Thermafoil cabinet melted!
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Joan
Years ago we replaced our cabinets with thermafoil doors. Now I've noticed the glue is drying up on the frames and some foil on the doors is also melting and becoming misshapened. Any ideas how to fix this? We don't want to redo the kitchen now, but can I reheat the doors to get the foil back to its original shape?
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@Joan once the plastic begins to fail there is really not much you can do to repair it. My concern is why is the surface appear to be melting? Is it near a stove or heat source? Putting any additional heat on the plastic coating will do nothing other then to loosen the plastic from the surface of the wood. One low cost method is if its the doors, you can purchase new replacements on line at many on line cabinet stores. If its the framing of the cabinet you would be best served to use a sharp utility knife and cut off the area that Is coming loose. Then using autobody filler fill in over the removed material to bring it level to the surface of the remaining plastic surface then paint using a high gloss paint that matches the color of the cabinets.
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on Aug 28, 2014
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Thanks for your help. Yes, the area is above my toaster oven which produces heat. I will check about a replacement door. For the framing, I think I will try regluing using super glue or epoxy. Thanks again.
Joan
on Aug 28, 2014
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