Cabinet Painting & Refinishing · Charleston Lowcountry
Cabinet Painting & Refinishing in Moncks Corner & the Charleston Lowcountry
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Overview
Cabinet Painting & Refinishing done properly
Cabinets are the hardest finish in a house to get right, because they get touched every day and they sit at eye level under kitchen lighting. Grease, hand oils and cooking residue have to come off completely, the sheen has to be broken so the primer can bond, and the topcoat has to cure into something that takes a fingernail without marking.
We refinish kitchen and bathroom cabinetry, doors, drawer fronts, face frames, islands and built-ins — repainting dated oak and maple, changing color, or restaining and refinishing wood that is worth keeping. It is a fraction of the cost of replacing the boxes, and in most Lowcountry kitchens the boxes are perfectly sound.
Cure time matters more than dry time
Cabinet enamel can feel dry in an hour and still be soft for days — and in Charleston-area humidity, that window stretches. Stack plates onto a shelf too early or rehang a door against a wet stop and you have a mark you cannot buff out.
We build realistic cure time into the schedule and tell you plainly when drawers can be loaded and when the doors can be closed for the first time. It is the least exciting part of a cabinet job and the part that most often gets rushed.
How we work
Our Cabinet Refinishing Process
No surprises. This is the order the job runs in, and what each stage is actually for.
- 1
Label and remove
Doors, drawer fronts and hardware come off and get labeled so every piece goes back exactly where it came from.
- 2
Degrease — properly
Every surface is cleaned with a degreaser, not just wiped down. Grease film around the range and above the hood is the single most common reason a cabinet finish peels later.
- 3
Sand and de-gloss
Existing finishes are sanded to break the sheen, grain is addressed where the look calls for it, and dust is vacuumed and tacked off before anything is applied.
- 4
Mask the kitchen
Countertops, backsplash, appliances, floors and openings are fully masked and papered — the same masking discipline you can see in our door and trim work.
- 5
Bonding primer
A cabinet-grade bonding primer goes on first. It is what the finish actually holds to, and on stained oak it is also what stops tannin from bleeding through a light color.
- 6
Finish coats and reassembly
Thin, even coats of a hard cabinet enamel, sanded between coats where needed, then hardware and doors back on and adjusted once the finish has had time to cure.
What you get
Why homeowners book us for it
The things that make the difference on a cabinet painting job — and the things that get skipped when a price looks too good.
A kitchen you can still use
We stage the work so the kitchen is not fully out of commission any longer than it has to be, and we tell you up front which days will be the disruptive ones.
Hard, cleanable finish
Cabinet enamels are chosen to cure hard and wipe clean, not to look good for a month.
Restain as well as repaint
Where the wood is worth showing, we can strip, sand and restain instead of painting over it. The stained entry doors in our portfolio are the same skill set.
Trim and built-ins to match
Doors, casings, baseboards, mantels and shelving finished in the same sheen so the whole room reads as one job.
From our portfolio
Glass, transom, threshold and the surrounding wall completely masked before the doors were stained — the prep stage nobody photographs, and the reason the finish lines are clean.
Questions
Cabinet Painting & Refinishing FAQs
What homeowners ask before booking cabinet painting.
Yes — oak grain can be filled and smoothed before priming so the finish reads flat instead of textured. It adds time, so we price it as an option and show you the difference at the estimate.
We discuss it at the estimate. Doors and drawer fronts are often finished off the boxes for a better result, and we label everything so reassembly is exact.
The boxes come back into service quickly; the doors and drawer fronts need longer to cure hard. We give you specific timing for your job rather than a generic number.
Other services
While we are at your home
Most of our jobs combine two or three of these. Ask for them together and we will quote them together.
Get a free cabinet painting estimate
Tell us about the cabinet painting you have in mind and we will come and look at it. Free, no obligation, within about 35 miles of Moncks Corner.