Kitchen Cabinet Process
Painting your kitchen cabinets can be a big decision and not one to take lightly.
You want to choose a professional company and one that has painted many cabinets before, learning all of the products, what can go wrong and what to do if something does go wrong.
Training other painting companies is something we have always taken seriously as Ryan is on the Painting Decorator Contractors of America training committee which puts training in place for thousands of painting contractors and maybe even a few that are competitors of ours.
Here are some great tips and things you should know when choosing us.
Was everything explained at the time of the estimate?
Did you express all of your concerns and expectations? If yes please continue, if not please reach out to our office so we can go over these.
The process to paint kitchen cabinets may vary depending on your current condition and type of cabinets you have. Reading about how to paint kitchen cabinets is great on Google or YouTube, however, each project is different and so is the process. Even on your job, the process may change in the middle of it if the craftsmen feel it is necessary, you are agreeing we may change the process as needed by accepting this proposal.
Typically we clean the surface first using a mild cleaner or tsp, this may also include a deglosser which is a chemical to take some of the sheen off of the cabinets which helps with adhesion.
Now that process is mild so you may not see much of a difference, we may or may not scuff sand your cabinets, again it is job by job.
We may or may not take the doors and or drawers back to our shop. We prefer to do everything onsite but sometimes we do take them back to our shop so we have more room, this doesn't give you a better job one way or the other.
After this is the time to prime, or not prime. Again it depends on your cabinets, sometimes they may be painted without primer, a primer for us is to block stains coming back through not for adhesion. If we decide your cabinets do not need priming we begin with the first coat of finish, you may see a stain bleed through and that is typical. They will use a spot stain killer and touch it up before putting other finish coats on.
They generally will brush and roll onsite, this is important to know you WILL see some minor brush marks, what is minor? Well, that's subjective, if you cannot handle seeing a few brush marks this may not be the job for you. Although they take great pride, care and skill when painting your cabinets, they are hand done and with any hand painted surface you will see the characteristic of the painter. Some projects may be sprayed onsite, it is on a case by case basis , please discuss with your estimator
After the first coat and possible touch ups they may scuff sand them again.
Once that is done the final coat goes on. If your cabinets need any additional coats after this it is an additional cost. We cannot control how a paint may or may not cover, typically two coats is enough 95% of the time but there have been times a third coat is needed. Should you feel that is needed we will give you a price before applying and it must be signed and agreed upon. Again it is not the painters or Amato Paintings issue if you need additional coats.
After the final coat, we will put the doors and drawers back on and then touch up once more. At this point you should walk through with the lead painter, sign off on his sheet and he will collect final payment. Final payment is due at this time and they are expected to return with it.
You want to choose a professional company and one that has painted many cabinets before, learning all of the products, what can go wrong and what to do if something does go wrong.
Training other painting companies is something we have always taken seriously as Ryan is on the Painting Decorator Contractors of America training committee which puts training in place for thousands of painting contractors and maybe even a few that are competitors of ours.
Here are some great tips and things you should know when choosing us.
Was everything explained at the time of the estimate?
Did you express all of your concerns and expectations? If yes please continue, if not please reach out to our office so we can go over these.
The process to paint kitchen cabinets may vary depending on your current condition and type of cabinets you have. Reading about how to paint kitchen cabinets is great on Google or YouTube, however, each project is different and so is the process. Even on your job, the process may change in the middle of it if the craftsmen feel it is necessary, you are agreeing we may change the process as needed by accepting this proposal.
Typically we clean the surface first using a mild cleaner or tsp, this may also include a deglosser which is a chemical to take some of the sheen off of the cabinets which helps with adhesion.
Now that process is mild so you may not see much of a difference, we may or may not scuff sand your cabinets, again it is job by job.
We may or may not take the doors and or drawers back to our shop. We prefer to do everything onsite but sometimes we do take them back to our shop so we have more room, this doesn't give you a better job one way or the other.
After this is the time to prime, or not prime. Again it depends on your cabinets, sometimes they may be painted without primer, a primer for us is to block stains coming back through not for adhesion. If we decide your cabinets do not need priming we begin with the first coat of finish, you may see a stain bleed through and that is typical. They will use a spot stain killer and touch it up before putting other finish coats on.
They generally will brush and roll onsite, this is important to know you WILL see some minor brush marks, what is minor? Well, that's subjective, if you cannot handle seeing a few brush marks this may not be the job for you. Although they take great pride, care and skill when painting your cabinets, they are hand done and with any hand painted surface you will see the characteristic of the painter. Some projects may be sprayed onsite, it is on a case by case basis , please discuss with your estimator
After the first coat and possible touch ups they may scuff sand them again.
Once that is done the final coat goes on. If your cabinets need any additional coats after this it is an additional cost. We cannot control how a paint may or may not cover, typically two coats is enough 95% of the time but there have been times a third coat is needed. Should you feel that is needed we will give you a price before applying and it must be signed and agreed upon. Again it is not the painters or Amato Paintings issue if you need additional coats.
After the final coat, we will put the doors and drawers back on and then touch up once more. At this point you should walk through with the lead painter, sign off on his sheet and he will collect final payment. Final payment is due at this time and they are expected to return with it.
