Opticoat Flexipanels: Creating curves? We’ve got your covered!

We love curves as much as the person around the corner (someone had to say it!). But, let’s be real – we know how challenging they can be for cabinetmakers. And so, we set out to make curves easier.

That’s why we released our Optidoor FlexiPanel a few years ago – the first of its kind in New Zealand, flexible for curves – and a popular solution!

• Our FlexiPanel profiles are the same as our Optidoor & Opticoat linear door profiles, so you can order doors & FlexiPanel in matching profiles.
• Optidoor FlexiPanel is made with HDF (not MDF), and is painstakingly sanded prior to shipping to ensure the best results. HDF means the fibres are smaller and more dense, resulting in less sanding, and it will be easier to lacquer.
• Our profiles are fully customisable – want to increase the flat batten size? Reduce the width of the scallop? Our advanced ordering system gives you full control over your profiles!
• Our profiles are variable width, meaning the profile automatically adjusts to fit perfectly to the size of the panel every time, to avoid ugly flat bits. Each panel is custom made for your order.

 

 

Because, we believe that the small details matter.

And now, your FlexiPanel option just got even better with Opticoat, our thermoform product, made using the latest in automated coating technologies from Europe.

Picture this: You’re crafting a curved island. You’ve got a tight timeframe so want to use a pre-finished material instead of lacquering a curve. Opticoat FlexiPanel is available in 9 customisable profiles, with a short lead time of only 6 days.

And then you have some options:

• It can either be supplied as a fully flexible panel (approx. 5-7mm thick, depending on the profile)
• Or, we can manufacture the panel with a 100mm return on the edge, and just a small section of the panel flexible, so that you can wrap the panel around the curve and fit it along the ‘finished end’ of the island, with the 100mm wrap creating a tidy finished end. No need for butting panels up to each other. No tacky joins. Just a perfect curve with a finished, wrapped end panel, all in one. Simple!

Simply build your island base with a curve shape. Cover the curved section with thin-line or flexi-ply to create a solid base to glue the FlexiPanel to when it arrives. When the FlexiPanel arrives, attach using PVA (do not use solvent-based glues for this!).

Normally we recommend a minimum radius of 200mm, but some of the profiles are suitable for tighter curves. Contact us & we can guide you through the process!