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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.
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.