When a face frame cabinet has been built from melamine or a similar material, you need to make sure that you don�t get stain and sealer on the melamine while you�re applying finish to the face. Traditional face frame joinery on a cabinet is made using mortise and tenon joints. however, modern pocket-hole jigs allow us to create joints that are just as strong and less time consuming to make.. When a face frame cabinet has been built from melamine or a similar material, you need to make sure that you don�t get stain and sealer on the melamine while you�re applying finish to the face frame..