Door shelves delaminated, need repair advice

[PNWschusser]

Originally Posted by REF

That brings up a good point, I hadn’t thought about the fact that the shelf material was MDF, ah the good old days!
It may have pitted and flaked off chunks that are now stuck to the laminate, or swelled from moisture, in either case you won’t have a good flat surface to glue it back on to.
If that’s the case, I’d pull the shelves, use them as templates to trace out new ones on some quality 1/2” birch ply and pick out a new laminate.

Thank you. This will be my last option. I did read the sticky about how to do this, and it's more involved than I was hoping! And I'm not sure I have all of the tools to create new shelves....

[moorefc]

Agree with boywonder and REF, make a new one from good grade plywood...Then it won't happen again...You have a good template...
If you don't have a table saw, find a woodworker/cabinet maker.

SMB moved away from MDF a while back. At least the 2008 build from Texas was a coreply/corelight? product...Still not as good as good ply, but a bit lighter than ply and came with laminate skin that can still edge soak/bubble.
Next time it rains or water spills...