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.
Kingston kitchens fail one door at a time: the sink door swells, the dishwasher door delaminates, a drawer front splits. The boxes underneath are usually fine, especially in the well-built 1980s kitchens of Bayridge and Cataraqui Woods. Replacing the bad doors and painting the rest keeps a sound kitchen out of the landfill, and kitchen cabinet painting covers the painting half.
A door that has swollen from water, a thermofoil door that has peeled, or a drawer front split at its joint gets measured, and a new one is made to the same dimensions and a matching profile, usually in MDF or paint-grade maple. That new door is primed and sprayed with the originals in the booth, same colour and same sheen, so nobody can tell which door is new. This is the cabinet painting fix for peeling thermofoil, which the thermofoil and melamine page describes.
When every door is beyond paint, or the door style has to change from raised-panel oak to a plain shaker, refacing swaps every door and front for new and leaves the boxes on the wall. The boxes get cabinet painting to match, the end panels get a new skin or paint, and new hinges and hardware go on. The result looks like a new kitchen from the front for far less money.
In Ontario market terms, refacing runs $3,000 to $10,000 depending on door count and door material, while full replacement starts at $15,000 and climbs past $40,000. Cabinet painting alone sits below both. Those are market figures. The quote we write is the number for the kitchen at hand.
Swollen particleboard boxes, water damage under the sink that has reached the floor of the cabinet, or a layout that does not work are not fixed by new doors. In those cases the honest answer is a new kitchen, and we say so. When the boxes are dry and square, refacing and cabinet painting together make a kitchen that lasts as long as new.
A new MDF or maple door has no grease, no old finish and no grain to fill, so cabinet painting on it goes perfectly. Shaker, slab and raised-panel profiles are all available. The new doors get sprayed alongside the rest of the job with the same waterborne enamel or 2K polyurethane, and the hardware and hinge page covers the hinges and pulls that go on them.
One bad door or a full set, the visit that prices it is free. Send the form or call +1 (613) 706-5129 and tell us which doors are failing. The Kingston Cabinet Painting home page covers the painting side and everything else we do.
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
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
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.
See Hardware and Hinges
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.
