What ho one and all,

The Ikea kitchen cabinet doors and drawer fronts could do with a bit of a refresh. They are MDF factory painted white, some slight damage to a few bottom edges and generally slightly faded.

The options are new panels but to replace everything will be surprisingly expensive. Paint; could do that but will never look as good as the factory finish (and I don't have a compressor!)

Wondering about a self adhesive vinyl. Fablon does look a bit 'cheap' and will probably not fold around the slightly radiused edges.

So wondering if anyone has use the car wrapping film (https://www.mdpsupplies.co.uk/vehicle-wrapping)

This is an interesting video with no water used. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q3CS4rJRIk

Which does bring up a couple of questions. Given that it is a heat shrink, is it likely to 'fold/stretch' around corners to give an seam free finish? Secondly, I have applied similar film to some of our windows to reduce UV. One needs to spritz the glass first to avoid bubbling. Presumably, this would also be necessary to apply car wrap to either a car or in this case, MDF doors?

Grateful for any advice if you have 'refreshed' your doors.

Thanks and toodle pip

I hear what you are suggesting. I have done a lot of spraying as part of my working life, but it was 100% with a compressor. Trying to get the kind of finish I will be happy with, using rattle cans will be extremely challenging.

The other problem is that if I 'fix' one door, it will make the older ones look so much older as they have faded a bit.

I did find a company supplying 'kitchen wrap' material and they are sending me a sample (www.kitchen-wraps.co.uk
). I reckon that around £120 for white wrap and I would be able to rejuvenate all the kitchen doors, drawers and side panels, which would all match, colour wise.

It has taken me ten years to 'finish' some area of the bathroom where I used the same Ikea mdf panels, but had to cut them to fit. The raw MDF edges had suffered from humidity and did need some work. Applied PVA to seal, sanded, primer and white gloss. They now look better but certainly not a good, semi gloss finish.

Will post back when I have tested the wrap. It would at least provide some moisture protection but I am slightly concerned about the wrap edges in the long term.