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Unilin Master Oak — Rift Oak Panels for Cabinetry

Master Oak is not a decor catalogue. It is a rift white oak veneer alternative: nine colourways sharing one synchronised, deep-brushed, extreme-matt structure. We specify it when a client wants the look and the feel of quarter-sawn white oak across a full run of doors, and then hears the veneer budget, the lead time or the maintenance.

Nine colours, one grain.

One structure, nine colours. Every decor here is Master Oak (V2A) — woodgrain synchronised, deep brushed, extreme matt. The grain you feel is registered to the grain you see, which is the whole reason it reads as real. There is no second texture to choose, and that is the point of the range rather than a limitation of it.

Master Oak light natural 0H915 rift oak cabinetry panel — iKitchen Cabinetry
Start here

Light Natural — 0H915

The bestseller, and the reason most clients choose the range. A light, calm oak that sits against white walls, pale stone and brass without fighting any of them. If you are specifying Master Oak for the first time, start here.

See light natural 0H915
The range

All nine colourways9 decors

Colours shown on screen are approximations and vary with your display. Final selection is confirmed against a physical sample.

Master Oak natural 0H913 rift oak cabinetry panel — iKitchen Cabinetry
Natural 0H913
Master Oak (V2A) · Natural
Master Oak double fumed 0H914 rift oak cabinetry panel — iKitchen Cabinetry
Double Fumed 0H914
Master Oak (V2A) · Dark
Master Oak light natural 0H915 rift oak cabinetry panel — iKitchen Cabinetry
Light Natural 0H915
Master Oak (V2A) · Light
Master Oak soft white 0H922 rift oak cabinetry panel — iKitchen Cabinetry
Soft White 0H922
Master Oak (V2A) · White
Master Oak patina natural 0H923 rift oak cabinetry panel — iKitchen Cabinetry
Patina Natural 0H923
Master Oak (V2A) · Natural
Master Oak patina greige 0H924 rift oak cabinetry panel — iKitchen Cabinetry
Patina Greige 0H924
Master Oak (V2A) · Grey
Master Oak natural hay 0H925 rift oak cabinetry panel — iKitchen Cabinetry
Natural Hay 0H925
Master Oak (V2A) · Natural
Master Oak natural copper 0H926 rift oak cabinetry panel — iKitchen Cabinetry
Natural Copper 0H926
Master Oak (V2A) · Brown
Master Oak green 0H927 rift oak cabinetry panel — iKitchen Cabinetry
Green 0H927
Master Oak (V2A) · Green

Browse all nine with room shots

Always order by code. 0H913 Natural and 0H915 Light Natural are one character apart and two very different rooms. Every quote and every purchase order we issue carries the code, and we would ask you to do the same.

The argument

Why we specify it against oak veneer

We are not going to tell you this is wood veneer. It is not. What it does is read as rift white oak and outperform it in a working kitchen — and for most clients, on most jobs, that trade is the right one.

Where it mattersMaster OakWhat veneer does
Scratch resistance3× more scratch resistant than standard veneer surfaces.A veneer top coat is the only thing between a cat, a ring, a zip and the wood.
UV and lightUV resistant. It does not amber.Natural oak veneer ambers, and it ambers unevenly — the door that sits in the window stops matching the one beside the fridge.
CleaningStain resistant, wipe-clean. No sealing, no refinishing.Oiled veneer wants re-oiling. Lacquered veneer wants care around solvents.
Repeat across a runRepetition-free design. No visible repeat across a wall of doors, and no knots to cut around.Veneer is sequenced from a flitch. Match it and you pay for it; don't and the run shows it.
HygieneStandardised antibacterial surface.A veneer's performance depends on which finish went on top of it.
Waste and labourNo material lost removing knots and defects.Veneer wastes material working around defects, and the labour cost of doing that well keeps rising.

The full comparison, including where veneer still wins

Specification

Formats, substrates and sizes

Every colourway runs across the same product groups, so this is stated once rather than repeated on each decor.

FormatNotes
Melamine faced boardMDF substrate, synchronised surface finish
Melamine faced chipboardParticleboard substrate, synchronised surface finish
HPLIncluding HPL for doors and HPL with synchronised surface finish
ClicwallWall panelling system
Edge tape ABSLong grain and end grain, colour matched

Panel sizes

ProductSize
Bonded on particleboard or MDF81.5″ × 110″ and 49″ × 121″
Laminate (HPL)51″ × 120″
Edging tapeLong grain and end grain, colour matched

The edge tape is the detail worth knowing. Colour-matched ABS edging comes in both long grain and end grain. It is why a Master Oak box reads as solid oak on the edge instead of announcing itself as a panel, and it is the thing a designer notices first.

Shelving is confirmed on 0H913 Natural. We check the current availability list against your specific colourway before quoting it on any other.

Sustainability

Two claims, stated exactly

100% recovered wood

The panel is manufactured with 100% recovered wood.

Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze

Certified Cradle to Cradle® Full Scope Bronze v4.0.

Those are the two claims Unilin publishes and the two we make. We do not extrapolate them into carbon numbers.

Built with it

Reference projects

Riverdale House, Toronto

Studio Lau

A hundred-year-old Toronto house renovated to stay warm rather than be stripped minimalist, finished throughout in Master Oak. The most directly relevant reference we have for a Canadian cabinetry client.

Lufthansa lounge, Newark Liberty International

600 m² of premium airport lounge in Master Oak Light Natural 0H915, cleaned nightly and walked through daily. If a specification survives that, it will survive a family kitchen.

Clyde & Co, Warsaw

A law office holding modernist lines inside a 1930s building.

Horizon Resort Massane, Montpellier

ASA 2002 with Agence Damien Carreres

A golf resort outside Montpellier.

Miško Ardai penthouse, Vilnius

Studio Archispektras

A biophilic brief, executed in Master Oak Light Natural 0H915.

Hold it against a real rift oak sample.

Book a free 30-minute consultation and we will bring both, in your light, next to your flooring.

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