Price, spraying, products, repainting, cure time, interiors, yellowing, maple, refacing, warranty, winter work and insurance are all answered below.
Phone +1 (613) 706-5129 with the question. When the kitchen itself decides the answer, we book a free visit.
The door and drawer count sets most of it, then the material, because oak needs grain fill and melamine needs a bonding primer. A second colour, a deep colour that needs an extra coat, hardware drilling and any door replacement each add a line. Across Ontario most kitchens come in somewhere from $2,500 to $5,500, and the only figure that applies is the one written down after the free visit.
It is better, and the extra cost pays for the setup. A sprayed door has no brush marks, a thinner and harder film, and a finish that lasts many years longer. Brushed cabinet painting fails first at the corners and the handles, usually within a couple of years.
One of two products, waterborne alkyd enamel or 2K polyurethane, chosen by the job and laid over whichever primer the material needs. Both are made for cabinets and doors, and neither is a wall paint. The quote names which one and why.
Usually, yes. Peeling latex is stripped or sanded back to a sound layer, the surface is degreased and primed properly, and the new finish goes on over that. If the old paint is in a house built before 1980 it is tested before any sanding.
Doors can be hung and used gently within a day. Waterborne enamel can take normal use after roughly a week and reaches full hardness after roughly a month, while a 2K polyurethane is cured in about a day. No abrasive pads or strong cleaners for the first month either way.
Not unless they are asked for, because the inside of a box is rarely seen and it adds a good deal of labour. Open shelves, the backs of glass-front uppers and any exposed island end get painted as a matter of course. Interiors are quoted as their own line when wanted.
Any alkyd-based white warms slightly over years in direct sun, and a south-facing kitchen shows it most. A satin finish in a 2K polyurethane holds white best, and we recommend both for a sunlit room. A warm white hides the change better than a stark one.
Yes, and more easily. Maple has tight grain and little tannin, so it needs no grain fill and no shellac primer, only a standard cabinet primer and thin sprayed coats. Most late-1990s and 2000s kitchens in Kingston are maple and paint cleanly.
Paint when the doors are in good shape and only the colour or finish is wrong; reface when the doors cannot be saved but the boxes can. Refacing runs $3,000 to $10,000 in Ontario market ranges, painting sits below that, and replacement starts around $15,000. The visit sorts out which applies.
Every job carries a written workmanship warranty covering peeling, chipping and adhesion failures in the finish under normal use. It does not cover water damage to the boxes or abuse of the finish, and it says so plainly.
No. The booth is heated and climate-controlled, and the on-site spraying happens indoors behind containment with the room ventilated. Winter is a busy season for cabinet painting in Kingston because nobody is outside.
Yes. The work is insured, and proof of it is available before the job starts, which condo boards often ask for.
Most answers above trace back to one of the cabinet painting services here.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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 ConsultationTell 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.
