Cabinet Refinishing in Mandeville, LA

Cure time first, because it decides whether the job lasts. A finish needs real time to harden between thin coats, and summer humidity here lengthens that considerably. Doors handed back soft chip at every edge within months, so a kitchen quoted honestly in July carries more days than the same kitchen in November and we would rather build that into the schedule than discover it afterwards.

The light matters because a Mandeville kitchen under canopy sees far less direct sun than the showroom the sample came from, and a warm white that looked right on a chip can turn flat and gray across a shaded run of doors. So we bring samples and look at them in the actual room, on the actual doors, at the hours the kitchen is actually used.

The preparation is the same discipline it is everywhere and it is what the price is really buying. Doors and drawer fronts off and numbered, hardware off instead of being cut around, everything degreased properly before a primer goes near it, then sand, prime and thin coats with genuine time between them.

Degreasing is the step that gets skipped on a cheap quote. A kitchen deposits cooking oil on everything within reach of the hob for as long as it has existed, and no primer made will stick through that.