Ikea Faktum Kitchen FAGERUM - Help

Hello,

I am new here and hope you can help us solve a problem with our good old Faktum kitchen!?

Our kitchen is now about 12 years old. The fronts are the antique fronts Fagerum, which were only available for a short time back then (if we had known...). The doors are "framed" with trim strips, so the dimensions differ from the actual fronts – also from the successor Fagerland. You can no longer get the fronts from the after-sales service and because of the special dimensions, we cannot switch to other fronts.

Unfortunately, two of our fronts are now very scratched. All research did not help – there is no replacement front available.

Now the idea is to sand the front and paint it clear over. Does anyone know which lacquer Ikea used for the fronts or whether this reworking would be possible? Alternatively, we considered repainting all fronts. Has anyone had experience with this? These are solid lacquered doors after all.

We would be VERY grateful for tips!

Ikeka

Hello,

can't the frame strips be removed and the doors replaced with FAGERLAND?

Refinishing solid wood should generally not be a problem. To what extent everything needs to be completely sanded down, re-stained and clear-coated will be better known by the woodworkers. Finding/mixing the right stain color is probably not so easy.
FAGERLAND: solid pine, stain, clear polyurethane/acrylic lacquer

Hello and thank you for the reply.

Switching to FAGERLAND would mean having to move the cabinets, as they are partly 7cm wider due to the frame moldings. This would then also require a new countertop, and the kitchen units (L-shape) would no longer reach the wall, so there would be a gap to the wall on each side.

Thanks for the tip about the woodworkers. Is that a separate forum?
We also considered painting the fronts white. That would mean: sanding and applying a suitable white lacquer, right?

Regards Ikeka

On Ebay.Kleinanzeigen, someone is currently offering quite a few parts for Fagerum. Just send a message to ask if the parts you want are available. Maybe you'll be lucky. Regards

Hi, in Sehnde, near Hanover, someone is selling Fagerum fronts that he has had in the garage for a long time. Originally packaged via Ebay Kleinanzeigen. Maybe your sizes are included.
Best regards, Daphne