I recently repaired the corners of our front top cabinets and the stove cabinet from some deep scratches and gouges where our dog went berserk on a recent camping trip (long story). At your local hardware store, Lowes in my case, you can buy 3/4" or 2" wide strips of oak edge banding, which you apply with an iron to activate the adhesive on the back. I applied this all the way across the edge of the front cabinets and the corner of the stove cabinet.
After trimming, sanding, and staining with a golden oak stain to match our existing cabinet finish, you can't tell the difference from the original unless you know what to look for. I think the whole process took me a couple of hours, mostly in sanding down the rough spots before applying the laminate strips and then the trimming and finish sanding.
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