My cabinet doors are tired and have many coats of ugly paint. Rather than strip all the paint off, I'm considering just chucking the old doors and making new ones. I like the plain style of just a simple, painted rectangle of plywood. But how can I finish the edges of plywood doors to conceal the plies so they don't shout "I am made of plywood"?
Wood – How to plywood edges be finished to conceal the plies
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I think the best method is to use an anti slip tape / strip / paint
Tape
Strip
Paint
They are ordered form easiest to hardest.
The strips will be the easiest because you just stick them on. You will obviously stick them on the length where your tires will be going and not sideways (because that would be pointless). The strips are more durable, but don't be deceived by the stick on ones once they are stuck.. they are STUCK! The best, but most work is painting the whole ramp.
Preparation.
Needs to be a dry day for sticking on or painting. You need to clean the surface with paper towels - after you wiped the dirt away and the surface you want to stick/paint is dry you will use more paper towels and cheap alcohol (methanol, spirits, etc) - Using the alcohol cleans the surface and removes oil (so don't touch it after you wiped it). Clean it almost like waxing (several times the same spot), this will guarantee your surface is dirt free and guarantees best adhesion for years and years of life.
The strips you can just put down - but you need some cordless drill or elbow grease to get those screws in. Make sure they are flush (level with the strip) or you risk slashing your tires.
Here are some links
http://www.vubasupplies.co.uk/anti-slip-surfaces.html
The short answer is that you can't. Plywood is heavy and you will need to drive a lot of screws through the wood and drywall into studs to properly secure it. You will also find that when you have something sandwiched tightly against paint, often it will pull the paint off when you remove it.
That being said, screw holes in drywall and peeled paint are easy to patch and paint when you are done.
As for avoiding a jigsaw pattern, you will just need to align all of the pieces correctly so that the seams are all in-line with eachother. The chance of the standard-sized sheets of plywood fitting exactly are very unlikely so you will need either a table or circular saw to cut them to size.
I'm not sure what your exact requirements are, but you might also want to consider particle board.
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Try iron-on edge banding. Iron it on (you will have excess probably) and then trim the excess. You can usually get it pretty close to the color of your stain that you choose.