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Wardrobe has turned yellow - HELP!

Hi all,

After many years the MFI Wardrobes (melamine finish?) which were white when new have now gone all yellow and I would very much like to clean them and restore them to their original colour.
Can anyone point me in the right direction please as to what I should use for the job.
Many thanks.

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  • esmf73
    esmf73 Posts: 1,793 Forumite
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    Use a scouring cream? This might work
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  • Tongue
    Tongue Posts: 190 Forumite
    Thanks will consider that. I just want something that will work and I can set about cleaning the wardrobes all in one go.
    I'm sure it must be possible to bring back the white colour it's mainly the doors that have gone yellow, the carcass's are still white and it looks so odd as you can imagine.
  • Do you know what's made them yellow? Is it smoke, or age?
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  • Mrs_Thrify
    Mrs_Thrify Posts: 1,673 Forumite
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    Try white vinegar with water.
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  • Tongue
    Tongue Posts: 190 Forumite
    Well age would be a factor as they must be well on 20+ years old, also for 7 of those years the bedroom was used by a smoker.
  • THIRZAH
    THIRZAH Posts: 1,465 Forumite
    We don't smoke but our 20yr old MFI wardrobes have gone yellow too. I've tried scouring powder and flash spray with bleach but nothing seems to work.
  • paulwf
    paulwf Posts: 3,269 Forumite
    Melamine is known to go yellow with age. I'm not sure on the exact chemistry but I'd imagine the product is slowly breaking down due to exposure over the years from sunlight. I doubt anything will change the colour back.
  • You can buy special paint for melamine. We repainted our fitted wardrobes a few years ago and they are still as good as new.
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