used frequently – either to cook or wash dishes – and there’s always a risk the sink could leak. Steam from boiling water or even high humidity can also affect the materials used for kitchen cabinets. Compared to particleboard, plywood is more water-resistant, and even though water use could eventually impact wooden cabinets over time, plywood’s structural integrity will remain sound for a longer period than a cabinet made from particleboard. Particleboard is susceptible to swelling or warping in high-moisture environments.

Quality Variation
Particleboard is a product sold based on industry-set quality-control standards. Particle size and density are graded so you always know what you’re getting. There’s no such standardization in plywood construction, and you may run into trouble when the boards are delivered. 

Voids or holes in the plywood can make mechanical joint construction using nails or screws a difficult task. If you need to return faulty plywood and wait for a new delivery, that means lost time, and lost time on a construction project equals lost money.

Finishing
It’s easier to apply finishes to particleboard due to its flat and slick surface, which never needs to be sanded. Plywood has a rougher surface because of grain patterns, so it will be more time-consuming to properly finish wooden kitchen cabinets.

Cost
The materials used to make particleboard are considered to be waste, so they’re cheaper than using solid sheets of wood. Additionally, the manufacturing process for particleboard is more streamlined, which also brings down the cost.

Plywood is more expensive than particleboard, and usually for good reason. But your customers may be limited by their budgets. It will come down to a conversation between you and your clients to determine whether particleboard cabinets or wooden kitchen cabinets will provide the most value for their projects.

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Cabinetry Factory is the #1 kitchen cabinet factory in Vietnam. We manufacture high-quality wooden cabinets and particle board kitchen cabinets at our facility, and because we eliminate the middleman, we can offer outstanding prices to cabinet distributors. Contact us and we are ready to be your partner!

When it comes to choosing kitchen cabinets, considering how long they will last is an extremely important factor. Finding less expensive stock cabinetry using high quality materials, is very important.

What are the best materials for high quality cabinets? 
The most popular high-quality solid hardwoods are cherry, oak, and maple. Ash is used mostly in custom work, while birch is a durable, but inexpensive wood often found in even stock cabinets. Pine is sometimes used in cabinetry, although it can dent much more easily than hardwoods, and is usually only found in semi-custom cabinet lines. Hickory is another hardwood comparable to oak, but it’s a rare choice.

People often use veneered kitchen cabinets at high-humidity areas. This is when hardwoods are layered onto another material, such as plywood. Veneers are used due to the fact that hardwoods can end up warping considerably in high humidity. The solid plywood frame would be protected. However, veneers can also be used over MDF, or particle board, in order to cut costs on kitchen cabinetry.

Still, using veneers over solid plywood can produce decent quality kitchen cabinets. Solid hardwoods are typically higher-quality, but if you live in a high-humidity area, consider kitchen cabinets with veneers to minimize issues with warping.

What goes into the construction of a well-built cabinet?
The wood used for the face of the cabinet should be free of any discolorations, irregularities in the grain, or knots. Cabinet joints should be built with mortise and tenon construction. Where the joints meet, any line between them should nearly disappear. Cabinet sides, also known as end panels, should also be made from plywood with similar color grain to the cabinet faces. Side and floor panels should have at least ½ inch minimum thickness. Shelves should be made of plywood at least ¾ of an inch thick. Then, the floor and back should fit into routed side panels.

Drawer fronts should be made of only a solid, single piece of wood, and the flat door panels should also only be made from solid wood pieces. Drawer sides should be made from solid wood of ⅝ inches and should be routed with a groove supporting the base of the drawer. Drawer joints should be dovetailed at all corners.

Cabinetry Factory, as the leading kitchen cabinet manufacturer and supplier in Vietnam, build high quality kitchen cabinets with the best materials and construction methods. Being able to identify how the cabinets are built is just as important as the materials they are made from. As kitchen cabinets are the largest part of your kitchen budget, it’s important to get the best cabinetry possible that your budget will allow.

Cabinetry Factory kitchen cabinets are constructed using many pieces of solid wood and wood veneers. Graining differences, as well as normal color change can be expected. Wood species in all finishes will exhibit color change when exposed to different types of light. Color differences in wood are caused by variations in minerals found in the soil in which the tree was grown and the absorption of these minerals. End grain surfaces and softer areas of the wood may accept more stain and often appear darker than other surfaces. This is a natural reaction when finishing a wood product and potential variances cannot be controlled.

Additionally, every wood species exhibits other characteristics including knots, pinholes, sap runs, and darkening with age. It is the beauty and nature of wood to have these characteristics, as well as natural variations in graining and color, and will be present throughout our cabinetry.

​Birch is a heavy, close-grained hardwood with a light brown or reddish colored heartwood and white or creamy yellow sapwood. Birch has distinct, moderate grain patterns that range from straight to wavy or swirly. Like some other woods, Birch isn’t easily mottled or discolored over time. Due to its closed pore structure, Birch wood stains and finishes easily. It has a smooth, hard surface. Features described below are typical and not considered defects:

• Areas of “short grain” will be present throughout.
• Mineral streaks will appear darker with stain, creating contrast.
• Irregular spots or patches of color can be evident due to various densities in the wood.
• Wavy, curly, and burl graining may appear darker with stain.

Mineral Streaks
Mineral Streaks are caused by the nutrients that the tree absorbs from the soil. This causes the grain to have olive, brown, or black streaks. Depending on how your cabinetry is finished, mineral streaks can appear darker or lighter.

Pin Knots & Sap Pockets
When small branches are torn off a tree or naturally dies, the decaying area then turns a darker color than the sapwood. The knots are a half-inch in diameter or smaller. These markings do not affect the quality of your cabinetry.

Aging of Wood
Wood naturally ages over time. It can lighten, darken, or even change color. Different environment exposures, such as sunlight and temperature, can cause the wood to age more rapidly. This is not considered a defect.

We’re all about cabinets here at Cabinetry Factory. As an kitchen cabinet manufacturer to cabinet distributors, we like to make sure distributors and readers of this blog know about the Cabinetry Factory difference when it comes to our cabinets.

Something that sets us apart is the construction of our cabinet drawers. All of our cabinet drawers are dovetail drawers. 

What is a Dovetail Joint?

The dovetail joint is used to unite the drawer front and back with the two sides. Corresponding trapezoidal shapes are cut into each end of the corner pieces, which are then perfectly interlocked, kind of like a puzzle. Once glued, a wooden dovetail joint usually requires no mechanical fasteners.

Why the Dovetail is Important

What makes the dovetail joint so important for cabinet drawer construction is its resistance to being pulled apart. The interlocking pieces create a strong joint with just the quality wood. This joint is made even stronger with glue. The front-to-side joints take the bulk of a strain on a cabinet drawer. If you’ve ever pulled a drawer open and came away with the drawer front in your hand, it was not likely made with a dovetail joint.

History of the Dovetail Joint

Some of the earliest examples of the dovetail joint are in furniture entombed with mummies dating back to ancient Egypt as well as the ancient tombs of Chinese emperors. So as you can see, it’s been around a long time. In Europe, it is also called the swallow-tail or fantail joint. It is a distinguishing factor in furniture construction and helps in determining the age of a piece.
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As you shop for kitchen cabinets for your kitchen cabinet inventory, ask about the materials and construction. If you have any questions about our kitchen cabinets made in Vietnam, please contact us. We’d love to talk kitchen cabinets with you.  

To cabinet importers, To find and choose a reliable cabinet factory or cabinet manufacturing partner is often a headache, especially to those who just started their cabinet importing business. 

Good production capacity is the foundation of healthy and long term business relationship. The cabinet factory with strong production cpacity is able to guarantee a stable lead time and timely delivery. With dependable work force, advanced wood working machines and finishing lines, Cabinetry Factory has a strong production capacity of monthly output 80X40HQ containers of RTA kitchen cabinets; and 30 containers available. And Further more, Cabinetry Factory is building the phase 2 production facility in Vietnam with a designed capcity of 80 containers, which is scheduled to put into production in early 2023.

Price is important to cabinet importers and cabinet distributors, And everyone like cheap stuff, low price. However, KEEP A WARY EYE on low price.

• A cabinet factory who offer a very low price might fail to meet proper quality standard, use inferior material, and eventually cost you more.
• A cabinet factory attracting customers with low price might do transshipment without genuine production facility in Vietnam or Malaysia. This operation could bring high legal risks.
• A cabinet factory offering low price might fail to deliver the order timely as they promised.

​Cabinetry Factory, as a reliable,  legitimate Vietnam cabinet manufacturer, never participate in destructive price war. Cabinetry Factory offer customers fair, reasonable and competitive prices, with a view to building long term, healthy business relationship with customers.

Quality level of cabinet factories differ from one another. Cabinetry Factory is proud to always stick to the highest quality standard and produce every kitchen cabinet with care. The quality of our kitchen cabinets come from qualified raw material, craftmanship, management and ​business philosophy.

Did you ever had an issue that need your cabinet factory to help with but received very limited help and slow response? Cabinetry Factory treat customers in different way. We support our customers at any cost, in a timely manner. While other factories try to shirk their responsibility, we are responsible for every promise we made, every cabinets we delivered. Service is invisible yet often it is services that make a difference and a success.

Whether you are building new home or renovating an existing kitchen, planning and installing new kitchen cabinets is a major task.

​There are lots of options for purchasing new kitchen cabinets on the market, and with a little research you can find a wide range of designs that meet the needs of any style and budget.

The first decision to be made when choosing new cabinets is whether you want them to be custom made or if you'll be purchasing them stock or pre-fabricated from a home improvement or design store. Custom cabinets are built from scratch according to the homeowner's specific design requests. They are typically built by local cabinetmakers or carpenters hired individually by the homeowner. The labor costs of custom kitchen cabinetry are significant, as nothing is pre-built and every cabinet part must be crafted, assembled and then installed. This laborious process takes time and in turn costs money. Custom cabinetry is popular among homeowners looking for creative freedom with their kitchen design as well as homeowners with tricky kitchen layouts where pre-fabricated kitchen cabinets may not fit.

If your kitchen renovation budget does not afford you the luxury of custom cabinets, another option for new kitchen cabinets is to purchase stock or semi-custom kitchen cabinets. True to their name, stock kitchen cabinets are pre-built and ready to take home from cabinet specialty or home improvement stores. They are sold fully assembled or ready to assemble (RTA), so that many DIYers are able to personally install them, and reduce their labor costs. Important thing is to buy stock cabinets or RTA kitchen cabinets that made by a reliable cabinet factory like Cabinetry Factory. As a leading, direct cabinet factory in Vietnam, all kitchen cabinets made by Cabinetry Factory are well built with best material and care. Stock cabinet doors come in many different styles: flat, raised, paneled, and Shaker are common examples. This wide variety allows homeowners to pick their new cabinets based on their own personal style.

Once you've decided whether you will use custom or stock or RTA kitchen cabinets, you'll need to figure out the layout and sizing of your bank of new cabinets. You'll want to map out the layout of your existing kitchen in order to see what size cabinets will fit in a given space. Custom kitchen cabinets are easier to work with when you have a unique space as they can be made to order and therefore can be made any size or shape. Stock cabinets typically come in standard sizes, so they will need to be installed accordingly.

In terms of materials, wood is the most popular choice for new kitchen cabinets. Wood comes in a wide variety of styles, colors and costs. Wood substitutes such as steel, laminate or thermofoil are also used in new cabinets in order to portray a certain design aesthetic or bring down the cost of the project.

Whether you have your new cabinets custom built or purchase them already put together, there are numerous choices out there to give you the exact look you want in your new kitchen. It just takes a little research and planning to find the cabinets you are looking for to give you the kitchen of your dreams.

Kitchen cabinets can be customized with a wide variety of components that will allow you to express your design tastes, while simultaneously addressing your specific cooking and storage needs.

Before installing your RTA kitchen cabinets, it's helpful to begin by assessing your practical needs and exploring different style options. You may have a number of kitchen gadgets that can find homes in built-in accessory drawer boxes or cutlery trays. Or you may prefer a spice rack drawer, trash can pull-out, or a wine rack cabinet. These kitchen cabinet components can make kitchen more organized.  

Themost affordable way to customize your American style kitchen cabinets is through the kitchen cabinet hardware. Kitchen Cabinet Door handles come in a wide array of colors, sizes and shapes. They can change the look of your kitchen from traditional to modern or vice versa. They can be found anywhere from the kitchen cabinet factory to your local kitchen cabinet retailer. They can also be installed easily with basic tools, making their inclusion in your design to update the look of your kitchen cabinetry.

Another way to accessorize your Vietnam kitchen cabinets is to alter one or more of the kitchen cabinet doors. Adding glass-paneled doors provides an open look in your kitchen and allows you to display stylish kitchen items. If you are not organized enough to reveal the contents of your kitchen cabinets, consider semi-transparent instead.

Another fun and functional way to customize RTA kitchen cabinet doors is by adding a memo board or chalkboard. These creative additions to your kitchen cabinets can help you organize your busy life or allow children to explore their artistic sides in your kitchen. These inexpensive cabinet components can make your kitchen looking fresh, fun and welcoming.

RTA kitchen cabinets are currently dominating the market with their convenience and great value. Still, as with any product, there are a number of factors you should consider before blindly making your purchase. We’ve compiled some tips and information that you might need in order to make an informed decision on whether or not RTA cabinets are suitable for you.

The name RTA, or Ready-to-Assemble, gives most people the impression that all they have to do is take the parts out of the box and place them on the appropriate spots. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case. Of course, you don’t need the multitude of tools a custom kitchen cabinet would require, but you still need the basic instruments to hold all the parts together.

​The first things you will need are a screwdriver and drill, two basic tools required in any home improvement job. Additionally, you’ll want to have a leveler handy to ensure that your cabinets aren’t slanted towards one side. These three instruments are fairly easy to come by and handle, so the layman won’t have any issues at this point.

The last two tools you’ll need are less common in many households. Firstly, you need a table saw to cut your fillers and moldings. Any old saw might do, but you may not be able to get clean, straight cuts on the wood. A table saw will guarantee smooth, accurate cuts and save you quite a bit of time.

Secondly, you need a nail gun to install all your wooden parts. You don’t want to spend hours manually hammering in every single nail, while also risking damage to the wood in the process. Having a powerful nail gun will allow you to install your panels, fillers, and moldings correctly and in good time.

As you might have noticed from learning about the various tools you need for RTA kitchen cabinets, the installation could pose some obstacles for someone who isn’t already experienced in home improvement. Though these cabinets are meant to save people both time and effort, they still require some expertise.

If you have some knowledge and practice in renovations, you’ll become quite comfortable with the installation in no time. The initial assembly will be quite easy, much like what the advertisements promised, and after you get through your first few cabinets, the rest will be a breeze. It can be quite challenging if you aren’t familiar with the tools you’re using or with the correct techniques. If this is the case, it’s recommended that you hire a professional to finish the job. Considering how much you’ve saved from purchasing the RTA option, a quick installation from an expert won’t be too imposing on your wallet.

​Buying anything online is always a risk. Even if you’re purchasing the product from a trusted retailer, you can never be sure that what you’re looking at through the screen will perfectly match the item that gets delivered.

When purchasing a large ticket item such as an RTA kitchen cabinet, you should make sure that what you’ve paid for is what you’ll get. Imagine receiving your order, only to be forced to send the entire thing back because you simply aren’t satisfied when you open the box. This disappointment might occur simply because of your specific monitor settings or quality, or even due to the fact that the retailer has edited its images. Regardless of why the actual cabinet might look different in person, you should be heedful of the possibilities.

In order to ensure that you’ll be completely pleased with your choice, order a sample door first. While you can’t be sure of how the cabinets will look like through an online gallery, requesting a sample will give you a clear idea of what the RTA cabinets will look like in your kitchen. Another advantage is that you can ask for multiple different ones to compare each option before you decide on the perfect fit. Make sure the RTA kitchen cabinets are manufactured by reliable cabinet manufacturer. Imported RTA kitchen cabinets are not made the same. Cabinetry Factory is one leading RTA cabinet manufacturer that guarantee great quality.

​While RTA cabinets are high-quality products, you can’t expect the same level of aesthetics as you might get from custom cabinets, or even Ikea furniture. You might wonder why cheaper Ikea products have better finishes than your kitchen cabinets, but you have to take into account that they’re mainly constructed with particle boards and veneers. This means that the manufacturers can create a clean finish on the outside, but it’s done in order to conceal the cheaper interior build.

Most of the RTA kitchen cabinets are made of solid wood, and natural materials like this always contain some flaws. Little scratches or warping in between or behind the cabinets are completely normal, but won’t adversely affect the functionality or overall aesthetics of the product.

You can always exchange certain parts and request replacements from your retailer, but keep in mind that you won’t receive any reimbursements for them, and doing so will only extend the installation process. Online RTA cabinets are meant to give you an affordable alternative, and therefore, you can’t expect the same level of service or elegance as you might find in custom cabinet stores.