How To Repair Melamine Chips

White painted bathroom vanity with bare wood. — Bath vanity with peeling melamine coating.

Some bathroom and kitchen cabinets are covered with melamine coating, a type of plastic that tin can split up from the underlying surface over fourth dimension.

If the melamine coating has only come up loose in a few areas, you can reattach information technology using an instant adhesive, such equally Super Glue or Krazy Glue.

Using instant glue to reattach peeling melamine coating on cabinet. — You tin can use instant gum to reattach peeling melamine coating on a cabinet.

Nonetheless, if larger areas of the melamine cabinets are loose, y'all volition need to paint the cabinets. But the process is dissimilar from painting wooden cabinets.

To paint peeling melamine cabinets:

Remove any loose or peeling plastic coating.
Sand the surface to dull the gloss and smooth the transition between the bare wood and plastic blanket.
Vacuum any sanding dust, and so wipe the chiffonier downwards with a damp cloth.
Apply one or more coats of a bonding primer to the cabinet (spray primer works best).
Apply two topcoats of paint over the primed surface. (Spray paint gives a smoother surface).

When spray-painting melamine cabinets, be certain to:

Mask adjacent surfaces with painter's record.
Apply driblet cloths to cover anything yous don't want painted.
Wear a respirator rated for spraying paint.
Provide plenty of ventilation.

Woman spray painting bathroom vanity. — Y'all should ever spray-paint plastic kitchen cabinets — and clothing a respirator!

Watch this video to notice out more.

Further Data

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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
Danny Lipford: Some cabinets accept a plastic melamine surface coating, rather than existence painted or stained.

When this vinyl coating begins to peel, you tin either remove all of the coating and repaint, or simply repair the damaged areas. Repair is far less time-consuming.

If the coating is loose just intact, it tin can sometimes be successfully reglued using an instant adhesive, such equally Super Glue, that is compatible with vinyl.

The melamine cabinets' peeling areas need to be sanded to remove the loose textile and minimize the transition from bare wood to the vinyl.

The next footstep is coating the entire surface with a bonding primer. This will cover the bare forest and prepare the melamine to accept a acme glaze of paint.

Depending on the thickness of the melamine, information technology may have more ane coat of primer to smoothen out the surface.

Since melamine cabinets have a smooth cease, using a spray for the primer and pigment is a skillful option.

Simply be sure to mask off adjacent surfaces, provide plenty of ventilation, and wear a respirator!