Hanging fresh fronts on the boxes already in place sits between cabinet painting and a full new kitchen. Single ruined doors can be swapped too, then sprayed so they blend with their neighbours.
Most cabinet boxes in Erindale homes from the 1960s to the 1980s are solid plywood and still sound. That makes refacing or partial door replacement a strong option when the doors themselves are the problem.
A door swollen from a sink leak, a split centre panel, or a front burned beside the stove does not need a new kitchen. We order a matching door, then run it through the same cabinet painting steps as the others until it looks like it was always there.
On older kitchens the new door may be shaker even if the others are flat. Once everything is painted the same colour and sheen, a small change in style often goes unnoticed.
Refacing is the better choice when most doors have failed, when the door style is the real problem, or when you want to go from arched doors to flat shaker fronts. New doors and drawer fronts are made to fit your boxes, and the face frames and end panels are painted to match.
Refacing in Mississauga generally costs from $3,000 up to $10,000. Cabinet painting a whole kitchen comes in around $2,500 through $5,500. Starting over begins near $15,000 and can pass $40,000. The number that counts is on your written quote.
Replacement doors arrive primed or raw. Either way, they get the sanding, primer and sprayed enamel the boxes receive, alongside the rest of the kitchen's fronts. That way the colour and sheen match across the whole kitchen.
If the doors are solid, square and free of water damage, cabinet painting is almost always the cheaper route. Refacing pays for new doors and drawer fronts, and then those fronts still need to be finished. Painting uses the doors you already own.
In many Erindale houses built in the sixties and seventies, the first doors are heavy plywood or solid wood and remain in good shape. We only suggest refacing when cabinet painting cannot give you the result you want.
A plywood box from 1970 is often stronger than the particleboard in many new kitchens. When boxes are true, free of moisture and solidly anchored, keeping them is the biggest saving. We check for water damage under the sink and behind the dishwasher before recommending anything. A new island colour is covered under two-tone kitchens and island painting.
Some kitchens need new doors on one wall and only paint on the rest. A common case in Erindale is a sink wall with water-damaged doors next to a range wall that is still sound. We replace the damaged doors, then run the whole kitchen through cabinet painting so every piece matches.
This keeps the cost down while solving the real problem. The quote splits replacement doors from the cabinet painting, which makes it easy to follow the costs. For a full comparison with painting alone, see kitchen cabinet painting.
We look at the boxes and doors together and write up painting, refacing or a mix of both. Call +1 (289) 207-0026, book a free visit, or return to the main Erindale Cabinet Painting page.
Vanities, pantries, laundry rooms and basement built-ins in Erindale split-levels are primed and sprayed like the kitchen.
Each front comes off, gets scrubbed, sanded and primed to suit what it is made of, then receives a tough sprayed enamel and goes back on. Kitchen cabinet painting gives the room a fresh colour, and your counters, sink and flooring are never disturbed.
See Kitchen Cabinets
Houses that back onto the Credit River valley tend to have big windows, shifting light and larger kitchens with more doors than a standard subdivision home. Ravine home cabinet painting plans the colour, the coating and the schedule around those three things.
See Ravine Homes
Tannin in oak seeps through ordinary primer, which is why oak cabinet painting always begins under a shellac stain blocker. From there, the grain can be filled for a flat look or kept open for visible texture.
See Oak Cabinets
Cabinet refinishing leaves the wood on show: the worn clear coat comes off, stain shifts the tone, and a new sprayed topcoat protects it. Pick it over paint when the timber deserves to be seen.
See Refinishing
Sprayed cabinet painting puts primer and enamel down in fine, uniform layers that cure smooth, free of brush lines or roller stipple. That is how a repainted kitchen gets a finish that looks factory-made.
See Spray Painting
Slick factory doors need a bonding primer before paint will stick, and thermofoil has to be tight to the board before it can be painted at all. Thermofoil, melamine and laminate cabinet painting starts by checking every door for lifting or swelling.
See Thermofoil and Melamine
Pale outer cabinets around a deep-toned island, or rich lowers beneath soft uppers, add depth to a kitchen without any renovation. Two-tone cabinet painting and island-only jobs are among the most requested work we do.
See Two-Tone and Islands
Vanities go through the full clean, prime and spray routine a kitchen gets, using products picked to cope with steam and splashes. Vanity cabinet painting is usually done in a day or two and costs far less than a new vanity.
See Bathroom Vanities
Every door and drawer front leaves the unit to be sprayed in our booth, so the condo stays livable and the building's air stays clean. Condo kitchen cabinet work is planned around elevator bookings and building rules as much as around the kitchen.
See Condo Kitchens
Pantry walls, laundry cupboards, mudroom lockers, bookcases and family room units go through the kitchen's full clean, prime and spray routine. Since most are anchored to walls, built-in cabinet work happens right where they stand.
See Pantries and Built-Ins
Fitting fresh pulls and quiet-closing hinges is simplest when the doors are down for painting anyway. Cabinet hardware changes finish a cabinet painting job and fix doors that sag, rub or slam.
See Hardware and Hinges
One door from your kitchen is sprayed in your chosen shade and stays on site for a few days of viewing. Cabinet colour consultation settles the choice in your real light before any cabinet painting begins.
See Colour ConsultationWe walk through the house, count each piece, note the wood or board and itemize the job. The visit and the quote are both free.
Give us a few lines on the kitchen and the house, then watch for our call to set a time. A name and number are enough. Prefer the phone? Call +1 (289) 207-0026.
