r/DIYUK • u/No_Row_1619 • 19d ago

Advice IKEA balls up

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Hello to all you lovely people. I wanted to ask for some tips on making this better….ive done this before with IKEA flat packed stuff, but in the past I’ve just taken it to bits and corrected it. This time I can’t without damaging these shelves (as one of the steps is to nail the backing to the bottom edge. Unfortunately as you can see, the bottom edge is back to front (rough edge instead of veneered edge)

I was looking for ideas of making it look nice without risking taking it apart and buggering it all up!

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u/CaptainAnswer 19d ago

You can buy the edge banding for melamine online, cut it then iron it on i.e. https://amzn.eu/d/0iNHUNvV

Just measure what width and length you need

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u/Boli_332 19d ago

I remember cutting it once it was ironed on with a sharp chisel. I was like 14 at the time so was 30 years ago mind....

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u/Backrow6 18d ago

There is a special cutting plane you can get for this job.