Kitchen Cabinet Construction. Stock-grade kitchen cabinets are manufactured in standard sizes and warehoused until sold. Semi-custom grade kitchen cabinets are available in a wide variety of styles and shapes. Within limits, the manufacturer builds the kitchen cabinets to match the kitchen design. Custom-grade kitchen cabinets are built specifically for the kitchen design and include specialty doors, interior features, woods, and construction.
Kitchen Cabinet Grades.
Economy grade: Stock-grade kitchen cabinets with flush-face doors. Doors made from veneered particleboard.
Standard grade: Stock-grade kitchen cabinets with raised panel or cathedral doors. Interior panel may be plywood. Lower grade plastic-laminate face cabinets.
Semi-custom kitchen cabinets: Semi-custom grade kitchen cabinets are available in a wide variety of styles and shapes. Within limits, the manufacturer builds the kitchen cabinets to match the kitchen design.
High grade: Semi-custom kitchen cabinets with raised panel or cathedral doors. Higher grade plastic-laminate face and foil-face cabinets.
Deluxe grade: Semi-custom kitchen cabinets with raised panel or cathedral doors. May include special slide-out drawers, pull-out baskets, glass doors, or foil-face cabinets. Materials include cherry, pecan, and Shaker-style maple or pine.
Custom grade: Custom kitchen cabinets with raised panel or cathedral doors. May include special slide-out drawers, pull-out baskets, mullion or leaded glass doors. Materials include cherry, pecan, and Shaker-style maple or pine.
Custom deluxe grade: Same as Custom Grade, may have some curved wood cabinets and more custom features.
Foil-Face Cabinets. Foil-faced cabinets (also called thermo foil) are coated with rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) that has been heated and pressed. The interior core is usually medium density particleboard. Currently, there is no good way to repair scratched or dented foil-face cabinets. Although colors do not fade from foil-faces, it is almost impossible to replace doors or other parts with colors that will match. Foil-face cabinets are high to custom deluxe quality depending on the selection of interior features and the complexity of the design.