Kitchen Cabinets- How would you fix this?

[wau5]

I want to change hardware and paint my very old kitchen cabinets that came with the house when I bought it as they are still in reasonably good nick and would probably come up rather decent after a refurb.
However there is some flaking melamine at some parts of the cabinet doors or whatever that stuff is called which just looks nasty, was wondering how would you go about fixing this before painting it all over so it's all even and nice as it should be?
I see someone has tried to paint the cabinets In past, but didn't do a very good job at fixing the flaking stuff in past and has just teared the flaking bits off and painted straight over without doing anything so it leaves these sharp looking edges..
I doubt this could be fixed with filler and than sanded flush due to the ''design'' elements?

 

[Tigercubrider]

Just that damage? Further removal may be hard


Maybe car body type filler?

Not in the trade.

 

[chappers]

yep would agree car body filler would work if you have the patience to match the decorative profile when sanding, go down to 400 grit

 

[London Mike 49]

I wouldn't faff around with the doors as they are, I would buy replacement kitchen doors and transform the whole kitchen at minimal cost. Plenty of suppliers out there and would look a whole lot better than painting the existing doors IMHO.

Mike

 

[Deleted member 174758]

The doors are vinyl-wrapped MDF and that damage is caused by delamination and is unrepairable. Ditch the doors and replace them. It'll save endless amounts of work only to end up with a second-rate result IMHO