Professional cabinet painting & refinishing in Jacksonville, Macclenny, St. Augustine & all NE Florida. Free estimates. (904) 593-4372.
Kitchen and bathroom cabinet refinishing with proper degreasing, sanding, priming, and durable topcoats.
Cabinet painting makes sense when the boxes and doors are structurally solid but the finish is dated, chipped, or the wrong color — it costs a fraction of full replacement and, done right with sprayed lacquer-quality enamel, can look brand new. It's not the right move if boxes are water-damaged, particle board is swelling, or you want to change the door style and layout.
The decision usually comes down to the condition of the cabinet boxes, not the doors. If the boxes are square, the doors close properly, and there's no water damage or swelling particleboard, repainting is almost always the better value. If you're dealing with warped doors, damaged boxes, or you want a completely different layout or door style, replacement or refacing is worth considering instead.
Spraying gives the smoothest, most factory-like finish because it lays the paint down in an even mist without brush marks. We remove doors and drawer fronts to a spray area (either a shop setup or a plastic-sheeted zone in the home) for this reason. Cabinet boxes that stay in place are typically sprayed with the kitchen masked off completely, or in some cases brushed and rolled with a high-quality enamel if overspray control is a concern.
Brush-and-roll application is a reasonable option when spraying isn't practical, and a skilled hand with a quality enamel and a fine-finish roller can still produce a solid, durable result — just with slightly more visible texture than a sprayed finish under close inspection.
Dry and cure are two different things, and this trips up a lot of homeowners. Paint is dry to the touch within a few hours, but full cure — when the coating reaches its maximum hardness — takes much longer.
Cabinet painting is a natural time to upgrade hardware. We remove all pulls, knobs, and hinges before painting so there's no paint bridging over hardware or leaving visible outlines later. If you're switching from old surface-mount hinges to modern concealed (European-style) hinges, that typically requires new hinge boring in the door and box, which we can coordinate or point you toward a cabinet installer for if the scope goes beyond paint.
Oak is one of the most common cabinet woods in Northeast Florida homes from the 1990s and 2000s, and it has a deep, open wood grain that doesn't disappear just because it's painted. A painted finish on oak will still show some grain texture unless the grain is filled first with a wood grain filler, which is an additional step and cost. Most homeowners choose a smooth-but-not-glass-flat finish that still reads as 'painted wood' rather than paying for full grain-fill, which is closer to a furniture-shop level of finish.
A standard kitchen cabinet repaint typically takes 5-7 working days from start to final reinstall, factoring in cleaning and degreasing, sanding, priming, two to three coats of enamel with dry time between coats, and hardware reinstallation. Larger kitchens, grain-fill requests, or two-tone color schemes (upper cabinets one color, island or lowers another) can extend that timeline.
Text or call (904) 593-4372 to get your project rolling, or request a free estimate.
Prominent Painting — 451 Dale Ct, Macclenny, FL 32063 — (904) 593-4372 — prominentpaintinginc@gmail.com. Open daily 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM.