Fronts go flat on racks in a filtered booth while carcasses and face frames are coated on site behind taped sheeting. What comes back from sprayed cabinet painting is a level film carrying no brush ridges, no roller stipple and no lap marks.
The difference shows up in the light. A Lakeview bungalow kitchen often has one big window over the sink, and low afternoon sun across a brushed shaker rail shows every stroke. Sprayed cabinet painting has no strokes to show.
Why Sprayed Cabinet Painting Costs More Than Brushed
Spraying carries real overhead. A booth has to be filtered and climate controlled, the kitchen needs a sealed enclosure built inside it, and thin passes with sanding between them take longer than loading a brush. Cabinet painting done this way runs perhaps twenty to thirty percent more in labour than brushing the same kitchen.
What the money buys is service life. Sprayed cabinet painting on a properly primed door holds its finish for many years, while brushed enamel on the same door shows wear at the handle and the cutlery drawer far sooner. Texture is the reason. A ridge holds grease, a ridge is what a cloth catches, and a ridge is where a chip starts.
Two Coating Families Do Almost All Of This Work
Waterborne alkyd enamel is the forgiving one. It levels beautifully, tints to thousands of colours, recoats in about sixteen hours and reaches full hardness near the thirty-day mark. Cabinet painting in this family suits most kitchens and nearly all colour changes.
Two-component polyurethane is the hard one. Paint and hardener are mixed and stay workable for only a few hours, the film sands after about two, and it is fully cured within a day, with a surface that resists kitchen cleaners better than any single-component product. It is spray-only, which is exactly why it belongs in cabinet painting rather than in wall work. Deciding between the two is part of the quote, not an upsell.
Carcasses Are Sprayed In Place Rather Than Brushed
Some outfits spray the fronts and brush the boxes, and the mismatch shows from the doorway. Our cabinet painting covers frames, gables and every exposed box edge with one gun and one batch of product, inside a poly enclosure with the openings taped and the floor protected.
Extraction runs while the spraying happens, and the product used indoors is low-VOC waterborne. That matters more here than almost anywhere, because condo buildings restrict odour and because a basement suite has less air exchange than a main floor.
Thin Coats Beat Thick Ones Every Time
A heavy coat looks like coverage and behaves like trouble. It skins on the surface, holds solvent beneath, stays soft for weeks and lets go at the door edge the first time a pot handle catches it. Good cabinet painting is two or three thin passes, each sanded lightly once it has flashed off.
Between coats the surface is scuffed with fine abrasive and wiped, which knocks down any dust nib and gives the next pass something to key into. On open-grain doors the filling work happens before the first colour coat, never between topcoats. That order is what makes the final surface read flat.
Ask About Sprayed Cabinet Painting For Your Kitchen
Start by calling +1 (289) 201-6018, or pass a piece count and a photo along on the contact page. We confirm which coating family suits the kitchen, quote the cabinet painting in writing, and set a date. A full list of what goes through the booth is on the home page.
Cabinet Spray Painting Questions
Why does spraying cost more than brushing?
A booth has to be filtered and climate controlled, the kitchen needs a sealed enclosure, and thin passes with sanding between them take longer than loading a brush. Spraying runs perhaps twenty to thirty percent more in labour, and the result is a level film with no ridges to hold grease.
Which coating is used, alkyd or polyurethane?
Waterborne alkyd enamel levels well, tints to thousands of colours and recoats in about sixteen hours. Two-component polyurethane is harder, sands after about two hours and cures within a day. Deciding between them is part of the quote, not an upsell.
Are the boxes sprayed or brushed?
Sprayed. Frames, gables and exposed box edges get the same gun and the same batch of product as the doors, inside a poly enclosure with the openings taped. Extraction runs the whole time, and the product used indoors is low-VOC waterborne.