Sourcing Note 15 · Market Analysis

Edge banding is a heat question

14 Oct 2026 Market: Gulf Custom Cabinets · Edge Banding · Gulf

A wardrobe that looks perfect in January can peel by summer. The adhesive grade decides that.

A wardrobe delivered to Riyadh in January can arrive looking perfect and start peeling by summer. The cause is rarely the board. It is the edge banding adhesive that was never rated for 50°C behind a west-facing wall.

I now write the banding type and the adhesive temperature grade into the spec for Gulf orders, and I ask the workshop for the banding line they run, not just the brand. Buyers I work with who got burned once now request a heat-cycle note with the first article.

Tell me the city and the wall aspect of your project, and I will set the banding spec before the first panel is cut.