Cabinet refinishing and stain-to-paint conversions in Leduc

Best finish for converting dark stained cabinets in Leduc

A dark stained kitchen is one of the harder jobs to take light. The goal is a white or grey face that looks smooth and even, not a thin colour sitting over wood grain. On open-grain wood such as oak, paint applied without grain filling leaves the grain texture visible.

Cabinet refinishing solves that by taking the cabinets back before any colour goes on. A stain-to-paint conversion follows five steps:

1. Stripping. The old stain and topcoat come off the doors, drawer fronts, and boxes.
2. Grain filling. Open grain is filled so it does not telegraph through the new colour.
3. Priming. The bare, filled surface is primed for the colour coat.
4. Spray finishing. White, grey, or your chosen colour is sprayed with HVLP equipment. Doors are done in the shop.
5. Clear coat. A protective clear coat goes over the colour.

Coatings are catalyzed lacquer, conversion varnish, or Benjamin Moore Advance. For oak kitchens going light, Benjamin Moore Cloud White is one colour the contractor cites, and the free colour consultation helps you choose between white and grey before any work starts. See the cabinet refinishing service for the full process.

When painting is the smarter buy for a Leduc kitchen

Not every stained kitchen needs refinishing. If the existing finish is intact, with no peeling and no wear through to bare wood, kitchen cabinet painting can take the cabinets to a lighter colour for less. A compact Leduc kitchen costs $3,000 to $4,500 to paint, compared with $4,000 to $6,000 to refinish. Doors are still sprayed in the shop, and the boxes are painted on site with counters and floors masked. The kitchen cabinet painting page explains what is included.

The trade-off is texture. Oak has open grain, and painting without grain filling leaves that grain visible under the new colour. Some homeowners like the wood texture. Others want a smooth, furniture-like face, and for them refinishing is worth the extra cost. Before deciding, check which kitchen cabinets cannot be painted, since peeling thermofoil is usually refaced instead.

If the door style is what bothers you, rather than the colour, kitchen cabinet refacing replaces the doors and drawer fronts. Bathrooms can join the same job through bathroom vanity painting and refinishing, from $800 per painted vanity.

Cabinet refinishing around Telford Lake and the rest of Leduc

Telford Lake is tied to the start of the city. The lake is named after Robert Taylor Telford, who settled there in 1889 and founded what became the City of Leduc, according to the City of Leduc Telford Lake page. Today the lake sits beside Wm. F. Lede Park and connects to the city's Multiway Trail System.

Wherever your home is in Leduc, pricing follows the Edmonton-area scale shown above. The same scale applies in Beaumont, Spruce Grove, and Edmonton.

Where to find cabinet refinishing near me in Leduc

Cabinet Refinishing Sherwood Park takes Leduc refinishing requests and sends each job to an Edmonton-area contractor whose own full-time crew does the work, with WCB coverage and a 5-year written workmanship warranty that starts at completion.

Start with photos. Text 587-570-5424 a picture of the whole kitchen, a close-up of one stained door, and any worn spots near the sink or handles. A free in-home visit is also available. Either way, you get a detailed written estimate that says whether painting or refinishing fits your cabinets.