Overheard a guy trash plywood edges, had to speak up

At a job site in Portland yesterday, this new guy says plywood edges are for amateurs. Said real cabinetmakers use solid wood or veneer only. I've built 60+ boxes with good Baltic birch and a tight router bit. The edges look clean and hold up fine. My client's kitchen from 2019 still has zero delamination. Anyone else tired of the solid wood snobbery?

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dianareed9d ago

That new guy must have never had to price out a full kitchen remodel. Baltic birch is a workhorse, plain and simple. My neighbor, who has been doing high-end trim for thirty years, always says the same thing about solid wood. He once spent a whole weekend matching grain on a panel door and then a customer spilled a bottle of red wine on it. The stain soaked right in and ruined the whole thing. Nobody is bragging about plywood edges at a dinner party, but nobody is crying over a ruined $400 slab either. The job gets done, it lasts, and the client is happy. That is what actually matters at the end of the day.