How we refinish cabinets in a Marietta kitchen
A brushed cabinet shows every stroke in the light over a sink. So the doors and drawer fronts, the surfaces you look at and touch most, leave the house and are sprayed flat on racks, where the enamel lays down evenly on both faces and every edge. The boxes stay put and are sprayed in place under containment.
Marietta kitchens run from older homes near the Square to the 1980s through 2000s subdivisions toward East Cobb, and the prep is planned around what we find: years of grease near the range, worn finish at the pulls, or oak grain you may want filled before the color goes on.
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Mask the kitchen and take the doors off
Counters, backsplash, floors, and appliances are covered and the room is contained for dust. Every door and drawer front is numbered and removed, with its hinges and pulls bagged and labeled.
Day 1
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Degrease, sand, and fill
Kitchen grease comes off first with a cabinet-specific cleaner, then every surface is sanded and deglossed. Dings and old hardware holes are filled, and oak grain is smoothed if you want a flat look.
Day 2
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Bonding primer
Doors are primed on racks in our spray setup and the boxes are primed in place. This is the coat that decides whether a finish chips within a year or holds for many.
Day 3
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Two sprayed enamel coats
Two coats of cabinet-grade enamel, sprayed, with a light sanding between them. Boxes are sprayed in place under full containment; the doors finish off-site.
Days 4 to 5
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Rehang, adjust, and walk it with you
Doors come back, hinges are adjusted so every door hangs level, the hardware goes on, and we walk the kitchen with you in daylight before anything is invoiced.
Day 6
Sprayed cabinet enamel
Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore
A finish built for a busy kitchen
Cabinets take more wear than any other painted surface in a home: wet hands on the sink base, steam over the range, and the same few pulls opened dozens of times a day. Wall paint would not survive that. We use cabinet-grade enamels from Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore, which cure hard and can be wiped down, over a bonding primer that grips the old finish once it has been degreased and sanded.
Sheen is part of that choice. A satin or semi-gloss enamel is easier to wipe clean than a flat one, and we will recommend the sheen that suits your kitchen and the color you pick, whether that is a warm white on the perimeter or a deeper tone on the island.
Enamel keeps hardening for a while after it feels dry, so for the first 14 days skip heavy cleaning. After that, a soft cloth and mild soap are all it needs; keep abrasive pads and ammonia cleaners off it, and wipe spills around the sink and range promptly.
Every cabinet job carries our written 2-year workmanship warranty, and nothing is invoiced until every door hangs level and you are satisfied.
Where we paint cabinets in Marietta
We refinish cabinets in every Marietta ZIP, from the streets around Marietta Square and Whitlock Heights out to Indian Hills, Sewell Mill, and the neighborhoods near Kennesaw Mountain. The same crews work daily in Smyrna, East Cobb, and Whitewater Creek, so a project manager can usually be in your kitchen for a free walkthrough within 24 hours.
At the walkthrough we count the doors and drawer fronts, check that the boxes are sound, look at the door material, and talk through color and sheen. The written estimate follows, and the job is scheduled around the days you can live with open shelving. If the walls, trim, or ceiling need paint too, our kitchen painting crew can fold them into the same project. For painting anywhere else in the house, see our house painters in Marietta.
Marietta cabinet jobs at a glance
- ZIP codes
- 30060, 30062, 30064, 30066, 30067, 30068
- County
- Cobb County
- Estimate response
- Usually within 24 hours
- Typical kitchen
- 4 to 6 days, sink and appliances in use
- Door materials
- Solid wood, MDF, and firmly bonded laminate or thermofoil in good condition
Marietta cabinet painting FAQ
The questions Marietta homeowners ask before the walkthrough. Anything else, call (678) 737-6776.
Yes. Marietta kitchens run from older homes near the Square to the 1980s through 2000s subdivisions toward East Cobb, and the prep is planned around what we find at the walkthrough: years of grease near the range, worn finish at the pulls, or oak grain you may want filled before the color goes on.
Around the days you can live with open shelving. On day 1 every door and drawer front is numbered and removed, with its hinges and pulls bagged and labeled, and the doors are sprayed on racks in our spray setup. They come back on day 6, when the hinges are adjusted so every door hangs level.
Yes. Laminate that is still firmly bonded, flat, and undamaged can be degreased, scuff-sanded, and coated with a bonding primer and cabinet enamel. Solid wood, MDF, and thermofoil doors in good condition can also be painted. Doors that are badly delaminated, with the face peeling away from the core, are better replaced, and we will tell you which yours are at the walkthrough. Our guide to painting laminate cabinets covers which surfaces are paint candidates.
Only if you want it to. On oak, the grain can be filled and smoothed during prep so the sprayed enamel dries to a flat, modern finish, or left as it is if you like a little texture under the color.
Usually within 24 hours. Our crews work daily in Smyrna, East Cobb, and Whitewater Creek, so a project manager is rarely far from a Marietta address, and the walkthrough and written estimate are free.
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