Vinyl Wrap Kitchen Doors Bubbling

Our gloss and matte wraps are perfect for modernizing our old wooden kitchen cabinets for a fraction of the price of replacing.

Vinyl wrap kitchen doors bubbling.

Thermofoil cabinet doors look and feel very similar to finished cabinet doors. Thermofoil often called rigid thermal foil or rtf is comprised of a durable vinyl. If it s the veneer cut it put more glue then weight it down until dry. Bubbles forming on the doors and realise that this is because the glue has deteriorated and is the cause of the vinyl laminate has come away from the door is it possible for you to re glue the vinyl to the wood as we are reluctant to replace the door which is in good condition otherwise.

Slice open the bubbles with an xacto knife. Unless you have a pressing financial reason to choose repair for the entire kitchen you may want to save yourself the aggravation and start fresh with new cabinets. My kitchen supplier used products manufactured by a very large producer located in county tyrone my kitchen units were supplied in august 2008 signs of bubbling vinyl wrapping coming away from the mdf filler in october 2013 at first only 2 doors were affected this spread to 7 out of 19 various shapes sizes. That was no where near heat or moisture.

Wait about two hours for the glue to dry then remove the tape. If it is the wood itself you can put a went towel on it atop the bowed side then weight it down with bricks and it will eventually straighten back out. If it s the paint scrape sand use a bonding primer if thennecessary then repaint. But if this is a kitchen wide problem you should consider replacing your cabinets entirely or installing new door and drawer front panels.

Now put some wood glue in a paint syringe which you can buy cheaply at any paint store. We bought cheap b q kitchen doors in our last place and one of the doors bubbled within 3 4 years. It is an application in which a minimum of manual skill. Unfortunately it s quite a common problem with cheaper vinyl wrapped doors.

Wipe away excess glue with a dry rag then tape the glued section in place with painter s tape. In this tutorial we show how we applied the self adhesive film on a kitchen door with embossed frame. It is a popular diy product that anybody can use all our vinyls are self adhesive and unlike fablon have adt air drain technology which allow for any bubble to be easily removed. Inject a small amount of the glue into the bubble and press down on the vinyl until it s flat.