How much to have cabinets professionally painted?
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Comments (22)Buford, that is quite a transformation! I think you definitely got your money's worth! And Steve, that's funny.....but I can see a number of front yards in our neighbourhood with just that scenario. Maybe not with roses, but other plants. I have thought of the idea of a landscape designer to have a look at our place. It's a difficult location, it's on a slope, and the grade is steep in some places. But what has stopped me so far? 1. My yard is a sanctuary where I keep myself involved and busy. I always have to have a project active at all times. For example, I just completed an arbour early this year. Installed flagstone paving. Put in a shed. Cleared some climbers. Got rid of topiary dwarf cedars. Etc. Next projects - putting in paving behind the garage, installing water reservoirs, reroof the green house. Those are the things I enjoy and those are the projects that keep me going. I simply can't fathom the idea of having someone else take the pleasure of the thinking and conceiving and labour for me. It's like a child paying someone else big bucks to snatch the candies out of his/her very own hands! 2. My yard is a laboratory of continuous experimentation. I am a restless gardener. I find myself constantly doing "something" to the yard - including ripping up something and implementing somethng new in it's place. I can't imagine paying thousands of dollars to have someone else design and landscape the property - because I know that in the years to come, I will find myself systematically dimantling the very work that I paid big bucks for. 3. I am a plantaholic - a plant hoarder. My backyard is more of an arboretum than a garden. I will probably go into deep depression if any landscape designer should come up with a scheme that is going to mean losing some of the plants. On the other hand, I have many friends who simply are not into the kind of gardening stuff that I do. For them, the somewhat haphazard style of our property is simply not their cup of tea. They want something that looks good, without having to take the time out of their busy schedule to either design or implement landscape plans. Almost all who have used landscape designers and landscape contractors have been happy with the result. The only thing they uniformly find hard to swallow is the cost involved in getting a landscape scheme designed and implemented. And lets give kudos to the landscape designers - good designers can make a huge difference to the final outcome. Think of all the factors that they have to consider - color, texture, line, form and scales, and the principles of unity, balance, transition, rhythm, proportion, etc. And then they have to unify function with style. I have been reading Robin Willams' books on garden design, but I still have difficulty looking 10 feet beyond my immediate surrounding - let alone come up with a master scheme for the whole yard!...See MoreHave your painted cabinets chipped & how long have you had them?
Comments (1)My Plain & Fancy cabinets are 10 now. Factory spray painted. This Old House did a show on P&F focusing on the painted surface which seems to be especially durable. On the show they were installing white cabinets. Mine are a butter color. The only areas of wear is on the edge and knob of the garbage pull out and on the handle of the dishwasher -- I had purchased a handle from Lee Valley and sent it to them for spray painting. This is wear and it's the type people pay to get on painted furniture. No chipping whatsoever and no separation in the seams either. We are in upstate NY so we have similar temperature extremes as New England. No idea if P&F has changed their manufacturing in the last few years. There was a poster on here with a huge rant on them but I've been very happy with the quality. Kompy, who's a KD, did a gorgeous white kitchen a year or so ago with P&F. You might consult her as well if they interest you....See MoreHow long for a professional to paint cabinets
Comments (37)Whenever I paint over stained wood, some stains usually bleed through the primer (I use an acrylic primer). I always have a few spray cans of Kilz or BIN or whatever (something oil or shellac based that kills stains) that I use to spot prime the stained areas. I don't believe this is tannin. These stains are normal on kitchen cabinets and I believe that they are from the staining and varnishing process. Anyway, he can do 4 or 100 coats of whatever primer he is using. If the stains are not killed after two coats, they are very likely never going to be killed with the primer he has chosen to kill them. It's a bit concerning that a painter will think multiple coats of primer will kill stains that weren't killed on the first try. As for drying times of primer, it depends on which primer. Most acrylic varieties can be recoated after 2 hours....See MoreProfessionally painted oak cabinets or new cabinetry?
Comments (41)@Nora Vassar - Your original question was on painting versus replacing. Without knowing your budget, the cost to repaint, the cost to replace, what you have now and what you could have, it is impossible to give you decent advice. Whether you are creating value by saving money or destroying value by sinking money into an albatross depends on information we don't have. My knowledge of wood and coatings is at least on par with most professionals, and here is my 2 cents. Painting Oak is always a bit tough, the grain is prominent and if you don't want the grain showing that means a lot more work and really it means a thicker coating. That is compounded when you are trying to repaint over existing coatings. The problem is that wood is hygroscopic, it swells and shrinks with changes in humidity and thus the coatings must swell and shrink also while remaining hard and durable. So the more layers of different materials that are on wood, the more chances there are for differences in swelling and shrinking of coatings to create problems. Mostly we see those differences as the paint "becoming brittle," but the end result is a less durable finish. There is no professional painter that is going to get a good factory quality finish on repainted Oak cabinets. There are many people who can get an acceptable finish on repainted Oak cabinets and create value. Staining cabinets is a bit better than painting cabinets because the layers are typically thinner which is better, but also staining tends to hide imperfections that paint draws attention to. However, there is no doubt that a stained cabinet will outlast a painted cabinet, all other things being equal. Which is neither here nor there if you don't want stained cabinets. I will mention that from what little I can see of your cabinets, I have concerns about repainting that are not about coating durability. Be sure that you are not putting too much faith in the ability of a coat of paint to fix your concerns. I see a lot of face frame and moulding on those cabinets and painting may increase the visual impact of those parts. If you want help making the decision, I would provide more information like layout and a lot more pictures. If it doesn't help you have wasted a bit of time, and if it does, it was time well spent....See Morekadydid
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