Cabinet Refinishing in Metairie, LA

In the 1920s Old Metairie stock the cabinetry is frequently original or early replacement, often solid wood, and worth refinishing instead of replacing. North of the ridge the post-war and later kitchens are a mixed bag, and the substrate question gets asked before anything is promised, because thermofoil and melamine are a different conversation from wood.

Either way, degreasing is what decides whether the job lasts. 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, which is precisely why the step dropped from a cheap quote is the step the whole finish depends on.

Doors and drawer fronts come off and get numbered, hardware comes off with them instead of being cut around, and on older cabinets the hinges get a proper look, since a door that has dropped will never sit square however well its face has been finished.

Then sand, prime and thin coats with genuine cure time between them. Summer humidity lengthens that, and near the lake in Bucktown it lengthens it further, so a July kitchen carries more days than the same kitchen in November.

Boxes are done in place with the room contained, so what you lose for the run of the job is the use of the cupboards, not the use of the kitchen, which on a family house is a very different proposition from the fortnight elsewhere a full renovation would have cost you.