Damaged faux wood cabinets and warped formica?

Morgan
by Morgan
Hi, need some help with this, please. The damaged edge of the cabinet faces the open dining area and looks awful, I have no clue how to repair it. The formica lifted when the backsplash flooded. Any advice on how to fix these issues would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
It actually looks a bit better than this in person!
The old caulking needs to be fixed too. Not sure how to do that on textured walls.
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  • Adrianne C Adrianne C on Jun 10, 2014
    You may be able to use glue to restick the laminate, I use painters tape to hold it down until it sets. If the cabinet finish is non porous, you may be able to paint the grain back on it, and seal it.
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    • Adrianne C Adrianne C on Jun 10, 2014
      @Morgan Then you'll need to seal it first. Varnish or a Kilz like product would probably do.
  • Therese C Therese C on Jun 10, 2014
    If the damage is only on the one end of the cabinet, you could do one of two things quite easily. One way is to use a very thing edged putty knife and actually scrap the layers of formica off, then hard glue contact paper in the same wood tone as the cabinets back on, and add a coat of satin shellack. The other way also involves scraping off the old finish on that end and painting it a color 1-2 shade darker than your walls as an accent end cap.
    • Morgan Morgan on Jun 11, 2014
      Thanks for the reply! Hadn't thought of painting it, will ask my Wife what she thinks.
  • Roger S Roger S on Jun 11, 2014
    To repair the cabinet side I would use iron on wood veneer you can purchase it in sheets that you just sand the side of the cabinet smooth and cut it to fit the side. Then just take your iron and set it to dry and iron over the veneer. This causes the hot melt glue on the back of the veneer to melt and stick to the cabinet. Just start at the top iron the top section down then let it cool. Do about a six inch section at a time until you get to the bottom. To make sure you do not skip any always over lap about two inches each time to prevent air bubbles. It is not hard to do just take your time and watch the edges to make sure you do not push the veneer away from the edge. I always cut my veneer about 1/8 inch larger so that I can sand the edge back to the cabinet side. Just be careful not to damage the front edge of the cabinets. Once you get the real wood on then just apply a stain to match the color of the cabinet then a top coat of finish to the side of the cabinet. Once you finish it will look like it was made that way. Here is a link to the woodworking site where you can get the veneer in any wood you like. http://woodworker.com/2x4-red-oak-iron-on-veneer-mssu-138-113.asp?search=veneer&searchmode=2 As for the Formica where it is turned loose I would just use a hot glue gun and squirt it in the gap behind the Formica working it down in the gap. Then use a block of wood to press it back flat and hold it until it cools off. If it does not flatten out like you want it just place a rag over the spot and use the iron to heat it up again and push it down until you get it to stay. If any of the glue come out just take a razor knife and carefully cut off the excess glue.
    • Morgan Morgan on Jun 11, 2014
      Thanks for the reply! I didn't know iron on veneer existed, good to know.