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 […]
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. […]
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 […]