Cabinet Refinishing and Painting in Bakersfield, CA

Refinishing cabinets means the boxes stay where they are. Doors and drawer fronts come off, get degreased, sanded and finished properly, and go back on the same hinges. The carcasses are prepared and coated in place. What you get is a kitchen that looks new for a fraction of what new cabinets cost, with much less disruption.

The part that decides whether it lasts is degreasing, and it is the step most often skipped. Kitchen cabinet doors around a range carry an invisible film of cooking oil that has been building for years. Paint over it and the finish will lift at exactly the points you touch most — the top edge of a lower door, the stiles either side of the sink. Every surface gets cleaned back before it is sanded, and it is the difference between a finish that holds for a decade and one that starts peeling inside a year.

Bathroom cabinets have a different problem: standing humidity, and water sitting at the bottom edge of a vanity door that nobody wipes. Those edges get sealed rather than just coated.

Custom wood finishing is available where you want the grain kept rather than covered — stains, clear finishes and matching an existing piece of furniture or trim. It is slower than painting and it is worth it on good timber.

What this covers

• Kitchen and bathroom cabinets refinished in place.
• Doors and drawer fronts removed, degreased, sanded and finished.
• Custom wood finishing, stains and clear finishes.
• Built-ins, vanities and bookcases.