KB 'Toaster' from Golborne gets a facelift

[Yorkie]

Did you take a before photo of the cabinet damage?

Sorry, no - it didn't initially occur to me until after I'd sprayed it, and it might have been more helpful to others if I'd taken some pics.

Basically, it was an arc shaped piece just above the control knob, about the size of a 10p piece. As I explained, because it was at an edge of the cabinet, it could easily have been snapped off if I hadn't reinforced it, and whatever material was used (eg, Milliput etc), the joint would have been weak and fragile at the junction where it met the cabinet. Hence, I drilled sideways into the edge of the cabinet using a 1mm bit in a Dremel type drill, then I bent a piece of wire (actually a paper clip) which was a push fit into the holes, so as to reinforce the Isopon car body filler.

I spent some time carefully shaping the contour of the filler to that of the cabinet, then when I sprayed it with primer, used 500g wet and dry to highlight any high or low spots till I was happy enough to apply another coat of primer before the gloss. I find such repairs quite satisfying, as many would simply write off the set as only good for spares, and the repair is indiscernible from the outside, but I built up the thickness on the inside.