Bathroom vanity painting brings the kitchen routine of degreasing, priming and a sprayed topcoat to the small cabinet under the sink, over one or two days, paying extra attention to the doors that sit closest to the water.
A Barrie ensuite or main bath vanity almost always matches the material of the kitchen it was built alongside, so Letitia Heights oak, Painswick South maple and the thermofoil of newer Holly and Alcona streets all turn up here in miniature. Vanities often get done on the same visit as the kitchen, and one makes a sensible first job by itself.
Vanity Cabinet Painting Takes One Day, Sometimes Two
Most vanities carry two to six doors and a handful of drawers, making them the smallest cabinet painting job a house has. Doors come down on day one, the cabinet gets degreased, sanded and primed for its material, and the base gets sprayed behind plastic without leaving the room. The doors get sprayed at the booth and hung a few days on, often on the same trip as kitchen doors when both are booked.
Pricing follows the cabinet painting market by door count, so a vanity generally sits at the very bottom of the $130 to $250 per-door band and drops further when bundled with a kitchen, since setup and travel are already covered. Your price is the written quote.
Moisture Is The Reason Vanity Cabinet Painting Needs A Harder Finish
A bathroom cabinet takes shower steam, sink splashes and the occasional slow drip from the trap, and the doors under the basin fail first. Vanity cabinet painting uses 2K polyurethane, or else waterborne alkyd enamel, cured fully before the room returns to daily use, since a soft finish in a steamy room marks and lifts. Door bottoms and the underside of the cabinet floor receive the same coats as the faces, because that is where water settles. The thin-coat method behind that hardness is on the cabinet spray painting page.
Swollen Particleboard Cannot Be Painted Back Into Shape
A vanity swollen at the bottom by a leak gets pointed out at the visit and left off the quote. Particleboard that has taken on water stays thick, soft and crumbly, and cabinet painting over it looks wrong from day one. Where the doors are fine and only the base has swelled, the doors get painted and a new base gets suggested. Where the doors are thermofoil lifted by steam, new doors sprayed to match are explained on our new doors page.
Vanity Cabinet Painting Colours Can Be Bolder Than Kitchen Colours
A small room tolerates a strong colour. Navy, forest green, charcoal and deep greige all work on a vanity that would be too much on a full kitchen, and brass or black pulls finish them well. Owners who want to test a colour before committing the kitchen to it often try it on the vanity first, which makes vanity cabinet painting a low-cost way to see a colour in the house before the bigger job.
Add A Vanity To A Cabinet Painting Quote In Barrie
Send a photo of the vanity and mention whether the kitchen is being done too, and the free visit will price both. Use the form or call +1 (705) 230-7220. The Barrie Cabinet Painting home page covers the kitchen side of the work across Barrie, Innisfil and Springwater.
A vanity is the quickest cabinet painting job there is, and done with a hard sprayed finish it stands up to a steamy bathroom for years.
Bathroom Vanity Painting Questions
How long does vanity painting take?
Most vanities carry two to six doors and a handful of drawers. Doors come down on day one, the cabinet is degreased, sanded and primed, and the base is sprayed behind plastic in the room. The doors are sprayed at the booth and hung a few days later.
Is the finish tough enough for a steamy bathroom?
Vanity work uses 2K polyurethane or waterborne alkyd enamel, cured fully before the room goes back to daily use, since a soft finish in a steamy room marks and lifts. Door bottoms and the underside of the cabinet floor get the same coats as the faces, because that is where water settles.
Can a swollen vanity base be painted?
No. Particleboard that has taken on water stays thick, soft and crumbly, and paint over it looks wrong from day one. If the doors are fine, they get painted and a new base is suggested. We point out swelling at the visit and leave it off the quote.