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.
Many Erindale kitchens were updated in the 1990s and 2000s with white thermofoil or melamine, and many rentals close to UTM have builder-grade laminate. All of these can take cabinet painting when the surface is sound.
Thermofoil is a vinyl skin wrapped over shaped board, often with rounded edges. Melamine is a hard plastic face on particleboard, usually flat with a tape edge. Laminate is a heavier plastic layer bonded to a panel. Each one needs its own prep, and we check the doors before quoting.
A quick scratch test in a hidden spot and a look at the edges tells us what we are working with. The quote names the material so you know what primer is going on.
Heat and steam from the dishwasher, the oven and the kettle loosen the glue under thermofoil. The skin bubbles or peels at the corners of the doors closest to those spots. Paint cannot glue it back down.
A door with lifting thermofoil needs its skin peeled off completely or a new door made to take its place. If only two or three doors have failed, we replace those and paint them with the rest. When most are failing, new fronts are covered under cabinet refacing and door replacement.
A standard primer slides off melamine and thermofoil. A bonding primer is made to grip slick surfaces after a light scuff sanding. We clean first, sand evenly, then spray the bonding primer and let it cure before the topcoats go on.
A bonding primer raises the cabinet painting price, usually by some hundreds of dollars for a whole kitchen. It is never skipped. Swollen particleboard edges, usually under the sink, cannot be fixed with primer and are listed for repair or replacement.
Landlords renting to students or staff near the university usually want a durable, clean, neutral finish that is quick to turn around between tenants. We schedule around lease dates and keep the colour simple. Rental cabinet painting uses the same bonding primer and sprayed enamel as an owner's kitchen, so the finish stands up to tenant use. Condo units have their own page at condo kitchen cabinet painting.
The edges of melamine doors are where paint fails first. The edge tape is thin and can lift, and the corners take knocks every day. Before any cabinet painting, we check each edge, glue down any loose tape, and sand the corners lightly so the primer can grip.
Thermofoil doors with rounded edges need the bonding primer worked into the curves. We spray the edges first, then the faces, so every part of the door gets a full coat. This extra care is what keeps melamine and thermofoil cabinet painting looking clean for years.
We check every door for lifting, swelling and chips, then write down what can be painted and what needs replacing. Call +1 (289) 207-0026, send a photo of the doors, or see all Erindale cabinet painting services.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
