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Originally Posted by mj81excella
62averlander, did you use a veneer on your cabinets?
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I did a combination of things. My cabinets were constructed of different materials in a different method than yours. The major problem I had was de-lamination. The plywood had sucked up moisture from the floor and the hot/ cold cycles caused all the layers to separate. Anywhere that this had taken place I removed the plywood entirely and replaced it with new material.
I had to cut down the cabinets by 11mm also to compensate for the new cork flooring. When I did that I installed a piece of vertical grain douglas fir at the bottom to keep it all together and give a new attachment point at the floor. I used a Kreg jig to create pocket screw holes to put that on.
Originally there was a gap left at the bottom to allow air to come into the cabinet and the rise and leave the top. I used an arched piece that still allowed for that and helps make the cabinet more rigid side to side. After the frame work was repaired, new 3mm plywood was glued and stapled to the frames. I used a router with a pattern bit to remove the excess plywood.
After that I filled all the holes and seams with polyester filler and sanded it smooth. I then veneered using a paperbacked veneer and BondRite contact cement. This is now what the wood looks like in fiddleback maple.
Sorry if I gave you too much info, that is my nature. In reviewing this, I could have answered your question with a simple "yes". I do want to say that, when I begin taking on clients for this work, I will only build them new. I won't take the slight chance that more de-lamination might (very unlikely) occur to the old plywood.
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