We have a small galley kitchen. I painted the cabinets when we moved in to lighten up the area. It took me at least a week with sanding and dry time. I was using oil-based paint however, so that slows things down. I can't remember how many coats. Pretty sure it was three-do know it was more than two. Came out beautifully. That was at least 10 years ago and they are now starting to look in need of a refresher, but we have two long-haired dogs at this point, so I'm not sure how to do the lower cabinets while keeping the dogs unpainted and hair off the new paint-teehee.

Twelve days, start (prep) to finish (final coat).
And I worked every day, all day.
I have a small kitchen.
It was worth it.
Much as I like to paint, it's not a job I'd relish doing a second time around. ;)

Yea, I'd agree with that Moon. I thought a week- but those days would be LONNNNGGG ones!!! =)

Two weeks for us. That was priming, two coats of paint and two coats of poly with sanding between each coat. They turned out great though! It was quite a job! But I do love them!

It took me about 3 full weekends. I have a small galley kitchen and two young kids. So, most of my work was done at night or during the kids naps. I painted one coat of oil base primmer and then two coats of Benjamin Moore's Impervo cabinet paint. I did not want to use an oil base paint due to the mess. The BM Impervo has been excellent and is holding up well. I painted my cabinets last fall.

I love the look of my new kitchen! Good luck!

Moonshadow can I adopt you? I'll feed you while you paint, pretty please with sugar on top.

....Jane

Jane, ROFL!
I'll work for ice cream.
Dove Chocolate and Brownie Affair. ;)

I painted mine in about 5 days. It was new construction so nothing was hainging on the wall yet. The only section I did in place was the island. I did everything outside on sunny days. First I primed with SW and a sponge roller (on bare wood). That dried very fast, within 10 minutes. Then used a spong roller and SW self leveling paint for 2 coats. Let everthing dry and installed. It was very easy. Here is the kitchen to get an idea of how many cabinet were done in that length of time.

A GWer from the kitchen forum posted a blog about her kitchen painting process and ehr cabinets turned out beautiful! Search her blog: Wild Ink. I think her name was Rebekah....

And if your cabinets are already hung & you want to paint the insides, triple the time it took to coat the outsides. I've only done it with a brush using milk paint so I don't know how much faster spraying would be. It's worth it & you'll love the result, but it's a major PITA!

If it’s let’s say 4 days of work for a painter to paint the cabinets to a high quality finish. that’s £150x 4 =£600 in labour maybe £300 in material / paint . Then perhaps it’s better to just buy new cabinets instead ? Cabinets might be £1000 and fitting perhaps £300. So £1300-£1500 for new cabinets vs £900 to do paint old cabinets?

Of course assuming no change to layout . Sink, gas connections etc remain same as old kitchen ..

Have you priced cabinets? Not getting an entire kitchen full of cabinets in the US for 1000 pounds.

Yes £1100-£1200 l-shaped kitchen . No island no sinks and taps. Example. https://www.diy-kitchens.com/kitchens/high-gloss/

That's a fascinating link Ansh. I called diy-kitchens but they dont have the sizes of door that I need, so it's back to the diy painting instead!