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it's phelonic faced birch (Riga Heksa).
The face will be the interior of a cupboard which houses a diesel heater, so it needs to be neat rather than perfect, the outside of the curve will not be visible at all, which why I was curious if I could kerf and bend the 'wrong' way and then fill the gaps,
Worst case scenario I can use a normal bit of ply and coat with epoxy paint.
lmamammal
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Ply doesn't steam well at all, even WBP or marine ply will start to delaminate after being in a steam oven.
Kerf bending is always an option but it will never look right if the kerfs are visible even if you spend ages filling and sanding it.
What is the ply faced with? Can you get the veneer without the ply? If so bent lamination (basically making your own ply from thin strips of timber in the shape you need) will probably be the way to go.