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Stripping paint from melamine

  • 25-07-2012 12:36PM
    #1
    Sanguine Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭


    I have a fitted wardrobe and the doors are made from melamine or formica, I am not sure which. But it is the same sort of synthetic finish you see on kitchen cabinet doors, i.e. shiny. The previous house owner painted these doors and I guess he must have used a specialised undercoat to enable the gloss overcoat to stick.

    Rather than add another coat of paint I would like to restore the doors to their original condition as they would then blend in with the room decor. Is it possible to strip the paint without damaging the surface of the doors? I have looked at various paint strippers but these seem to be designed for natural surfaces like wood or stone.

    If anyone has had experience of this sort of thing I would love some tips.

    Thanks.
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  • #2
    michael999999
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭michael999999


    The problem you have is them doors are probably veneered, so if you put any kind of strippers on them they will probably peel!

    Your best bet is to sand and re paint. A couple of coats of satinwood will do the trick.


  • #3
    Sanguine Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭Sanguine Fan


    michael999999 wrote: »
    The problem you have is them doors are probably veneered, so if you put any kind of strippers on them they will probably peel!

    Your best bet is to sand and re paint. A couple of coats of satinwood will do the trick.

    Thanks for that. I was hoping I could avoid adding more paint but I think you're right about the effect of the paint strippers.


  • #4
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    Sanguine Fan wrote: »
    I have a fitted wardrobe and the doors are made from melamine or formica, I am not sure which. But it is the same sort of synthetic finish you see on kitchen cabinet doors, i.e. shiny. The previous house owner painted these doors and I guess he must have used a specialised undercoat to enable the gloss overcoat to stick.

    Rather than add another coat of paint I would like to restore the doors to their original condition as they would then blend in with the room decor. Is it possible to strip the paint without damaging the surface of the doors? I have looked at various paint strippers but these seem to be designed for natural surfaces like wood or stone.

    If anyone has had experience of this sort of thing I would love some tips.

    Thanks.


    Take the doors off and change them.

    You will pick up a set of wardrobe doors on the cheap,over on Donedeal and Adverts.ie.;)


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