Cabinet Refinishing in Kennewick, WA

Why refinish cabinets in a shop instead of your kitchen?

Most cabinet painting happens in the kitchen, with plastic on the counters and a brush or roller on the doors. Speedy's takes the doors, drawer fronts and loose parts to our 1,500 sq ft climate-controlled shop in Kennewick and sprays them in a commercial-grade paint booth. The booth pulls overspray and dust out of the air, and the shop holds a steady temperature, so the finish levels out smooth and cures properly instead of drying with brush marks or dust in it. You keep using your kitchen while the doors are with us.

How does cabinet refinishing work, step by step?

1. Look at the boxes first. We check the cabinet boxes, face frames, hinges and any water damage under the sink before quoting refinishing.
2. Label and remove every door, drawer front and piece of hardware so each one goes back where it came from.
3. Clean and degrease. Kitchen grease is the main reason cabinet paint peels, so every part is cleaned before sanding.
4. Repair, sand and prime. Dings, chips and worn edges are filled, everything is scuffed for grip, and a bonding primer goes on.
5. Spray in the booth. Color coats are sprayed in the paint booth and left to cure in the climate-controlled shop.
6. Finish the frames on site with the kitchen masked off.
7. Reinstall and adjust. Doors go back on with the hinges adjusted so the gaps line up, plus any new pulls or knobs you picked.

Should I refinish or replace my cabinets?

Refinish when the boxes are solid and you like the layout. That's most kitchens with wood or plywood cabinets, even ones with dated oak doors. You keep the countertops, backsplash and plumbing as they are, and there's no tear-out.

Replace when the boxes are swollen or delaminated from a leak, when particleboard is falling apart at the hinges, or when the layout itself doesn't work. Sometimes the answer is in between: refinish most of the kitchen and replace one damaged sink base or a single door. In Pasco we replaced and color-matched one kitchen cabinet door. In Richland we built new plywood cabinet doors with a routed inset edge, then primed and sprayed them to match.

What else goes through the paint booth?

Interior doors, bi-fold doors, front doors, trim boards and furniture. In Kennewick, we took a set of interior doors back to the shop to recondition and refinish them, then installed and caulked the trim on site.

• Kitchen cabinet painting and refinishing, sprayed in our paint booth
• Cabinet door, hinge and face-frame repair
• Cabinet removal and installation
• Cabinet hardware upgrades and pull-out shelves
• Front door, interior door and bi-fold door refinishing
• Baseboard and door casing install and repair, color-matched
• Beadboard, nickel-gap and shiplap accent walls and ceilings
• Furniture refinishing

What colors and finishes can you spray?

White, off-white, greige, deep blues and greens, and black, in a satin or semi-gloss sheen that wipes clean. We can match an existing color from a door or drawer you bring in, which is how a single replacement door ends up blending with the rest of the kitchen.

Can scuffed trim be repaired instead of replaced?

Often, yes. Scuffed baseboards and chipped door casing are repaired in place and blended into the finish around them, and new runs of trim can be primed and sprayed in the shop before they go up.

“We had James repaint a double front-entry door that had badly blistered after only 6 years of use. … James researched suitable paints and methods of preparing the surface for repainting. The result was perfectly smooth and uniform in the color and gloss we wanted. … An impressed neighbor also plans to use his services.” Ae Ja T., Google review