Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Vinyl Wrap advice & comments please 2Jun 07, 2011 2:10 pm The main problem with vinyl wrap seems to be peeling near any heat source - ie stove / oven / dishwasher / steam. I have had 2pak and three small children - after almost 18mths I have one small chip from a footrest on a bar stool. Don't be swayed into believing 2pak needs to be treated like a precious metal! Some things are worth waiting for. Re: Vinyl Wrap advice & comments please 3Jun 07, 2011 3:06 pm A joiner told me there's poor quality vinyl wrap that peels easily but there's also better quality, thicker stuff that costs a little more but doesn't peel away from the board. The brand recommended to me as good quality is Albedor: http://www.albedor.com.au/. I've had a very close look at my parents' vinyl wrap kitchen which is just over 7 years old and it hasn't peeled or warped one bit. Doors/drawers near the dishwasher, oven, cooktop and kettle look absolutely fine to me. My Mum thinks it's fantastic, says the vinyl wrap has held up much better than the laminex kitchen it replaced and is easier to clean. Re: Vinyl Wrap advice & comments please 4Jun 07, 2011 8:48 pm Many builders won't put vinylwrap next to the oven as per Kytons post, so if you are building through a builder it may be worth you checking that first. If you have an underbench oven where you will have vinyl next to the oven, they could say they won't allow it, or otherwise may allow you to use the vinylwrap but make you put matching laminex panels around the oven (in other words, yuk yuk yuk!!). Re: Vinyl Wrap advice & comments please 5Jun 07, 2011 9:01 pm Yes, 2pac can chip however it is easily repaired with touch up paint & seeing as it is a painted surface I would imagine you will always be able to get your 2pac colour matched should you want a new panel. I'm no expert however I have been lead to believe you have to be careful with vinyl wrap as it can be easily damaged. I would be worried that if in say 5-10yrs down the track you damage a panel, that particular vinyl colour may no longer be in production & it may be hard to get a replacement. Building our custom design "Dream Home" Follow my Build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46820 Contract Signed - 28/04/11 Siteworks Commenced - 20/06/11 Re: Vinyl Wrap advice & comments please 6Jun 07, 2011 9:10 pm Vinyl wrap is rubish. It has no place in a kitchen. Good quality or bad it will still have problems near a heat sorce. Good quality poly doors will only chip when hit with a metalic object. Most other doors will dent or show some sign of the same hit. Remember that a poly door can be repaired. If you chip, scratch or gouge the door it can be filled, sanded and repainted. No other door offers this possibility. There are some cheap and nasty polyurethane finishes out there though. You get what you pay for. Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Vinyl Wrap advice & comments please 7Jun 07, 2011 9:46 pm in 7 years of doing commercial qty's of kitchens and vanitys for project highrise's and i am yet to have one architect specify vinyl wrap. 2pac is a far superior finish, and it can be repaired / repainted, and will outlast the kitchen itself. Re: Vinyl Wrap advice & comments please 8Jun 08, 2011 8:53 am Great advice everyone. Thanks for your input. It sounds like I should ask a little bit more from the cabinet makers in terms of the quality of the 2pac finish. As an alternative has anyone heard of powder coat for cabinets. I read it on one website but can't seem to find much info on it. Thanks again Re: Vinyl Wrap advice & comments please 9Jun 08, 2011 11:11 am Hi idream3, I guess everyone has their own opinion on your question and seems everyone is divided. My two cents worth, I prefer vinyl over 2pac anyday. Vinyl has recieved a bad (but justified) wrap over the years. There was some ******* product in the country around 15 years ago which created plenty of problems in the kitchen. Doors manufactured in vinyl have come a long way and most on the market these days are heat resistant, UV treated (so they wont fade or discolour) and come with good warranties from the manufacturer. Companies such as Polytech do high gloss vinyls that look as good if not better than paint, without the issues. Sure you can touch up a painted door, just like you can do with car paint, but unless it goes to a paint shop, you are more than likely going to see that touch up for the rest of the life of the kitchen. Plus the older the door, the harder to colour match with the rest of the kitchen that has been exposed to sunlight and wear and tear. Paint can also get hair line cracks on the edges, scratch from rings on fingers, fade, yellow and have what they call an orange peel effect on the paint. just a balance to the debate hope this helps With 25 years kitchen experience and a passion for what I do, I have joined this forum to offer advice or at least my opinion on all things relevant to kitchens. I was a cabinetmaker by trade and am now a senior manager of a kitchen company. Re: Vinyl Wrap advice & comments please 10Jun 08, 2011 11:32 am We updated our kitchen with vinyl wrap several years ago. We have had no probs with it, but I would do it again, for the price you pay nobody notices so in the end it really wasnt worth it. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All new built homes look like display homes... until the furniture goes in. Re: Vinyl Wrap advice & comments please 12Jun 08, 2011 1:06 pm You can touch up small marks yourself, just like you would a car or any other painted surface - but it will be harder to attain an invisible fix as you are probably fixing it with a brush or similar where the original finish was put on with a spay gun. The good thing with polyurethane is that it is relatively easy to unclip a door or drawer and take it away for respraying. Again, just like fixing a car, if you go to a good shop they won't just spray it with the originally specified finish, they will match the colour they apply to the current tint of your kitchen so that it fits the neighbouring boards if they have faded or changed colour over time. Thermolaminate, or vinyl, is not repairable and if you wish to fix a damaged door you will probably have to get a whole new door made up to suit, and if the vinyl has faded or changed colour over time the manufacturer will not be able to colour match it and it will be more likely to stand out. Obviously I am in the polyurethane camp, and funnily enough I haven't met a fabricator or installer in years now who will touch vinyl. Cheers, Earl I would suggest get legal representation. Sorry but the fact is QBCC is not anyone's friend, other than their own! 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