Cabinet Painting
Kitchen and bath cabinets transformed with sprayed, factory-grade finishes that resist chipping, yellowing and daily wear.
The brief
A well-executed cabinet refinish can deliver almost the visual impact of a full kitchen renovation at roughly a fifth of the cost. The difference between a cabinet job that looks new in two months and one that still looks new in seven years comes down almost entirely to two things: the quality of the preparation, and whether the finish is sprayed in a controlled environment.
Source 4 Painting refinishes cabinets to a near-factory standard. Doors and drawer fronts are removed and brought to our temperature- and dust-controlled shop. Frames are masked, sanded and finished on-site. The result is a uniform, hand-applied finish that holds up to daily use for many years.
Our cabinet process
1. Photograph and label every door, drawer front and piece of hardware so that everything returns to exactly the same place.
2. Remove doors, drawer fronts and hardware. Transport them to our shop.
3. Clean every surface with a degreasing detergent — kitchen cabinets in particular are coated with a fine film of cooking oil that will defeat any topcoat applied over it.
4. Sand every surface by hand or with a random-orbital sander to create the mechanical adhesion the primer needs.
5. Apply a bonding primer — typically Sherwin-Williams Extreme Bond or Benjamin Moore STIX — by spray in our shop, and by brush and roller on the frames in your home.
6. Sand the primer smooth, dust and apply two coats of a waterborne urethane-alkyd enamel — Benjamin Moore Advance or Sherwin-Williams Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel — sprayed in the shop, brushed and rolled on the frames.
7. Allow proper cure time, re-install hardware (new or original), and rehang every door and drawer front to its labelled position.
Materials we recommend
Our standard cabinet finish is Benjamin Moore Advance in a satin or semi-gloss sheen. Advance is a waterborne alkyd that levels like a true oil-based enamel and cures to a hard, washable finish. For darker colours, particularly deep blacks and saturated blues, we may recommend Sherwin-Williams Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel for its excellent block resistance.
Timeline
A typical kitchen refinish — frames, doors and drawer fronts, in one colour — is completed within five to seven working days. We aim to keep your kitchen functional for as much of that time as possible: typically you lose use of the cabinets for the final two to three days while doors are off and frames are being finished. We can supply temporary shelving on request.
Warranty
Cabinet refinishing is backed by a written two-year workmanship warranty. Cabinets that are chipped through misuse or damaged by hardware impact are not covered, but adhesion failure of the primer or topcoat — peeling, flaking, lifting — is.