Hardware work covers filling the old handle holes, drilling fresh ones with a jig after the paint has cured, swapping slamming hinges for soft-close, and fitting knobs or pulls in brass, black or nickel.
New hardware is the last thing that goes on after cabinet painting and the first thing a hand touches, so it is part of nearly every job we do in Kingston. Most of the 1980s kitchens in Bayridge and Henderson Place still wear their original brass knobs and the exposed hinges that came with them, and kitchen cabinet painting is the job that changes all of that at once.
Switching from a single-hole knob to a bar pull, or from a three-inch pull to a five-inch one, leaves old holes in every door. Those get packed with two-part wood filler, sanded flush and primed before the doors head to the booth, so the filled hole disappears under the paint. Filling after painting always shows.
New holes are drilled through a jig after the finish has cured, so each pull lands at an identical height and spacing on every door and drawer. Drilling gets its own line in the cabinet painting quote, and Ontario market guides put it at around $12 a hole, with hardware supply on top. The quote lists both lines.
A door that is already off for cabinet painting is the easiest door to re-hinge. Most kitchens from the 1990s on have concealed European hinges that swap directly for a soft-close hinge of the same cup size. Older kitchens with exposed or face-frame hinges may need a different cup size or a new hinge plate, and we check on the visit. Soft-close drawer runners are a bigger job because the drawer box has to fit them, and we say when it does not.
Brushed brass and antique brass are the most requested finishes right now, especially on warm white, greige and sage cabinet painting. Matte black pairs with navy, charcoal and modern slab fronts. Brushed nickel is the safe pick for a house going to market because it matches most taps and light fixtures. Mixed metals, say brass at the island with black around the perimeter, work when both sit against the same paint colour. Cabinet colour consultation covers pairing hardware with paint, and samples are laid out on the counter during the visit.
A kitchen that had cabinet painting a few years ago and is still sound often only needs new hardware and hinges. Filling and re-drilling on a painted door means a small touch-up in the original colour, which is easy when the colour is known. One day covers it, and the quote is small.
Hardware gets priced on the same free visit as the cabinet painting, or by itself. Use the form or call +1 (613) 706-5129. The Kingston Cabinet Painting home page covers every other part of the job.
Whatever else in the house has doors and drawers gets prepped, primed and sprayed the same way.
Fronts leave for a booth; boxes are coated where they stand, behind containment. What returns looks factory finished, wears a new colour, and costs a fraction of replacement. Kitchen cabinet painting is how a tired kitchen gets there.
See Kitchen Cabinets
A pre-sale refresh is a painted kitchen scheduled around a listing date, in a neutral colour that photographs well, with the vanity and hardware handled in the same visit so the house is camera-ready in two to three weeks.
See Pre-Sale Refresh
Oak cabinet painting seals golden oak's tannin with a shellac primer, then fills the open grain or leaves it on show, and finishes doors and boxes in a sprayed modern colour so a 1990s kitchen looks built this year.
See Oak Cabinets
Cabinet spray painting runs the doors and drawer fronts through an off-site filtered booth and the boxes through sealed containment in the kitchen, the only cabinet painting method that produces a factory-smooth surface.
See Spray Painting
Two-tone work gives the island, or the whole lower run, a deep colour like navy, green or charcoal while the perimeter stays light, and an island by itself can be done as a small stand-alone job.
See Two-Tone and Islands
Melamine, laminate and thermofoil doors are slick from the factory, so their cabinet painting starts with a bonding primer and finishes with hard sprayed enamel, and it holds on any door whose surface is still tight to the board.
See Thermofoil and Melamine
In a condo galley or L-shape the fronts leave for spraying and the boxes take a single contained day indoors. The unit stays usable, and cabinet painting works around the building's rules on elevators and parking.
See Condo Kitchens
Refinishing suits good hardwood that should stay on show: stripping or sanding removes the old finish, stain follows if the colour is changing, and the grain is sealed under a sprayed clear topcoat.
See Refinishing
When the boxes are sound but the doors are not, refacing fits a full set of new doors and drawer fronts, or replaces just the few past saving, and old and new get painted together so nothing looks different.
See Refacing and New Doors
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.
See Bathroom Vanities
Pantries, laundry runs, mudroom lockers, bookcases, wall units and mantels are fixed in place, so their cabinet painting is done on site inside sealed containment, using the same products a kitchen gets.
See Pantries and Built-Ins
A colour consultation narrows the shortlist to two or three colours, sprays a full sample door in each, and checks them under the kitchen's real light so the finished result matches the choice.
See Colour ConsultationA visit to the house, a door count and a written quote, with no fee and nothing owed if the answer is no.
Tell us what you can about the kitchen, and we phone to arrange the visit. Sending the form takes nothing more than a name and a number. If talking is easier, the number to dial is +1 (613) 706-5129.
