How can I repair peeling coating on my IKEA Abstrakt cabinet's doors?
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I have an old Ikea Kitchen but because Ikea changed the cabinet sizes in 2015 I cannot buy new doors. I have the high gloss Abstrakt doors. However they are peeling - well the clear glossy plastic is come off of a white semi gloss mdf? or something. However, it looks like you can pull off the supergloss clear thermafoil and use the doors that way? Is there any way to get a new supergloss finish ie painting or epoxy resin over it? Is there something not too expensive?
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All you can do is remove the Thermofoil and paint.
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Redoing My Kitchen Peeling Cabinets One at a Time
Will Ikea not replace them?
Rustoleum 2X, and it comes in gorgeous spray and brush colors. Made for plastic and many other materials. You could “redecorate “ the whole kitchen by just redoing the doors of the kitchen cabinets. Jewell
Thanks everyone. At this point I was able to glue down the peeling thermafoil and hid e the damage with a stainless steel strip that I attached with E6000. Done for now. I think if it gets worse after a few years I can remove the thermafiole or plastic coat and just use the doors with a semi gloss finish (that's what happens when you remove the glear plastic coating. And then I hopefully can replace everything.