I'm looking to finish the back of a cabinet cheaply while maintaining a wood look on it, it's to be a kitchen island with a butcher block top. The back of the cabinet is unfinished MDF.

I was thinking for simplicity I could use wood flooring pieces like this to finish it and just add corner trims, but wondering how I could glue it down to the back. Wood glue is probably out, but would liquid nails work?

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[–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Hey, thanks for responding. I say "like this" specifically because that's the piece I'm looking to buy, one of these two:

I'm not worried about adhesion to the press board, yeah, that's no problem. Any glue should work for that, I've got wood glue, liquid nails, and cyanoacrylate. Heck, even a glue gun and sticks. If I were using actual plank, wood glue would be no brainer. But the floor panels are wood laminate with a rubberized backing. I'd be gluing to the rubberized part and I'm not sure what the material is. It's for waterproofing, they're click-lock pieces.

I have wood laminate floating floor, I'm probably gonna have to sacrifice a spare piece to test, but was hoping someone would know for sure..

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