34PC Cabinet Door Issues


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gustaf

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Hi All,
I am looking at an '06 34PC and noticed that a few of faces of the cabinet doors in the cabin were delaminating. It appears that they are covered with a plastic molded wood look covering. Is this a common issue on these? Is the fix to simply re-adhere the covering to the core material of the door with?
Thanks!
 
I have an 05 that has the same issue. Obviously gluing will help but if you look closely the material has actually shrunk slightly so the seems aren't very tight on the corners. I was wondering what my options would be this winter as a permanent fix
 
I have reglued some of the panels. I sprayed them with a thin coat of glue and put some weight on them till dry.
 
I had one of the edges of the cabinet door start to peel away. I used and iron and parchment paper to re-activate the glue on the laminate. It's been two years and still holding.
 
I looked into having doors repaired on a 2005 40 PC for sale last year that had complete delamination of the v-birth doors top to bottom. I contacted Ebel and was told that the Dark Cherry was not available anymore. Our only option was having the doors repaired / replaced with a “Sail White” Formica the same as the inside of the bathroom door and the v-birth bed drawer fronts on the 2005 before they made these drawers wood grain. That factored into our decision not to buy the boat. We are now closing next week on a 2006 40 PC with the edges coming loose around some of the drawers and doors. It’s not apparent to look at but I noticed it when I went to close a cabinet door with my hand on the edge and felt the surface coming loose. I have been wondering about a cure before a section gets torn. I really like the sound of re-activating the adhesive with an iron and parchment paper and will give it a try. My past notes from talking to Dan at Ebel state that the laminate is a foil product that is vacuum bagged during installation.
 
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Yes, it is a foil that is heated on the panels and then put in a super cool freezer. He said that the foil lasts about 10 years and then starts to peel off. I had three cherry doors made and they came out great. The price was reasonable, if you wasn't tables or doors done they get expensive.
 
I had a similar issue and ended up recovering all my doors and the cabinetry with 3M DiNoc. Attached is a door that was peeling. I took a heat gun and stripped off the old covering, sanded the door and applied the DiNoc. It's pretty easy and stretches around corners.
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