Questions, answered plainly.

About five days on-site for a typical kitchen. A large kitchen, repairs or an unusual material can add time; I tell you before starting.

No. You do not need to empty your cabinets: everything inside the boxes is masked and protected on day one.

The kitchen is masked and sealed off while I work in it, so access is limited during the project. Ask me how the week will look for your home.

The price of painting kitchen cabinets in Montreal depends on the number of doors and drawer fronts, the material and the condition. I don’t publish a price list: send photos and I will send you a free quote for your kitchen. The cost page explains what moves the number.

Yes, across Greater Montreal. Recent kitchens were in Westmount, Town of Mount Royal, Dorval, Kirkland and Brossard, and Laval is part of my regular area.

Renner 2K with hardener cures much harder than wall paint. It is washable and designed to resist chipping, which is why I use it on every kitchen.

No. Structural damage, swollen particleboard or failing doors can make replacement the better answer, and I will say so.

Refinishing keeps your doors and gives everything a new sprayed finish. Refacing replaces the doors and drawer fronts and covers the boxes with veneer. Both keep the layout.

Yes, if the material underneath is sound. Chips and dents are filled, worn edges sanded and damaged toe kicks rebuilt with 2K Bondo before primer.

Yes. If the new handles use different hole spacing, the old holes are filled before priming.

Refinishing costs a fraction of a full kitchen replacement, because the boxes, doors and counters all stay. For a number for your kitchen, send photos for a free quote.

Spraying happens only inside the sealed booth. The rest of the kitchen is covered in film, and a barrier separates the work area from the rest of the home.

Yes. Frames, end panels and boxes are sprayed in place so they match the doors.

Brushes leave lines and rollers leave texture, and both usually go with softer paints. A sprayed 2K coating levels flat and cures hard.

No. I don’t need a spray shop: the doors are sprayed in the booth I build in your home and stay there all week.

A two-component Italian furniture coating: the coating plus a hardener, mixed right before spraying. It cures much harder than wall paint and is washable.

I work across Greater Montreal: Montreal, Westmount, Town of Mount Royal, the West Island, Laval and the South Shore.

No. The doors stay in your home and are sprayed in the booth I set up there.

Yes. Every door and drawer front is labelled when it comes off.

Yes. The glass comes out before priming and goes back in after the last coat.

Yes. Their profiles are sanded by hand so the primer grips in every curve, then they are primed and sprayed like any other door. In July 2026 I painted a honey oak kitchen with arched cathedral doors.

Doors alone leave the frames in the old colour. Usually the boxes and end panels are sprayed the same week; send photos and I will tell you what fits your kitchen.

Yes. After degreasing and sanding, two coats of BIN shellac primer seal the tannins so the white stays white, then two coats of Renner 2K are sprayed.

Some texture stays visible: primer and paint soften oak’s open grain without filling it completely. Tell me how smooth you want it and we will talk about what is realistic for your doors.

Tannins in oak and cherry, plus old lacquer and grease, migrate into paint and show as yellow or brown stains. A shellac-based primer blocks them.

Yes. The cherry kitchens on this site went white and sage over BIN shellac primer.

If the doors and boxes are solid, usually yes: solid wood is the best candidate for refinishing. Send photos and I will tell you.

Yes. MDF is the smoothest material to spray: no grain and no tannins. The edges are sealed and primed with care, then two coats of Renner 2K are sprayed.

Light damage can be repaired. Swollen, soft MDF cannot hold a finish and should be replaced.

Both are pressed wood fibre; HDF is denser and harder. They are prepared and sprayed the same way.

Edges are more porous than faces and take the knocks and the water. Chipped edges are filled and primed; a swollen, soft edge usually means the door should be replaced.

A close-up photo of a door edge and of the back of a door usually tells me.

Yes, in many cases: with sanding, the right primer and a 2K coating with hardener. Regular paint alone would not hold.

Often yes: the loose film is removed and the MDF underneath is primed and sprayed.

Heat and steam: the oven, a kettle, the dishwasher vent. The glue softens and the film lifts from an edge or a corner.

Refinishing keeps your doors and boxes, so it costs a fraction of a replacement. For a number for your kitchen, send photos.

Doors warped or bubbled by heat. The rest can often be refinished; I check from your photos.

Sound, flat melamine can be refinished with thorough degreasing, sanding, a shellac-based primer and a sprayed 2K coating. Swollen or delaminating boards cannot hold a finish.

Melamine is slick and non-porous. Without degreasing, sanding and a primer that bonds to slick surfaces, paint sits on top and peels at the first knock.

No. Swollen melamine particleboard stays soft, so that door or panel needs replacing.

Melamine has a uniform solid or printed surface and a thin plastic band on the edges; a chip shows particleboard underneath. A photo of an edge tells me.

For sound boards, yes: you keep your layout and boxes. I decide it from your photos first.

Yes. The cherry kitchen on this site went white on top and soft sage below.

Yes. The Westmount kitchen is Renner Italia 2K in Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace OC-65.

Yes. Two coats of BIN shellac primer seal the dark finish and the wood tannins, then two coats of Renner 2K go on. The Westmount espresso kitchen went bright white this way.

Look at it next to your counters in daylight and at night. Clients here chose Chantilly Lace (a clean, bright white), a warm “white chocolate” and Swiss Coffee (a soft off-white).

About five days on-site for a typical kitchen, the same as any refinishing job.

Yes, when the vanity is part of a kitchen cabinet project. It gets the same prep and the same sprayed Renner 2K finish.

Yes. The vanity can take the kitchen colour or a different one; tell me which when you send photos.

Renner 2K with hardener is washable and made for everyday use; it cures much harder than wall paint.

The counter, sink and mirror stay in place and are masked with 3M film before any spraying.

I take vanities on with kitchen projects. For a vanity alone, text photos to 514-792-1918 and ask.