Sprayed coats land as a fine mist that flows level before it dries, so the finished door has no brush lines at all. Cabinet painting done with a sprayer looks like a factory finish instead of a weekend project.
The work is split in two. Fronts ride to our filtered booth, which keeps grit out and holds an even temperature. Boxes and face frames remain fixed to the wall and get the identical primer and enamel at home, inside a taped plastic enclosure.
Sprayed cabinet painting solves the ridge problem. A brush drags paint across the door and leaves lines that never fully level out, most of all along the rails and in the corners of a shaker door. The pot lights and pendant lights in most Churchill Meadows kitchens catch those lines from every angle.
Sprayed cabinet painting builds up in thin, even coats, with a light sanding between each one. Thin, even layers are also harder wearing. Heavy brushed paint stays softer underneath and tends to chip at door edges within the first couple of years.
Cabinet painting splits the work by location. Doors get booth conditions because they are the surface everyone sees. Airborne grit is filtered out, heat holds steady, and every door dries lying flat on a rack.
The boxes cannot leave, so they are sprayed where they stand. We seal the kitchen with plastic from floor to ceiling, cover the floors along the path, run air extraction and mask off the rooms next door. Done this way, cabinet painting stays inside the work area and the rest of the house stays clean.
Two kinds of coating do most of the work. Waterborne alkyd enamel flows out well, comes in almost any colour and has low odour. Treat it gently for around seven days, and allow roughly four weeks for it to harden completely.
A two-part catalyzed polyurethane mixes in a hardener just before spraying. It hardens in about a day and stands up to cleaning better than anything else used in cabinet painting. Mixed material only lasts a few hours, so we only mix what the job needs.
Under either one sits a primer picked for the material. Bonding primer goes on thermofoil, melamine and factory lacquer, while shellac-based primer goes on oak and dark stains that might bleed. Tannin bleed is explained more fully in oak cabinet painting.
Waterborne coatings cure as their water leaves the film, and damp air slows that down. Humid July and August days in Mississauga stretch the time between coats.
The booth controls that for the doors. At the house, the boxes have no booth, so a muggy week can add a day to the cabinet painting schedule. Rushing a coat on a humid day leaves a soft finish that marks easily for months.
Sprayed cabinet painting is built for hard daily use. Busy kitchens in this neighbourhood see everything from school lunches to weekend cooking for a crowd, and the doors get opened dozens of times a day. A sprayed finish in the right coating wipes clean without dulling, and it holds up at the pulls where hands land most.
Your quote names the coating system we plan to use and why, plus the coat count and sheen. We visit, count every piece and write it all down for free. Call +1 (289) 206-9978, ask for a time, or view all of our cabinet work. For a full walk-through of the job, see kitchen cabinet painting.
Vanities, pantries, laundry rooms, mudroom lockers and basement bars are primed and sprayed with the kitchen's enamel.
We unscrew every door and drawer front; each one is degreased and sanded, takes a primer chosen for its material, and receives a tough sprayed enamel before it is rehung. Kitchen cabinet painting gives the room a new colour while the counters, sink and floors stay exactly where they are.
See Kitchen Cabinets
Dark espresso maple and brown thermofoil can be painted white, greige or any light colour when the factory finish is scuffed and sealed under a bonding primer first. Espresso cabinet painting takes one more primer step than a light kitchen, and that step is what keeps the brown from showing through.
See Espresso Cabinets
Oak needs a stain-blocking primer so its tannin does not rise through the new colour, and a choice about whether to fill the open grain. When oak cabinet painting follows those two steps, the finish stays clean and even for years.
See Oak Cabinets
Refinishing leaves the grain on show: we sand or strip the old coat, stain the wood to a new tone and spray a fresh clear finish over it. It is the right choice when the wood is worth showing, and paint is the right choice when it is not.
See Refinishing
Slick factory surfaces need a bonding primer made to grip them, because ordinary primer slides off. Sound melamine, laminate and thermofoil all accept cabinet painting, although a vinyl face that is already peeling is beyond what paint can rescue.
See Thermofoil and Melamine
New doors and drawer fronts hang on the boxes you already own, and the frames and end panels are coated to match. When only a few doors have failed, those pieces are replaced and finished along with the rest in the same cabinet painting job.
See Refacing and New Doors
White or warm white on the upper cabinets with navy, sage or charcoal below is the look most people ask about, often with the island in the darker colour. Island cabinet painting on its own is also a full job we quote separately.
See Two-Tone and Islands
One vanity usually needs a single day, now and then two, which makes it our smallest booking. The vanity's fronts ride to our booth and its base is finished where it sits, so the bathroom is usable again soon after the cabinet painting wraps up.
See Bathroom Vanities
Stacked townhouses and condo towns usually have compact kitchens with ten to twenty doors, so the work moves quickly. Condo cabinet painting goes smoothly when parking, access and the board's rules are sorted out before the first day.
See Condo Kitchens
Pantry cabinets, laundry uppers, mudroom lockers, basement bars and built-in desks all get the same primer and sprayed enamel as the kitchen. Since most of them are anchored in place, we carry out this cabinet painting on site inside a sealed plastic enclosure.
See Pantries and Built-Ins
Unused pull holes are plugged and filled flush, and fresh holes are bored with a jig so the pulls sit level along each run. Tired hinges can be changed to soft-close models while the doors are down for cabinet painting.
See Hardware and Hinges
Warm white tops the request list, followed by soft cream, greige, sage, navy and charcoal, yet a tiny chip from the paint store gives little idea how each will read in your house. We spray one of your doors in the actual shade and leave it in the kitchen, so the cabinet painting choice happens in your own light.
See Colour ConsultationWe come over, count each door and drawer, confirm the material and spell out the work. The visit and quote are both free.
Colour, door style, rough age: note whatever you can, and expect a call to pick a day. Just a name and number will send it. You can also call us at +1 (289) 206-9978.
