These vinyl wraps help give your cabinets an entirely new look and can transform your kitchen into something radically different all without ever having to replace a single cabinet.
Repairing vinyl wrap cupboards.
When this vinyl coating begins to peel you can either remove all of the coating and repaint or simply repair the damaged areas.
At least they do until the vinyl begins to peel.
Allow the paint to dry and look it over.
At that point they become an eyesore.
Thermofoil cabinets are usually built from medium density fiberboard covered in a heat treated vinyl shell.
If the coating is loose but intact it can sometimes be successfully reglued using an instant adhesive such as super glue that is compatible with vinyl.
You need to fix those vinyl cabinets.
This is because of the way in which vinyl wrapped doors are manufactured it s impossible to fix them.
But thermofoil cabinets are especially prone to delamination.
Four options to fix peeling vinyl kitchen cabinets.
In other words once the vinyl starts to peel it can t be re glued to the door.
If you see bubbles forming then the paint is not adhering well and may not be a good fit.
How to glue thermofoil cabinets.
Strip all the vinyl of all doors drawer fronts and end panels and get them re painted in your preferred finish.
This video shows the first step of refinishing those ugly thermafoil or vinyl cabinets.
Repair is far less time consuming.
None of them are especially difficult and most only require equipment you ll have around the house anyway.
You basically have four options.
There are a number of things you can do as solutions.
Vinyl kitchen cabinets can t necessarily be repaired.
Vinyl cabinets can look good if you take care of them.
A good place to test is the back of a cabinet door.
Painting vinyl covered kitchen cabinets before painting the entire area do a test spot first to see how well the paint is bonding.
So what is the go if your vinyl wrapped kitchen cabinets are peeling.
Thermofoil is a thin pvc vinyl material that is applied to mdf under both vacuum pressure and heat.
While the bond between the thermofoil and mdf has short term integrity over the longer term this bond can fail.