A vanity is a small piece that lives in steam and splashes, so it gets the kitchen treatment of degreasing, priming and sprayed enamel, is finished inside two days, and is often booked with a kitchen.
Vanity cabinet painting is quick. The vanities in Kingston's 1970s and 1980s bungalows in Calvin Park, Polson Park and Hillendale are the same honey oak or almond melamine as the kitchens, and they date a bathroom the same way. Most of our vanity work is bundled with kitchen cabinet painting, where it adds about a day and one small line to the quote.
Moisture Is The Reason Vanity Cabinet Painting Needs A Harder Finish
A vanity door is splashed daily, steamed every shower and wiped with cleaners a kitchen door never sees, so its finish needs to be tougher than average. A waterborne alkyd enamel handles it once cured, and a 2K polyurethane handles it better. Wall paint, even a bathroom wall paint, softens and peels at the bottom rail within a year. Prep matches a kitchen exactly: degrease, sand, prime for the material, spray thin coats, sand between them.
The bottom edge and the toe kick take the worst of it. Both get a full coat count and a check for old water damage before anything is painted, because swollen particleboard along the toe kick is not fixed by paint.
A Vanity Is A One To Two Day Cabinet Painting Job
Doors and fronts come down at the first visit and head for the booth. The same day, the vanity box gets masked and sprayed where it stands, with the sink, taps, mirror and floor covered. Within a week the doors are back and hung in an hour. The bathroom is usable throughout, and the door-off period is the only real inconvenience.
Priced on its own, a vanity sits at the small end of any cabinet painting quote. Bundled with the kitchen, it is priced by the door like everything else and shares the setup cost.
Vanity Cabinet Painting Colours That Suit A Kingston Bathroom
Sage green, navy and charcoal lead the vanity requests, because a small vanity can wear a colour a whole kitchen cannot. Warm white and greige suit a bathroom with coloured tile. Brass or brushed nickel knobs finish it, and the hardware and hinge page covers the choices. A vanity in the same colour as the kitchen island ties the house together, which matters for a house going to market, and pre-sale kitchen cabinet refresh explains that bundle.
Powder Rooms, Ensuites And Laundry Vanities Follow The Same Cabinet Painting Rules
A two-door powder-room vanity, an ensuite double vanity with eight, and a laundry-room sink cabinet are all the same job at different sizes. Multiple vanities in one house get their cabinet painting in one visit, and the quote lists each one. Medicine cabinets and linen towers are sprayed with them.
Book Bathroom Vanity Cabinet Painting In Kingston
Whether the vanity is alone or part of a kitchen job, the visit that prices it is free. Send the form or phone +1 (613) 706-5129 and say how many doors and drawers it has. The Kingston Cabinet Painting home page describes every other cabinet painting job we take, from kitchens to built-ins.
Bathroom Vanity Painting Questions
How long does a vanity take?
One to two days. Doors and fronts go to the booth at the first visit, and the box is sprayed where it stands with the sink, taps and mirror covered. Within a week the doors are back and hung in an hour.
Will the finish stand up to steam and splashing?
Yes, when the finish is hard enough. A cured waterborne alkyd enamel handles it, and a 2K polyurethane handles it better. Bathroom wall paint softens and peels at the bottom rail within a year.
Can the vanity be done with the kitchen?
Yes, and most are. Bundled with kitchen cabinet painting, a vanity adds about a day and one small line on the quote, and it can match the island or the perimeter colour.