Cabinet Refinishing in Covington, LA

What the older stock does bring is better cabinetry. Solid wood and wood veneer take a finish far better than most of what has been made since, so a kitchen in the West 30s or downtown is frequently worth refinishing instead of replacing.

The step that decides whether it lasts is degreasing. A kitchen deposits cooking oil on every surface within reach of the hob for as long as it has existed, and no primer made will stick through it. That is the first thing dropped from a cheap quote and the reason cheap cabinet work lifts at the door edges inside a year.

Doors and drawer fronts come off and get numbered. Hardware comes off with them instead of being cut around. On older cabinets the hinges get looked at properly too, because a door that has dropped even slightly on its hinge will never sit square in its opening however beautifully the face of it has been finished, and that is the detail people notice every single day afterwards.

Then sand, prime and thin coats with real cure time between them. North shore humidity lengthens that considerably through the summer, which is why a kitchen quoted honestly in July carries more days on the schedule than the identical kitchen would in November, and why we would rather explain that at the estimate than hand back doors that are still soft. Soft doors chip. Every time.