Cabinet painting in San Diego. Factory-smooth finish, no brush strokes.

No. Refinishing sprays your existing doors and boxes with a new factory-smooth finish, nothing gets replaced. Refacing tears off the old door and drawer fronts and covers the boxes in new veneer, closer to a mini-remodel in cost and scope. When people search cabinet refinishing, they're almost always picturing the paint job, not a rebuild, and that's what we match you with.

Sprayed waterborne enamel with a proper bonding primer lasts 8–10 years before it needs a refresh. You'll eventually see wear around the most-used handles and at the bottom of drawer fronts. That's normal. Brushed DIY jobs usually chip in 1–2 years because the prep and primer steps get skipped.

Yes. Doors leave for the booth so most of the fumes go with them. Boxes are painted in place over two days. You'll lose kitchen use for about 48 hours total. Plan on takeout or a simpler setup in another room.

Doors and drawers are always sprayed in a booth, the only way to get a true factory finish. Boxes depend on the kitchen. If they're deep and well-masked, the painters we send spray. If they sit next to open pantry goods and floors that cannot be fully sealed, they brush and roll with a microfiber for a near-spray finish.

Essentially yes. White, off-white, greige, navy, sage, black, and two-tone (uppers vs lowers) are the most common. Darker colors show imperfections more, so prep has to be tight. They carry Benjamin Moore fan decks and can color-match Sherwin-Williams or Behr swatches you've been looking at.

Yes, as a standalone or bundled in. If you are keeping existing hardware, the painters we send polish and reinstall in the same holes. If you're upgrading, they either use the same hole spacing or fill and drill new with a jig to match the new pull size.

Cabinet refinishing is the umbrella term for restoring cabinets without replacing the boxes, and painting is the most common way to do it. Refinishing can also mean re-staining or applying a clear coat over wood you want to keep visible. When people search cabinet refinishing in San Diego, they almost always want a sprayed enamel repaint, which is exactly what the painters we match do, factory-smooth, no brush marks.

Call (858) 400-6422 and we'll match you with a vetted San Diego County painter who handles cabinet painting near you. You get one local pro we've already checked, not a directory list. We confirm license and insurance before any referral, and the in-home estimate is free.