The kitchen is the calling card of any family, regardless of its size and number of household members. Increased functionality and aesthetic appearance are demonstrated by painted MDF on the facades of the kitchen unit. While visiting the owners of such a kitchen, you can immediately understand with what awe and love they treat their home and how they care about their health. Such a family will serve as an example for everyone around them, so it’s worth figuring out whether the choice in favor of painted MDF is correct.
These facades are also called enameled, as they are coated with polyurethane enamel
Advantages of MDF facades:
- are not subject to deformation under the influence of steam and moisture
- withstand temperature changes
- facades are easy to maintain
Coloring: Ral, Woodcolor, CS.
Facade base: MDF thickness 10, 16, 19, 22 mm
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Painted MDF facades differ in color, as well as in the depth and complexity of milling, so that with their help you can create a set in almost any style (difficulties will arise with very specific styles, for example, loft).
Let's consider the main characteristics of style directions:
| Classic | Rustic | Modern | Exotic | |
| Style options | Classic, neoclassical, baroque, empire, rococo, art deco. | Country, rustic, chalet, rustic. | Minimalism, high-tech, avant-garde, Scandinavian. | Loft, oriental, Memphis, African. |
| Materials and texture | Natural wood, precious metal, glass. | Natural wood, glass, minimal metal. | Wood, plastic, metal, glossy surfaces. | Wood, skins, metal, rough texture. |
| Decorations | Arc milling, carving, stained glass, sandblasting, patination. | Carving, direct milling, painting, stained glass, household items. | Color, smooth facades, complex filling of cabinets. | Household elements, color, dark metal, textured wood. |
| Colors | Natural wood, pastel colors, black, gold, silver. | Pastel colors, natural wood, bright accents. | Any depending on the concept. | Dark, bright, depending on the ethnic group and concept. |
| Accessories and handles | Metal, complex shape. | Wooden, metal, simple shape. | Plastic, metal, glass of simple shape. | Wooden, metal, simple shape. |
The classical style implies the massiveness of all elements, allows patination and stained glass, but requires adherence to the principle of symmetry and the golden ratio. Patination is a covering with a layer of patina, as if formed naturally over time. The patina emphasizes the milling lines and wood texture.
- Classic and neoclassical: shades of natural wood, symmetry, severity of forms.
- Empire: dark colors, straight lines, heraldry, bas-reliefs depicting battle scenes and weapons.
- Art Deco: elongated lines, gold on black, lots of glass.
- Baroque: abundant twisted decorations, light colors.
- Rococo: marine motifs, light and green tones, bas-reliefs with cherubs, rocaille.
Modern styles dictate the abandonment of milling, but allow any color combinations and materials. Very often surfaces have a bright, even mirror-like shine.
Rustic styles are more like classic ones, but with ethnic elements.
- Provence: white or blue, imitation lathing and boards.
- Country: rich colors, most often shades of brown, the most coarse shapes.
- Rustic: blue, green, brown colors, imitation herringbone joint.
Of course, these are not all possible options. Designers can offer exotic and eclectic solutions, place different accents, and add details.
Attention! This option is not suitable for chalet, loft and rough versions of rustic styles - the enamel hides the natural texture of the wood.
Facade care
Color options
To simplify the designation of colors, several color standards or catalogs are used. The most common:
RAL (German: Reichsausschuß für Lieferbedingungen und Gütesicherung) - the standard was developed in Germany in 1927 and includes several collections: RAL Classic contains 217 of the most common colors, RAL Design - 1625 shades, RAL Effect - a catalog of matte colors and metallics, RAL Plastics - a catalog of 100 classic colors specifically for painting plastic and made on polypropylene foam plates for more accurate color rendering. RAL palette colors more details
WCP (WoodColorPlus) is a catalog of the famous Italian brand Sayerlack, owned by the world's largest concern for the production of paints and varnishes, The Sherwin-Williams Company.
NCS (English Natural Color System, natural color system) - the standard was developed in Sweden and has several versions: NCS Cascade 980 contains 980 colors, NCS Original - 1950 colors.
Mobihel is a trademark of the Slovenian company Helios, a manufacturer of paints and varnishes for car repairs, which, thanks to the widely available metallic colors, are widely used in painting furniture facades in a modern style. Mobihel has created a catalog specifically matched to the colors used in the car manufacturing process, which is why the names of car brands are often found in this catalogue.
Color Sistem or CS is a catalog of the Italian company Renner Italia SpA, one of the leaders in the production of furniture varnishes and paints and varnishes for exterior finishing. There are other standards, for example SSG, BS and catalogs (collections) of large paint manufacturers, for example Tikkurila Symphony, but they are used extremely rarely when painting furniture facades.
Also important in the designation of paints is the degree of gloss - Gloss - which is measured in units from 0 to 100 units.
Gloss is the ability of a surface to reflect light. Absolutely glossy - 100 Gloss - the glass surface is considered.
| High gloss Gloss level 90% Gloss | Matte Gloss level 20% Gloss | Super matte Gloss level 5% Gloss |
Please note that the same paint can look different.
The shade depends on many factors: the degree of gloss of the paint, the type of material on which it is applied, air pressure in the spray gun, the quality of soil preparation, the distance and angle of application to the surface (especially for metallics) and others. Therefore, in cases where it is absolutely necessary to “get the color right”, for example when repairing a damaged facade, it is necessary to paint it – a test color.
Features of the material
As the name itself suggests, painted MDF is a board made of sawdust coated with a layer of paint. Now let’s take a closer look at how it is made and what properties it acquires.
What is MDF
If we compare MDF with chipboard (chipboard), it is made from much smaller sawdust, which are held together not with harmful epoxy resins, but with lignin and paraffin through pressing under high pressure and temperature.
Lignin is a substance that is released when wood is heated. Thus, the material can be considered absolutely natural and environmentally friendly.
MDF boards
This is interesting. Translated from German, MittelDichteFazerplatte (MDF) sounds like a medium-density board. The Russian abbreviation MDF is a finely dispersed fraction. Both names equally accurately reflect the structure of this material.
Today, MDF is gaining popularity and is crowding out other wood-like materials on the market. This is due to its environmental friendliness and flexibility to any type of processing.
It is believed that it even surpasses natural wood in mechanical characteristics and moisture resistance. But due to the fact that MDF production in Russia is still poorly organized, its price remains at a fairly high level.
Read also the article about MDF kitchens.
Painted facades
The following kitchen facades and panels are produced according to the following scheme:
- Preparation of the slab: cutting to specified dimensions, sanding, priming and sanding again.
- Applying paint in several layers with complete drying and sanding of each layer.
- Applying varnish.
- Final polishing.
In numerous photos of kitchens made from this material, you can see that the facades can be not only even and smooth. Since MDF is a fairly plastic material that can be easily processed, the original board can be given a convex or concave shape, the edges can be rounded, or milled or embossed.
Curved (radius) facades
During subsequent painting, polyurethane enamel will evenly fill all the recesses, sides and other volumetric parts and create a continuous protective and decorative coating. This feature of the material is widely used by designers, bringing to life the most unusual and original ideas.
DIY facade painting
To paint a kitchen unit with your own hands, you should first choose the appropriate material. For example, acrylic paints, which are widely used in everyday life, may end up not being as practical as we would like.
Therefore, experts recommend using car paint that has good performance properties.
It is more convenient to take aerosol products. But in any case, you should take into account a number of nuances that will help you cope with updating your headset.
- It is more convenient to paint facades removed from their hinges, so number them to make it easier to install them in their place later. Would a photo of the kitchen help with this? identical doors are rare; even modular solutions do not always include exactly the same doors.
- Each part must be washed with warm water and excess fat removed with a solvent, especially if the facades were located close to the stove.
- Next, you should carefully go over the sandpaper with a fine abrasive. Then wipe the facades again with solvent.
- Start painting the surface from the existing recesses, for example, if the facades have milling, moldings and other recesses and relief patterns. Overall, it's an easy DIY kitchen renovation process if you choose the right paint.
- When the first layer has dried, apply the second and then the third. Only then will the kitchen facades receive the necessary protection from external negative factors.
- After all layers of coating have dried, you can decorate the doors with other shades. The drawing can be applied through a stencil, examples of which can be seen in the following photos. Using stencils, you can significantly change the interior of your entire kitchen with your own hands? even paint the refrigerator to match the furniture.
- Next, you should assemble the furniture, installing all the facades in their places.
The main stages of organizing the production of furniture facades
The first question that arises for people who want to start their own manufacturing business is “Where to start?”
To start your own business you will need a lot: a detailed plan for the development of the enterprise, registration of activities, search for investors, selection of premises, hiring staff and much more.
The basis for starting your own business is a carefully thought-out business plan. This document will allow you to competently organize expenses, attract investors or get a loan from a bank.
Structure of an enterprise business plan
| 1. | Title page: company name, field of activity, planning period. |
| 2. | Contents of the business plan. |
| 3. | Introduction. |
| 4. | Summary: name of the project, legal form, number of employees, contact details of the project manager. |
| 5. | Setting goals. |
| 6. | Business characteristics: description of services/products, presentation of the range, functional purpose of each product, examples of use, plans for future development. |
| 7. | Product market assessment. |
| 8. | Assessing the activities and sales areas of competitors. |
| 9. | Production plan: main stages, requirements for raw materials and equipment. |
| 10. | Workers: list of required personnel, working conditions, pay, structure and composition of departments, personnel training. |
| 11. | Organizational plan: organizational and legal form of the enterprise, diagram of the organizational structure of the enterprise. |
| 12. | Legal plan. |
| 13. | Financial plan: cost, variable and fixed costs, business profitability, payback period. |
| 14. | Risk assessment and insurance. |
| 15. | Financing strategy. |
To draw up a business plan, you need to have special knowledge and skills, so this process must be entrusted to a professional.
Prices for writing a business plan depend on the size of your business. On average, the initial cost of a plan for a small business is 18,000-20,000 rubles, for a medium business – from 50,000 rubles, for a large business – from 100,000 rubles.
Do not forget that it is better to entrust drawing up a plan to companies that have been working in the market for a long time and have positive experience in implementing projects. Cheap business plans without guarantee are money thrown away.
Registration of activities
Every entrepreneur is obliged to officially register his activities, otherwise he will face problems with the law.
Two common forms of introducing small and medium-sized businesses: individual entrepreneur (individual entrepreneur) or LLC (limited liability company).
What is better: individual entrepreneur or LLC: 5 categories for comparison
How they differ, see in the combined table:
| Comparison criterion | IP | OOO |
| Creation procedure | Simple: paying the state fee, submitting an application. | More difficult: paying the state fee, submitting a notarized application, minutes of the meeting of LLC participants/decision of the sole participant. |
| Constituent documents | None. | Charter (a complex legal document that requires special knowledge to draw up). |
| Constituent documents | Alone. | If an LLC consists of more than one participant, then all decisions on the main areas of activity are made only at a general meeting of participants. |
| Seal | Not required. | Mandatory. |
| Authorized capital | Absent. | At least 10,000 rubles (money or property). |
| Use of profits | At your own discretion at any time. | Only after the distribution of profits by the general meeting of participants. |
| Responsibility | Full property liability (even in case of liquidation of the enterprise). With large debts, bankruptcy may be the only way out. | Liability is limited to the size of your share in the authorized capital. |
| Opportunities for attracting investments | Loan agreements, simple partnership agreements, bills of exchange. | Loan agreements, simple partnership agreements, bills of exchange, bonds, sale of part of the share in the authorized capital. |
| Opportunity to do business together | The merger of several individual entrepreneurs occurs only on the basis of a simple partnership agreement or a joint activity agreement. | One LLC can have up to 50 members. |
| Authority | Low. The abbreviation “LLC” is more trusted than “IP”. | High. |
| Opportunity to expand business | Only due to increased sales volumes. | It is possible to open new branches, subsidiaries, and merge with other companies. |
| Opportunity to sell a business | Only by selling a trademark or technology. If there are several trademarks, then re-registration must be carried out for each of them. | By any means. For example, with just one notary transaction you can sell a share in the authorized capital of a company that owns several trademarks. |
| Procedure for closing (liquidating) a business | Very simple: paying the state fee, submitting an application and a certificate from the pension fund. The process takes from 5 working days. | Very difficult. Takes at least 4-6 months. |
| Documents required for registration | • Form P21001 is an application in which an individual provides the information necessary for registration (full name, address, passport details, OKVED codes). • Photocopy of all pages of the passport. • Receipt confirming payment of state duty in the amount of 800 rubles. | • Passports and identification numbers of all co-founders. • Application for registration of an LLC (form P11001). • Decision of the sole founder (if there is only one founder). • Minutes of the meeting of founders (if there are 2 or more founders). • Agreement on the establishment of a company (if there are 2 or more founders). • LLC Charter. • Receipt for payment of state duty (4,000 rubles). • Letter of guarantee for the provision of a legal address. • Consent of the owner, certificate of ownership and consent of residents (some documents may not be required) - when registering at a home address. |
Production of furniture facades - step by step
- The production of furniture facades begins with the preparation of materials. The slabs are cut to the required dimensions using a format saw.
- This is followed by the stage of machine milling, as a result of which the slab receives a patterned design designed using a computer program.
- The prepared slabs are carefully polished on all sides and sorted.
- The plates are additionally coated with glue.
- Next comes the stage of gluing the PVC film. This process occurs using a vacuum press at high temperatures.
- After gluing, excess film is trimmed manually.
- The product is ready for packaging and sale.
Full cycle of in-house production of painted facades.
How are painted facades made? Necessary equipment.
Tips for choosing a kitchen made from MDF
Below are the main and basic recommendations on how to profitably buy an MDF kitchen. If you decide to buy such a kitchen, you will definitely need them, let’s consider them in order:
- When you take a closer look at the kitchen you like, the first thing you should pay attention to is the ends of the kitchen.
- They will help you understand the quality of kitchen furniture.
- The best option would be to buy aluminum facades, because they are the most wear-resistant.
- We recommend that you do not purchase a kitchen whose facades are made of melamine; the best kitchen, the so-called premium class, is considered to be a kitchen whose edges are made of wood or veneer.
Give preference to kitchens that do not have rounded facades; they are more expensive compared to straight facades.
When choosing a headset, you should ask the sellers what class MDF belongs to. Let's give examples of emission classes: material belonging to class E1 is environmentally friendly and of good quality than class E2 - the disadvantage of material of this class is the release of formaldehyde, so you should also pay attention to this when choosing children's beds and other furniture for children .
Furniture stores offer different kitchen facades; those that attract our attention the most are glossy facades. Let's look at what produces such a “gloss” -
- MDF boards are painted with colored enamels in 3-4 layers. These facades are the most expensive, but they withstand all external influences well, hold moisture well and will serve you for a long time; another advantage is the ability to restore them.
- Using acrylic plates, this method has one drawback - if you accidentally hit the headset with something sharp, scratches cannot be avoided.
- The production technology uses PVC films, which have the highest quality gloss content. But one of the disadvantages of this method is considered to be a change in the appearance of the headset due to physical impact, and this film is also deformed if a lot of liquid is spilled on it.
Coatings with special effects “crakolet”, “foil”, “water drops”
The technology of applying original decorative effects, which are craquelure (craquelure effect), foil and the effect of wet drops. It is similar in that two layers of enamel are applied to the facades, the top of which is damaged in a special way.
Cracolet or craquelure (from the French craquelé - cracked), creates the effect of cracked paint on the surface of the workpiece.
Foil (from the English Foil - foil). Technology for obtaining the effect: stretch film is unevenly laid on the freshly applied top layer of enamel, and then removed.
Drops of water - the effect is obtained by spraying water onto the top layer of paint.
How to choose the best MDF kitchen
But you shouldn’t leave this kitchen option too far behind, because there is an option to purchase it for your dacha.
When entering a furniture store, look not only at the appearance of the kitchen, but also at the material from which it is composed. For example, “pearls” will cost slightly higher than facades made of wood.
When buying this or that set, do not forget to check with the sellers whether their store produces facades of non-traditional sizes.
Buy kitchen sets only from well-known manufacturers, their furniture is of the highest quality, for example, one of the most famous furniture brands in Russia is “Kitchen Dvor”. Also, European kitchens are distinguished by their quality and last a long time, which is why they are not cheap.
This article explains all the benefits of MDF kitchen to clear your doubts or give you confidence in purchasing such a kitchen.
Choose kitchens based not on their appearance, but on their quality, so that the kitchen will serve you for many years and you will be happy and realize your ideas every time you cook with it.
Flaws
Let's look at the negative aspects of MDF facades, what they lack when compared to wooden facades
- Costs more than chipboard, but weighs more than other facades
- It does not have good strength than wooden facades, which are distinguished by their environmental friendliness.
- If you treat your MDF kitchen with care, it will serve you for many years
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