Fixing a ruined cupboard door in kitchen

de1amo

Due to a faulty kettle that refused to switch itself off i have ruined a cupboard door in a property i now let out. The kitchen is clean and presentable but i would like to cure it.--the range of cupboard i dont think exists because it must be about 15 to 20 years old and probably came from B&Q.
The plasticy covering has a large bubble in it where it has been steamed off'---any solutions?

Mankysteve

New door unfortunately.

Steve_the_fitter

yep afraid to say its going to be a new door

keystone

You won't get it to go back. It will have stretched having delaminated from the substrate. There is no real repair that will look reasonable. Either live with it or skip it I'm afraid.

Have you another door of the same size thats currently in a less obvious location that you could swap it for?

Cheers

MX5huggy

Open shelves? Or a glass door so it's a feature.

keystone

MX5huggy wrote: »

Open shelves? Or a glass door so it's a feature.

Now that's a damned good idea.

Cheers

mikey72

I've fixed a couple like this. Use a warm iron on the door, don't have it hot, or you'll damage the door further. Use a sheet of paper between the iron and the door. This will allow you to to iron the bubble out, and reshape the curled up edges if they've gone as well. Depending on how it's gone, pva, water based no more nails, or a contact adhesive will stick everything back down where it should be. You may find the covering has shrunk slightly, but normally it's the inside bottom edge, so not visible. And move the kettle.

de1amo

i might try Mikey's idea and if it doesnt work out go for the open idea!

Got me thinking now-
İ am curious if this type of door could ever be wallpapered with something tasteful!

flashg67

There's loads of differet coloured/wood effect vinyls available nowadays - if you can get rid of the bubble then recover the door. If you can't find an exact match, make it a 'feature door?

de1amo

i was thinking of adopting Mikey's method and if it goes wrong it at least will be flattened out. Vinyls sound ideal in the kitchen.

noelphobic

I've replaced 2 damaged doors recently. The doors were beech and I couldn't get a match. I bought 2 black gloss oors instead and they look OK - I think some people deliberately have contrasting doors!