Cabinet Door finish separating from door


stevenkreiger

stevenkreiger

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Hi all, has anyone had a problem with the beautiful brown finish to the cabinets and doors, where the solid finish layer separates from the core starting at the edges, and eventually migrates to the entire door over time? The high luster finish (I'm not sure what the material is) can be found on many models (my model is a 2006 PC40).

Has anyone found a good way to secure the film back to the core beneath it, in cases where the film coating separates as one intact layer without any cracks or chips? I'm trying to avoid replacing the entire cabinet doors.

Thank you
Steven
 
no easy way to do it. Although if its a full separation you can likely just get a spray adhesive.

The "plastic" print wood lamination shrinks over time so that can make it difficult.
I have a 34 PC and have the same issue. I am working with Ebelwood, who is the original manufacturer of the doors and laminator. They will re-laminate your doors for you if you remove the hardware and send them in. They are super responsive.

I am about to have the full cabin re-laminated in the original dark cherry.

Dan Moldenhauer
CEO
Ebel Woodworking, INC.
Office 715-467-3344
Cell 715-252-2225
www.ebelwood.com
 
Thank you for the contact info and I will be in touch base with them. I have a combination of almost fully separated laminate and partial separation, about 6 doors total, I guess it wouldn't hurt to check all the options.
 
There was someone on here who posted about this issue and they said that they took an iron and used that to essentially warm up the adhesive and it worked well even after a few seasons. Obviously you will need to put some cloth btwn the iron and the door so that you don't damage the door material.
 
Just to give some feedback, that iron technique was marginally successful for me compared to Gustaf results above. It actually seemed to be working on the flat sections of the cabinet doors, but on the rounded ends, the laminate seem to curl up and did not bond as well as the flat sections. Maybe I Did not have enough of the original adhesive remaining on there laminate, but that was my result.
Gustaf, if you are still listening, did you have a problem with the edges?
 
Hey @stevenkreiger - I was not the person who did the iron trick; it was someone else on this board but I don't recall who it was. I know because I looked at the boat he ended up buying and recall all the delamination issues that boat had.
 
Update on my solution: for the truly damaged laminated wood pieces that had missing or cracked sections of laminate, I sent them back to the manufacturer for refinishing. For the pieces that had the entire laminate separate from the solid wood in one intact piece, after removing all the drawer hardware I used 3M high strength 90 contact spray adhesive, sprayed a couple coats of adhesive on both pieces, let them dry for two minutes, then bonded the two pieces together first manually, then using a flexible plastic spreader to work out any air bubbles. I then let it all dry in a heated room for 24 hours, all looks good so far, time will tell!

For the laminated sections that had just the loose edges peeling off, I widened the loose area with Q-tip or round ended toothpicks, and sprayed the adhesive through the crack, waited a couple minutes until it became tacky, and press the two pieces together for the final band. So far so good!

steven
 
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