Rental Turnover
Punch list work between guests: locks reset, walls touched up, blinds and furniture repaired, photo report on completion.
Cabinet and Door Painting in Palm Beach County
Refinishing the doors and drawer fronts you already have instead of replacing them.
What is included
- Removing cabinet doors and drawer fronts and labeling every one
- Degreasing, deglossing, and sanding faces and frames
- Bonding primer over factory finishes and older stained wood
- Two finish coats in a hard, washable sheen
- Painting cabinet boxes and face frames in place
- Interior doors, casings, and door edges
- Reinstalling hinges, knobs, and pulls, or fitting hardware you supply
- Adjusting doors so they sit even after refinishing
- Masking counters, floors, and appliance faces through the job
How the job runs
- Step 1
Assess the existing finish
We check what is actually on the cabinets, thermofoil, factory catalyzed finish, or older stained and sealed wood, because each one takes a different primer. We also check hinge type and whether doors are sitting square. You get a quote listing door count, drawer count, and the sheen.
- Step 2
Off, clean, and prime
Doors and drawer fronts come off and get labeled to their opening. Everything gets degreased, since South Florida kitchen grease plus salt film is what makes a cabinet finish peel at the handle. Then deglossing, sanding, and a bonding primer on faces, edges, and frames.
- Step 3
Coat, cure, and rehang
Two finish coats with cure time between them, boxes coated in place, and doors rehung only once the finish is hard enough to handle. We adjust hinges so gaps are even, refit your hardware, and leave you a labeled touch up container.
Why refinishing makes sense in this county
A very large share of Palm Beach County kitchens sit in condo units built between the early 1970s and the mid 1980s, in communities like Century Village and Kings Point, where the boxes are sound plywood or particle core with dated door faces. Replacing the whole set means permits in some buildings, a dumpster you may not be allowed to place, and an elevator reservation in a building that only allows moves on certain days.
Refinishing the doors you already have avoids all of that. The kitchen stays usable, nothing leaves the building, and the association never has to review a scope change. For a seasonal owner who wants the unit to feel current before family arrives in January, it is the fastest visible change available.
Humidity, grease, and why the prep is the job
Cabinet finishes fail at the handle and along the bottom edge of the door, and it is almost always a bond problem, not a paint problem. Kitchens here collect cooking grease the same as anywhere, but they also collect the salt film that comes in through sliders and patio doors. Coat over that and the finish releases the first time somebody with damp hands pulls the door.
So we degrease first, then deglossy, then sand, then prime with a bonding primer chosen for the surface underneath. Thermofoil, factory catalyzed finishes, and 1980s stained oak all need different primers, and getting that choice wrong is the single most common reason a repainted kitchen looks bad within a year. In high humidity we also allow longer cure between coats than a label calls for.
Doors, and the association rules that touch them
Interior doors are straightforward. Unit entry doors are not. In most condo buildings the outside face of your entry door is common area, and its color is set by the association's approved palette. We paint the inside face any color you like and the outside face only in the approved color or with written approval in hand. That one rule prevents a violation letter arriving a month after the work.
Buildings also affect how the work runs. Quiet hours push sanding to mid morning. Elevator padding and a reserved freight window matter when twenty labeled doors are moving. Many buildings want a certificate of insurance on file before anyone comes up. We handle that ahead of the first day.
Hardware, hinges, and the small things that show
Old kitchens in coastal buildings often have hinges that have corroded stiff and pulls with the finish worn through. While the doors are off is the only cheap moment to deal with that. We can reinstall your existing hardware, fit new hardware you supply, or drill for a different pull spacing if you are switching from knobs.
Rehanging is where a refinish is won or lost. Doors that sit a few millimeters out of line read as sloppy no matter how good the coating is. We adjust hinge screws until the reveals are even across a run, then check that no door is dragging on the frame, which happens more here because frames swell in the wet season.
Timing it around your season
The best time to refinish a kitchen is a week when nobody is cooking in it, which for seasonal owners means the April to May close up window or the fall before arrival. If you are living in the unit, we stage the work so the sink and refrigerator stay reachable and you have counter space the whole time.
For rental owners between guests, a cabinet refinish plus a rekey and a few touch ups is a common turnover bundle, because it changes how the unit photographs without changing anything the association has to approve. If the unit sits inside a building with restricted service hours, we plan the door removal day around the elevator window so twenty labeled doors are not waiting in a hallway.
Book it on a schedule
Packages that usually include this work.
Condo and HOA Program
A standing program for associations and management firms: unit turns, punch lists, painting, and lock work on one monthly invoice.
Snowbird Open and Close
Two seasonal visits a year for absent owners. Open the house in October to December, close it in April or May.
Where we work
We cover 39 cities, villages, and towns in Palm Beach County. These are the seven largest.
See all 39 service areasQuestions about this work
Can I use my kitchen while the cabinets are being painted?
Yes. Doors and drawer fronts leave the room for coating, so the openings are exposed for a few days, but the sink, refrigerator, and counters stay reachable. We mask appliance faces and counters and clean the work area daily. If the unit is empty, we can run it straight through and finish faster.
Will you paint the outside of my condo entry door?
Only in your association's approved color, or with written architectural approval. In most Palm Beach County buildings the catwalk facing side of a unit door is common area and its color is set by the board. The inside face is yours and can be any color you want.
Do painted cabinets hold up in South Florida humidity?
They do when the prep is right and the cure is not rushed. We degrease to remove cooking grease and salt film, sand and use a bonding primer matched to the existing finish, then allow longer cure between coats than a dry climate would need. Skipping the degrease is what causes peeling at handles.
Can you paint thermofoil or laminate cabinet doors?
Often yes, if the surface is intact. Thermofoil that has already lifted or bubbled at a corner, which is common near a dishwasher or a range, will not hold a coating on that door. We check every door at the walkthrough and tell you which ones are worth refinishing and which are not.
How long does a typical condo kitchen take?
Most single kitchens run three to five working days, because the finish needs real cure time between coats and doors should not be rehung early. Interior doors alone are usually faster. We give you a day count in the quote and tell you which day the doors come off.
Can you change my cabinet hardware at the same time?
Yes, and while the doors are off is the right moment. We can reuse your hardware, fit new knobs or pulls you supply, or drill for different pull spacing. Corroded hinges are common in coastal buildings and are worth swapping while everything is already apart.
Get a quote for cabinet and door painting
Tell us what you need done and roughly where in Palm Beach County you are. Photos help. We come back with a price, not a sales visit.