Cabinet painting and spraying in Markham
Markham runs from heritage frame and brick houses in the Village and Unionville, with plaster walls and painted wood siding, to newer estate housing in Cornell and Angus Glen with tall rooms and builder flat paint. Oak kitchens from the 1980s and 1990s take paint well once the grain is dealt with, and newer MDF and laminate fronts need the right bonding primer rather than more sanding. Cabinet painting takes every door off, preps it properly and sprays it with a hard waterborne enamel so the kitchen you own looks new.
Concept imageryMarkham, on the ground.
Heritage exteriors and trim, great rooms and foyers in new houses, whole-house interiors and cabinet refinishing are the usual Markham jobs. The kitchen is sealed in plastic, doors are removed and sprayed in a dust-controlled setup, boxes are finished in place and everything is rehung and adjusted before the walk-through.
An older house in Markham may sit in a heritage district, so exterior colours are chosen from palettes that suit the street and checked against the Town's guidance.
Read more about painters in Markham or the full cabinet painting and spraying page.
On the quote, from the start.
- 01Every door, drawer front and hinge removed, labelled and tracked so each one goes back where it came from
- 02Degreasing with a dedicated cleaner, then sanding to a dull surface so the primer has something to grip
- 03A bonding primer suited to the cabinet material, whether wood, MDF, laminate or a previous factory finish
- 04Two sprayed coats of waterborne enamel on doors and fronts, with the boxes masked and finished to match
- 05Kitchen sealed off with plastic, counters and appliances masked, and the floor covered end to end
- 06Doors rehung, hinges adjusted, new pulls fitted if you supply them, and a touch-up visit under the [2-year] warranty
No figures published. The drivers, in order.
| Driver | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Number of doors and drawer fronts | Each piece is cleaned, sanded, primed and sprayed on both sides. Thirty fronts is a different job from sixty. |
| Door style | Raised-panel and glazed doors have more edges and profiles to sand and more places for a run to hide than a flat slab. |
| Current finish | Bare or previously painted wood primes easily. Thermofoil, high-gloss laminate and old lacquer need a specific primer and more sanding. |
| Colour and sheen | A dark colour over light cabinets, or a pure white over oak grain, can need an extra coat to cover evenly. |
Island and pantry fronts count the same as any other door. The written quote lists the door count so you can see exactly what the job covers.
Cabinet painting and spraying questions from Markham
Can you spray cabinets in a Markham condo?
Yes. The doors are sprayed in a sealed setup with the kitchen tented in plastic, and the boxes are brushed or sprayed depending on the room. We book the elevator and keep to the building's work hours in Markham.
How many days is my Markham kitchen out of use?
Usually [n] days from the doors coming off to the last hinge adjustment. You can still use the sink and stove most evenings. The written quote gives the exact schedule for your Markham kitchen.
Our great room wall is about eighteen feet tall. How is that painted?
From a scaffold tower set on protected floors, with the crew cutting the ceiling line by hand and rolling the wall in vertical sections so the sheen stays even from top to bottom. A wall that tall shows lap marks if the roller dries between passes, so two painters work it together. The great room is its own line on the quote because of the equipment and the time.
The wood siding on our Markham Village house is chalking and the paint is thin. Is it ready for a repaint?
Chalking means the old paint has broken down and needs washing off before anything new will stick. The siding is pressure-washed, scraped where it is lifting, feather-sanded, primed on bare wood and spot-primed elsewhere, then painted with two coats of exterior acrylic. If the chalk is heavy, a full primer coat goes on. Exterior work waits for warm, dry weather.