Laminate doors

cosmowillie53

Hi folks..

I have a small kitchen with presses covered with laminate .It's about 10byears old.

Some of the laminate has become loose on 4 or 5 of the doors. The timber in perfect condition .

I was thinking I might strip the laminate off all the doors and paint them.

I'm wondering if anyone else has done this and how did it all work out.

Thanks...

10-10-20

I did it on 4x 9ft wardrobe doors in my daughter's room where the laminate pealed. The underlying dense fibre-board (or whatever it was) was solid and strong.

Used a good quality primer (Zinsser BIN) and then roller-coated in acrylic paint, sanding between each coat. It's still up there 8 years later and not a scratch on the paint. So yeah, can be done!

cosmowillie53

Thanks for that...

Looks like it's worth giving it a go.. so plenty of sanding painting sanding painting ahead. 🖌️

Thx

loyatemu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120278124#Comment_120278124

I assume you had to sand before the primer as well - was there much glue left on when you took off the laminate?

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120278602#Comment_120278602

Actually, good question!

There was a glue on the bare MDF which was just balling-up due to the heat/friction from the sand paper. There were some locations where it wasn't coming off readily, but was quite solid. I roughed it up and scraped it back where I could and then primed it. Since then, no issues with pealing.

10-10-20

I just went up and checked the doors and wardrobe - I also painted over the laminate on the insides and sides of the wardrobe, and it's just as good as it was 8 years ago in terms of finish. No knocks or damage other than where boots were thrown at it and left a black mark.

So the quality of the paint and primer are critical here.

I can't say the same for our kitchen which was professionally resprayed in 2019 - it has chips and damage everywhere.

loyatemu

electric sander? do you remember how many coats?

our are starting to detach after 10 years. They can be glued back down if it's around the edges, but some of them are lifting in the middle, which I don't think is fixable.

cosmowillie53

Those doors still look very well..

Did you use oil or water based paint.

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120278741#Comment_120278741

No, hand sanded. Primer and two coats.

Mine were lifting in the middle too - bug air-bubbles - the laminate came off like an exoskeleton.

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120278782#Comment_120278782

Thanks! It was water based acrylic for sure - didn't go near any oil paint.