For spray painting a medium to large size kitchen, we expect there to be a week of shop work and a week of on-site work. We remove all doors and drawer fronts and bring and work on those at the shop. For the cabinet frameworks, we like to start on a Monday and finish by the following Friday.
1) Dry cabinetry when it gets wet. Wipe up spills promptly.
2) Use a very mild, eco-friendly dish soap and a damp sponge to clean. Make sure the sponge is not dripping as no water should be permitted to remain
on the cabinets. They must be kept dry.
3) You may use any cream polish product in order to maintain an even sheen,
to clean and to protect your cabinets. Make sure it is silicone free and does
not leave a residue.
4) Avoid the following products that degrade wood finishes: Old English, 409,
Pledge, Murphy’s Oil.
All of the cabinets must be emptied and counters cleared. Wall hangings within a two feet of cabinetry must be removed. Take down window treatments (blinds, curtains, etc.) above your kitchen sink.
Our lead time typically varies from 1 to 3 months. If you want to have work done between Labor Day and Thanksgiving, we recommend that you call us in July. If you want your project done between Thanksgiving and Christmas, call us before mid-August.
For refacing projects (new doors and drawer faces) expect a minimum of 6 weeks from the time of contract signing, deposit, and measurement of your kitchen until work begins in your home.
Call us! We’ll want to know how many cabinet doors you have as well as the number of drawer fronts and exposed cabinet sides. Prices vary widely depending on your kitchen’s size, condition, and what serve you are requesting. The most expense would be a reface job in which your changing the stain color of your cabinetry (i.e. new doors and drawer faces and either veneer or completely strip to bare wood your cabinet face frame and side panels and restain). Next is reface & paint, then paint your existing cabinet doors. Refinishing your existing cabinet doors in the same shade of stain is an economical but comprehensive solution. A touch-up (only worn areas refinished on-site) is a fraction of the cost of the other services. This last option is useful if your kitchen only needs a light touch.
Refinishing or refacing your kitchen cabinets offers a chance for you to make your kitchen look like new without the exorbitant expense of a full kitchen replacement. Instead of spending $50,000 or more for design services and installation of a new kitchen, refinish your existing cabinet boxes and consider getting new hardwood doors and drawer fronts.
We specialize in wood finishing. We spray professional grade wood sealers, primers, and finishes rather than brush painting consumer grade acrylic paint. We have spent many years formulating our materials and processes to deliver a superior finish for cabinetry. Consumer grade products are more prone to leave brush marks, drips, and may crack over time. Our products are durable, lay down smoothly on wood surfaces, maintain their color, and exhibit elasticity with changes in humidity.
The owner has been working in our shop since 1998.
No, we do not. However, the wood finishing products we use are formaldehyde free. We use the least toxic products on the market that meet our customers’ high standards for durability.
The answer varies greatly on a number of different factors. Large swings in humidity, dog bites, and rough use by children tend to wear cabinetry more quickly. As a rule of thumb, expect that after 5 to 7 years your cabinetry will need a touch-up. After 10 or 15 years, it will need a more major overhaul such as repainting everything or getting new doors.
Yes. We have a spray booth in our shop and spray on a professional grade wood finish. We do not brush on consumer grade acrylic paints. A professional wood finish is more elastic with changes in humidity. The consumer grade acrylic paints that you buy in a store tend to leave brush marks and drips and be brittle and crack with changes in humidity. They are appropriate for dry wall, but not for wood cabinetry.
Yes, we have a 12 month limited warranty on workmanship.
We can tint are finish to any Benjamin Moore color Sherwin Williams color or to a physical sample that you provide.
No. We have a limited number cabinet door samples at our shop. If you have a stop by to give you an estimate, request that we bring some samples to you.
We see customers by appointment only at our shop. We do not have full time staff at our shop during regular business hours. We are a small enough crew such that when we have a job in progress all of us are away working in someone’s house.
No, but it’s a good idea to be gone on the days we’re spraying. You will not want to be on the same floor or right next to the work area for significant amounts of time. We isolate your kitchen from the rest of the house with plastic walls and use a high powered fan for ventilation such that air flows into the workspace and is ejected to the exterior.
No, but we may be able to refer you to a carpenter with whom we work regularly. We can design and sell you the cabinets, then you would pay another party to install them. You would contract with a carpenter separately and have that work completed before we do the refinishing, refacing or painting.
Yes! In addition to lazy susans please ask us about some other corner cabinet options.
Yes! Please request that when you ask us for an estimate.
First please check our Instagram feed. If you don’t see what you’re looking for please give us a call and we’ll send you whatever we have.
We have many glowing references available upon request.
No. We are not comfortable inviting prospective customers to former customers’ houses for a showing. However, if you have your kitchen serviced by us, and you do not mind members of the public visiting your house by appointment, please let us know.
No. The finish we use is meant to be sprayed not brushed on. However, if you get a sample of the matching color at a paint store you can touch it up with an artist brush if necessary.
We mostly service Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Occasionly we do jobs in Western Massachusetts.
No, we use a professional grade formaldehyde-free conversion varnish which is far more flexible than polyurethane and better suited for use on cabinetry.
No. You can have this done more cost effectively by regular painters.