Cabinet Painting Questions From Barrie Homeowners

Ontario market figures for 2026 place whole-kitchen cabinet painting most often at $2,500 to $5,500. Small kitchens and condo galleys begin near $1,500, and big or two-colour kitchens reach $6,000 to $9,000 and beyond. A door runs roughly $130 to $250. Those describe the market, not a price list. Your own number is the written quote that follows the free visit.

Spraying needs a booth for doors, an enclosure in the kitchen for boxes, and extra time for thin passes with sanding between. What it delivers is a smooth, hard, factory-style surface without brush marks that lasts far longer. Brushed enamel leaves ridges that trap dirt and chip, which is why so many painted kitchens look painted.

Yes. All of our work is fully insured, and the policy documents are available before work starts.

Intact thermofoil takes paint over a bonding primer and a sprayed topcoat. Thermofoil that has lifted or bubbled beside the dishwasher or range cannot be painted back down. Those doors get stripped to bare MDF or swapped for new doors sprayed to match, and they appear separately on the quote.

Waterborne alkyd enamel or two-part 2K polyurethane, always sprayed. The enamel levels well and cures over roughly a month. The 2K cures within days, resists cleaners better and is what factory cabinets wear. Wall paint never touches cabinets. The quote states which product your kitchen gets.

Not as standard. Cabinet interiors are usually melamine in good condition, and painting them adds a lot of labour for a surface that stays closed. They are quoted as a separate line for owners who want them done, most often on open shelving or glass-front uppers.

Never entirely. The boxes need two or three days of work in the house, and the doors spend roughly a week to ten days at the booth. Meanwhile the open boxes serve as shelves, and the sink, stove and fridge keep working. First day to final hinge adjustment, allow about two weeks.

Not when prep and cure are handled properly. Chips at handle height and on the cutlery drawer come from paint over grease, skipped primer, heavy brushed coats or hard use before curing finished. Thin sprayed passes of waterborne alkyd enamel or 2K polyurethane over the correct primer, given their cure time, hold at those spots for years.

With a soft cloth and mild soap, and nothing abrasive. During the first month the finish is still hardening, so spills should be wiped promptly and nothing should be hung from or leaned against the doors. After the cure, the finish takes normal kitchen cleaning.

No. A navy, green or charcoal island beside white or greige perimeter cabinets is what Barrie asks for most right now, and painted uppers above a refinished wood island is the other common pairing. Every section gets priced on its own line.

Yes. Either product tints to match a chip from the major paint decks, and one of your own doors gets sprayed in that colour so you can judge it under your kitchen's light before deciding. Matching from a phone screen is the one thing we decline, since screens do not show true colour.

Usually, yes. A warm white or greige kitchen with new pulls photographs as a current kitchen and costs a small share of replacement. Nobody can honestly promise a resale figure, so we do not, but the job can be timed to finish and cure ahead of the photographer.