ᐅ Interior Doors – Are CPL Surfaces a Practical Choice or a Troubled Area Due to Edges?

Hello everyone,
I’ve already received great help here with various interior finishing questions, so I’m giving it another try for the interior doors.

I’m thinking about doors with a CPL surface (should be white).
I believe CPL is quite durable, but then there are the edges – meaning the corners and narrow strips on the door sides, where I assume CPL strips are glued on (?)
Those edges are probably the weak point of the doors, I guess. Should I expect that pieces might chip off from these edges over the years, or that the strip might peel away?
My parents have real wood veneer doors, and with those it’s common that the edges get bumped and then the veneer starts peeling off.

CPL seemed like the most practical option in terms of price-performance for my moderate door budget.
(There are cheaper doors with just a simple foil finish, but those seem too short-lived to me.)

By the way: I have no experience with painted doors – do they just look better, or do they have practical advantages as well?

Thanks and best regards

We have painted doors (white) with slightly rounded edges. They look nice, with no visible joints, giving a seamless appearance. Advantages? So far, none compared to our old veneered doors. However, they seem to be more prone to dents and damage.

@nordanney Thank you. The door consultant just advised me over the phone to go with CPL with rounded edges. Apparently, there is only a “seam” at the rebate (that is, on the narrow side of the door with the lock) where the laminate starts and ends.

So, there aren’t really seams at the door edges, which is reassuring.

If anyone has good or bad experiences with these rounded edges, feel free to share now.