You can use this process at home to refinish your kitchen cabinet doors. It is similar to the methods Sharrard Painting follows for professional cabinet refinishing: A) Take them off: Remove, label doors and all other hardware. See our blog post on Tips for Painting Kitchen Cabinets for more information about this. B) Wash Doors: […]
Professional Cabinet Painting – Notes for Contractors
Here are some handy notes for the local cabinet painting contractor in Toronto, Mississauga, or the Oakville area. If you are thinking of providing cabinet refinishing as a service these are some factors you need to consider. Space and Spray Booth: to paint doors and to have space to allow the doors to dry and […]
Spray Painting Kitchen Base Cabinets, Kick Plates, Crowns & Gable Ends.
By Todd Sharrard. When refinishing kitchen cabinets the painting of base cabinetry refers to the refinishing of articles that cannot be removed and painted off site. In your standard kitchen this includes things such as the kick plates, gable ends, valance and crown mouldings; it can also refer to the painting of the stile and rail edge banding that […]
Notes on Painting Oak Cabinets
We often receive requests to quote the refinishing of oak kitchen cabinets to a solid pigmented finish such as white, off-white or mid-tone colour. Spray painting finished oak cabinet doors to white or lighter colours, in general, can be a real challenge. The presentation of the grain is always an issue. We find that customers […]
Spray Painted Furniture
Spray Painted Furniture using Kem Aqua By Sherwin Williams – the colour is Ben Moore Black magic! We only do a limited number of furniture pieces per year. Turn around time is typically 3 to 4 weeks.
Spray Painted French Doors
For this project we used Ben Moore Advance done in a pearl finish. Its a water-based alkyd, very durable but takes a very long time to dry. Although it would have been nice to paint the doors using a lacquer its not to practical if the customer is doing the rest of the trim (casing […]
Refinished Kitchen Cabinets – Burnett St, Oakville Ontario
This grand kitchen was recently refinished by Sharrard Painting and Fine Finishing. This designer kitchen built by Retaylors in 2004 was in need of a fresh coat. And thats what we did; over 130 pieces were removed and taken back to Retaylors finishing facility (which we manage) for a wash, sand, prime and two finish coats. […]
Project Review – LA Kings / Staples Center
Oakville, Ontario: Sharrard Painting and Fine Finishing through its association with Retaylors just completed the refinishing of the new Coaches Corner for the Staple Center in Los Angeles. The project involved the finishing of over 100 pieces of solid birch and birch veneer. Each piece under went the following finishing schedule: 150 grit sanding Staining – dry […]
Spray Painted Kitchen Cabinets Done in Sherwin Williams Kem Aqua Lacquer
ANCASTER, ONTARIO. These cabinets were refinished by Sharrard Painting and Fine Finishing last fall. They were spray painted using an 395 Air Assisted Sprayer from Graco for the shop work and a Capspray 8100 (3 stage turbine) for the on site work. The colour is CC-20 Decorators White. The cabinet doors are made of very […]
Primer Recommendations for Everyday Painting Projects
Picking the right primer is one of the critical factors to delivering quality painting product on budget. A good primer will seal the surface allowing both easy and even distribution of the finish product. Primers can also be used to build up or level out a surface. The right primers can be very effective at filling […]