NCT white board
A high-grade melamine white board on FOSB, used for kitchen and wardrobe bodies where the interior is part of the design. Consistent, low-sheen, easy to clean.
04 / MATERIALS
What can actually
be built.
Substrates, surfaces, veneer, doors & geometry04 / 06
04MATERIAL LIBRARY
SPECIFICATION BEFORE COLOUR
Every finish has
a substrate.
A colour is not a specification. In this range each surface is bound to a particular board, thickness and edge treatment, and some combinations simply cannot be made. The notes below are the technical frame we work inside — the part that decides whether a design detail is buildable before anyone talks about a mood board.
01 / BOARD SUBSTRATES
Six cores carry the range.
LSB — oriented strand board
Structure Strand board, faced both sides.
Formats 9 / 18 / 22 mm × 1200 × 2780 mm.
Surface Melamine face in matte, soft-touch, linen-texture and woodgrain directions, colour tied to the board.
Use Doors, wall panels and cabinet bodies; in the veneer range, door leaves and wall panels.
Behaviour De-barked and cleaned strand, P6 moisture resistance, high strength, made to resist bowing.
Door leaves Yes.
FOSB — large-format board
Structure Strand board, faced both sides.
Formats 18 / 22 mm × 1200 × 2780 mm — full height without a horizontal joint.
Surface Melamine face; the NCT white board range sits on this core.
Use Door leaves, wall panels, feature walls and wardrobe fronts.
Behaviour De-barked strand, smooth and flat, better moisture resistance, stable, made to resist bowing.
Door leaves Yes.
F4-star multilayer plywood
Structure Cross-laminated plywood core.
Formats 9 / 18 / 25 mm × 1200 × 2420 mm in the prefinished range (cabinet bodies only); 9 / 18 mm × 1220 × 2780 mm in the veneer range (doors, bodies, wall panels).
Use Coastal kitchens, basements and low floors where moisture resistance matters most.
Limit In the prefinished range this core is specified for cabinet bodies, not door leaves; the factory states a bowing risk when a plywood or solid-wood core is used for a door.
Door leaves Not in the prefinished range; veneer door leaves only, on a drawn and approved construction.
Engineered solid-wood core
Structure Solid-wood strip core board.
Formats 18 / 22 mm × 1220 × 2780 mm.
Surface Veneer, lacquer or melamine, per range.
Use Door leaves and wall panels.
Limit Door leaves only at 18 and 22 mm; a bowing risk applies to any solid-wood core in a door, so leaf size and construction are drawn first.
Door leaves Yes, with an approved construction.
Aluminium-faced composite
Structure Composite panel with an aluminium face.
Formats 22 mm × 1220 × 2780 mm only.
Surface Veneer.
Use Door leaves only — this core is not offered for cabinet bodies or wall panels.
Limit One thickness, one use.
Door leaves Yes, this is its only use.
High-density fibreboard — lacquer base
Structure High-density fibreboard.
Formats 9 / 18 / 22 mm, maximum panel length 2730 mm, single or double faced.
Surface Lacquer: gloss, matte, metallic and stone-effect programmes.
Use Lacquered door leaves, wall panels and cabinet fronts.
Limit The 2730 mm length cap is shorter than a strand board: a taller lacquered panel needs a joint or a different construction. Lacquered grilles are matte only.
Door leaves Yes.
Formats and thicknesses are nominal. Tolerance, facing direction and edge treatment are confirmed in the written specification. F4-star is a board-level formaldehyde label applied by the board producer; it is not a certification of a finished cabinet or of a project. Every colour is available only on the substrate named against it — the pairing is fixed, not interchangeable.
02 / SURFACE FAMILIES
Soft-touch matte
A low-sheen matte in a deep neutral range. Reads as paint without the repair risk of a sprayed finish on site.
Linen & cloth texture
A fine woven relief on LSB and plywood, for wardrobe fronts and wall panels that need texture at close range.
Woodgrain, three-layer
Melamine face over a cross-laminated engineered veneer and a solid core: visible grain, better behaviour in dry air than a paper-only decor.
Stone & abstract
Travertine, concrete and mineral directions, plus abstract graphic surfaces for feature panels and niche linings.
High-gloss lines
Three gloss programmes with different depth and reflectivity, from a soft satin sheen to a near-mirror surface.
03 / VENEER & SOLID WOOD
Grain is a decision, not a decor.
Grades
A — imported natural veneer. B — natural veneer. C — reconstituted / engineered veneer with a repeatable figure. Grade changes both the look and the price band; it is always named in the specification.
Species directions
Smoked oak, pale and grey-tea walnut, crown-cut and straight-grain walnut, eucalyptus, sawn black oak, elm and white oak families, sequenced from a single bundle per element.
Format limit
Veneer panels are limited to 2800 mm length. Above that, a visible joint or a different construction is required — decided at drawing stage, not on site.
Solid wood
American cherry and American oak are the standard solid-wood directions, used for frames, posts, rails and exposed structural elements.
Matching
Grain direction, panel sequence and the relationship between adjacent leaves are set on the drawing. A sample panel is approved before the bundle is used.
04 / DOORS & GEOMETRY
The numbers that decide the detail.
Standard opening
900 × 2300 × 250 mm. Other sizes are possible but become a special build, with the wall build-up and frame detail drawn first.
Leaf construction
9 mm faces either side of a solid-wood strip core. Leaf thickness 45 mm below 2300 mm height, 55 mm at 2300 mm and above. A concealed leaf is built at 55 mm.
Hinge geometry
Hinge opening is set by leaf thickness. Blum clip-on hinge programme: 107° for 16–21 mm leaves, 95° for 16–27 mm, a 100° externally damped hinge for 16–22 mm, and 125° for a 36 mm leaf. The hinge is chosen from the leaf, not the other way round.
Invisible doors
A concealed door is a wall-build-up problem before it is a door problem. The finished wall thickness, the reveal and the finish continuity are coordinated with the site package.
Curves
Standard radii R100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300, S-curves and a small R50 radius; injected (cast) corners at R18 / 30 / 50 for tight geometry. Each radius has a minimum panel width below which it cannot be formed.
Edge treatment
Edge banding is matched per surface family. Element-only colours have no matching edge band, so a colour-matched handleless profile is not available in those finishes — the detail has to change, not the board.
BEFORE YOU SPECIFY
- A surface colour is only available on the substrate it was developed for. Substituting a board changes the colour result, not just the price.
- Natural veneer and solid-wood-core door leaves carry a real risk of movement in dry or unstable air. We specify construction to reduce it; we do not claim it cannot happen.
- Colours are discontinued and replaced by board producers without notice. Availability is checked at quotation stage.
- Non-standard substrate, radius or species selection typically adds 5–15 working days to production. That is a planning figure, not a delivery commitment.
- Colour, grain, gloss and texture are approved on a physical sample. A screen, a photograph or a previous project is not an approval.
05 / SAMPLE SERVICE
Ask for the samples you need.
Sample sets are charged, and the international courier is paid by the client; the sample fee and the courier cost are quoted with the request. Tell us the surfaces you are considering and the elements they will be used on. We send a sample set with the matching edge band and, where relevant, a lacquer or veneer panel. What is approved is recorded by sample ID and date against a reference set we retain, and colour is matched to that physical reference — never to a screen image or to a recollection of a meeting.