Repair or replace a kitchen unit door

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A friends kitchen unit door recently suffered a setback when some vacuous sod decided they could sit on said door in the open position – yes they were ****ed at the time. This forced the two top hinge screws to be ripped out of their holes in the side panel of the unit. In fairness to the would-be sitter he did try to make amends by filling the original holes and attempting to reattach the door. But this clearly was insubstantial; the doors are a heavy 18mm mdf construction.

What I have tried to do is to create a new cylinder hole further down the door so that the hinge can be srewed into newly drilled holes at a different point on the panel. In truth it is a bit of a crude effort as the new hole cannot be simply made with a holesaw as these have pilot drills so I have also used a Dremel tool to remove some of the mdf.
In the process I have managed to pierce the white gloss plastic coating in two separate places. This will be visible when the door is closed and will look unsightly.

Therefore I have two questions:

1. Is there any way an invisible repair can be made to the gloss plastic finish
of the door?

or

2. Is there somewhere that sells kitchen unit doors that I could contact?

I hope my description is adequate as I do not have access to a digital camera. Thanks in advance for any advice.
 
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wow!...if only I'd know about such an item earlier that really would have made life easier. Thanks anyway, All.

Still reckon I will have to get another door, though.
 
With it being a white gloss effect it should be reasonably new ???
If so a replacement should be fairly easy to sought, tyr Roundel kitchens or symphony kitchens or Hygena, search under google and you should find,
Incidentally whereabouts in UK are you ?
 
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I will check out all of your suggestions Scooby, thanks. I am in North West London by the way. Cheers. ;)
 
Most kitchen unit doors have 4 hinges hole which are universal with a cover plate on the other side if you're lucky, if so, turn it round but door handle position may be a problem though.
 
No, that cannot be done in this case, Masona, 'cos it's asymetrical. I will simply have to get hold of a replacement door. Damn nuisance, but it really is my own fault for offering to fix it in the first place. Thanks anyway.
 

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