Kitchen cabinet painting in Dudley Port, Tipton. Solid wood and MDF doors cleaned, keyed, primed and painted in a hard-wearing finish.
Years of kitchen grease removed first, because nothing bonds to it.
Solid wood, MDF and wrapped doors each need their own preparation.
Painted flat for a smoother finish and put back exactly where they came from.
Hinges and handles taken off, not painted round.
A proper cabinet paint that stands up to hands and cleaning.
Given time to harden so the doors do not stick or mark.
If the carcasses are sound and the layout works, painting the doors is one of the most effective changes you can make to a kitchen. In Dudley Port a lot of kitchens are fifteen or twenty years old with solid units and dated doors, which is exactly the situation it suits.
Cabinet painting is not the same job as painting a wall. Kitchen doors are handled every day and cleaned often, and they carry years of grease that paint will not stick to. Every surface is degreased thoroughly, then keyed, then primed with a primer made to bond to the material - solid wood, MDF and foil-wrapped doors each need a different approach.
Doors and drawer fronts are taken off, labelled and painted flat where possible, which gives a far better finish than painting them hanging up. The frames are painted in place. Hinges and handles come off rather than being painted round.
In Dudley Port and across Tipton the most common request is to take dated wood-effect doors to a modern painted colour - sage, navy, grey or cream - while keeping the worktops and the layout. For a Dudley Port kitchen that is still sound, it is the change that makes the room feel new.
The topcoat is a hard-wearing cabinet or furniture paint rather than wall paint, applied in thin coats and left to cure properly before the doors go back on. Flaking paint, damp patches that keep coming back, or cracks that reopen are worth looking at before anything new goes over them.
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Sometimes, if the wrap is well stuck. Peeling wrap needs to come off first, and some doors are better replaced.
Usually a few days while doors are painted and cured. The kitchen can still be used carefully.
With new handles and a good colour, the change is dramatic for a fraction of the cost of replacing units.
We do not recommend it. Worktops take heat and wear that paint is not made for.
Well-prepared and properly cured, many years with normal use.
Dudley Port, Tipton, Great Bridge and nearby.