I'm guessing that this is on the inside of the drawers? You could cover it with contact paper. I guess the people before didn't cook or didn't clean?

No, no, not the inside of the drawers. The edges of the drawer fronts that are very close to the oven door. You can see it looking at the front of the drawer I would not care if it was INSIDE the drawer where it wouldn't be noticable. I should've known better, I knew that it was some kind of plastic coating on the doors & drawer fronts. I know the oven gets very hot on the clean cycle. Yeah, I don't think the previous owners cooked OR cleaned much. You should've see the condition they kept the place when they were showing it, could hardly find the house under all their clutter!

Can you peel off the damaged stuff and have a clean surface? You should be able to buy new edging to replace it. Most of the stuff is iron on. Some of it is glued with contact cement.

There are several companies where you could order some new ones from online if you can't find somebody local. Just measure your existing and find some that is the same type you have. Then remove them next time you do the oven self-clean.

Another option is just remove the loose parts and try to find some white paint that matches what you have and paint them until you get ready to replace them.

Gin Gin,

Sorry to hear of your problem. I didn't know what thermofoil cabinets until just now, and now I think that I have them also. I probably would have done the same thing, we moved in recently. I just stumbled on this info from www.cabinetmark.com, confirming InfoDivoMary's information. Thermofoil doors and drawer fronts are single piece, manufactured from high quality MDF, computer routed to a selected profile. Thermofoil  a vinyl-like material  is applied to the face and edges using heat and pressure plus adhesive to produce a permanent lamination.
The backs are prefinished white melamine. Matching laminate backs are available as an option on most finishes.

These durable products are completely prefinished, ready to install for years of maintenance-free use. They can be cleaned with methyl hydrate or mild soap & water. (Do NOT use any other solvent based cleaner or any abrasive cleaner.)

Due to the extremely high temperatures created by self-cleaning ovens, a filler should be installed between a thermofoil door/drawer front and the oven. As well, adjacent doors & drawers should be opened when operating in self-cleaning mode.

Thermofoil doors and drawer fronts up to 36" high are warranted for 5 years against warpage, colour fading and de-lamination (subject to the above cleaning & heat guidelines).

Lynne & InfoDiva, this is exactly what I have! There is NO filler installed between the drawer fronts (or doors) and the oven. they were installed right next to each other, whith just enough space so the drawer fronts & cabinet doors don't rub on the oven door when opened. If these instructions regarding opening the drawers were ever supplied when they were installed 10 years ago, they were not given to us. No suprise there, the previous owners did not leave us one single appliance manual. THey also took the central vac tools with them, but that's a story for another day. Because the damage is on the edge plus some of the front & a little bit of the routed detail, I can't just get edge banding & iron it on. I took the drawers out (the drawer fronts were screwed & glued on) and took them over to my Mom. It's a long shot, but she's been able to patch stuff like this before with pretty good results. If that doesn't work at least now I know what this stuff is called, so it might be possible to find something matching. The replies have been quite helpful, THANKS!

Thermofoil is a method of simulating wood appearance on cheaper substrates. The wood grain is printed with heat sensitive inks onto a foil and then the foil is run through a hot pinch roller to transfer the grain to the desired panel. The white stuff that curled up in the heat is a vinyl overlay. About 0.006" thick. It is typically applied to a full sheet of material in a process called "flat line". Sheets run continuously through the machine which has a roll coater for adhesive, a roll of vinyl and a pinch roller to press the vinyl into the adhesive. Then the panel is cut into the desired parts and the raw edges covered with edge banding. In some cases, vinyl overlays can be vacuum formed over simple shaped parts.

Well my mom has always says MOM is WOW upside down, and it has always been true! She managed to get it to where it's barely noticable. If you were in my kitchen I'd have to show you where the damage was or you'd never see it. Much much better than either of us expected it to turn out. Yay Mom! lol
I'll see if I can post some before & after photos later.

I wonder if the door gasket on your oven is damaged? Hard to believe someone would not clean an oven for 10 years?

maybe they did--maybe they just knew they were supposed to remove or open the drawers!

I'm glad WOW, er, Mom was able to fix it for you. What would we do without them.

And...when our kids need us for stuff like this, years down the road, will we be able to? I wonder about that, when I (at 45) call my mom and ask her how to do something, or whether I can use baking soda in something, or whatever. Will I know how to answer? And will my kid trust me?

I have the same problem with a drawer front next to the stove.
What did your Mom do to fix it?
Please describe the repair so I can try the same fix.

Thanks

She cut away the curled up plastic laminate stuff and put glue under the edge of the remaining material. She built up the area with the missing plastic with some type of putty (I forgot what she said she used, I'll ask her tomorrow) and painted it white. It's not perfect, but it's pretty close. Since most of the damage was on the edges of the drawer front, the repair isn't noticable unless you open the drawer & then only if you look for it. Now I have noticed that one of my cabinet doors has an area right in the middle where the "thermofoil" stuff is coming loose from the door. You can only tell when you touch it, it moves a little. I wonder how long until the whole piece pops off? This is no where near the oven, this time it's not my fault! Ugh I wish we had the money to remodel this kitchen.

She used some kind of spackle for the patches.

BTW to the person that suggested maybe the gasket is bad & they couldn't imagine not cleaning the oven in 10 years, the gasket is fine. I don't think the previous owners ever cooked! I got the feeling they were eating out types.

oh boy after reading everyones stories Ill top them all. about 10 years ago I made this gorgous white kitchen yup thermo foil and I have loved it everytime I cook and I cook everyday. I was on the phone with my friend and I looked at my oven and my draws were on fire. I said to my friend my thermo foil is on fire I managed to put it out and then called my insurance company, I had extended my kitchen which cost $4000 and then this fire fire happens. what do I do well I think Ill just replace the panels buy a new oven and when it happens again Ill redo in wood settled. you get what you pay for haha but I still think that thermo foil is clean and bright looking.

We built our home 10 years ago and did put in white thermofoil cabinets (tired of wood after the last house). We open drawers and cabinet doors when using the self clean function. The first time we used it, the sides of the cabinets buckled. Cabinet maker replaced it and warned us. We haven't had a problem since.

Try posting in the kitchen forum. You may be able to get replacement doors to match. I was thinking about refacing my kitchen but ended up getting them painted. Here is a company I was looking into:

Here is a link that might be useful: replacement doors.

My kitchen cabinet drawers the outside finish looks like some kind of plaster rubber coating melted when I used a steam clean on it and the edges are curled up, how can glue it down ,and how do I get it flat to glue down? my hair dryer ??

Wow, this thread is a blast from the past. We've moved twice since that house, and we're moving again. Nancy if you read my follow up from back in 2006, my mom cut away the curled up part, then filled & painted it. The repair was barely noticeable, and with the drawers closed you couldn't see it at all. Good luck.

This is a blast from the past, but I was so glad to see it! We are just about to move in to a house with a drawer that is warped, just as you describe here. Now I will know how to fix it and how to keep it from happening again. Thanks!

People in the house before us ran the oven cleaning cycle with drawers in and cabinets closed. I had read about it so thank goodness did not make worse. They were eating out type also, I believr. Also they fresh clear taped a split on the edge in the corner cabinet lazy Suzanne type, I noticed within a few days of moving in when wiping down. I may try the cut away spackle and paint as a first option, or maybe strip them all and paint, but sometimes it sounds like it does not strip well.

Gin gin. Sounds like you have Thermo foil doors. Many cabinet shops may be able to outsource these doors. Call around to custom cabinet shops. Many order doors from cabinet door companies, and Thermo foil are typically inexpensive. Maybe the profile won't be spot on, but should be close.

Davis Carpentry, If you note the date of my original post, this happened over 10 years ago. And a few posts later, you will see a repair was made. Believe it or not that was 3 houses and 2 states ago. But your advice may help someone else, so thank you.

I'm just reading all the home disasters, but somebody else might run across this. If you install thermofoil cabinets, the sales person should tell you that there is a heat shield to install between the cabinets and the oven. Sometimes the information is also on the cabinet maker's website. I really wanted thermofoil, but will probably get wood instead.

I have the same problem. The edges all curled up and shrunk. I took my little tiny iron that I use for quilting and flattened the edges down . They diddidn't cover all the way but I put a little super glue to hold them diwn.down. then took drawer in to home depot and had them match paint. Then painted the part that wasn't covered. Its It's not perfect but looks better. Not only the drawers but the sides of the cabinets. I will take the drawers out but can't the cabinets when I clean my oven. I guess I won't be buying these type is cabinets in the

LOL the thread that won't die. Would you believe we've moved 4 times since I posted this in 2005? And none since with thermofoil cabinets!

Judy, I believe my cabinets only had the thermofoil on the cabinet doors & drawer fronts The cabinets themselves had some other surface. What, I can't remember... we left that house in 2008. But opening the drawers & cabinets next to the oven was enough to prevent it from happening again.

I will take them out when I clean my oven

The cabinets have been in 18 years and still look great except for that peeling. I've fixed it so it looks good enough to sell my house.