CabinetSemmes, AL
Cabinet Painting
Cabinet Refinishing
What makes a finish that lasts.
Materials
The finish is Sherwin-Williams Emerald Urethane — a hard, furniture-grade enamel built to take the daily beating cabinets get. But the finish only holds if it’s over the right primer, and the right primer depends on what your cabinets are made of. That’s the part most people get wrong.
✓Plastic-like / thermofoil → oil ProBlockSlick factory surfaces won’t hold a water-based primer. Oil grips where nothing else will.
✓Previously oil-painted, or ProClassic → Emerald UrethaneAlready a sound, paintable base — straight to the finish.
✓Raw / bare wood → latex ProBlockSeals the wood so it takes the finish evenly, no blotch.
✓Matching primer to substrate is the whole gameIt’s why the finish bonds instead of peeling — and exactly what the 2-year warranty stands behind. Not sure what yours are? See Substrates →.
Substrates
We refinish more than kitchen cabinets — if it’s built like a cabinet, we can spray it. Same removal-prime-spray-cure work, same substrate logic; different box.
✓Kitchen cabinetsDoors, drawers, and boxes — the full refinish.
✓Bathroom vanitiesSingle or double, same factory finish.
✓Entertainment centersBuilt-ins and freestanding units.
✓BookcasesOpen shelving and glass-front cases.
✓What matters is the material underneathThermofoil, previously-painted, ProClassic, and raw wood each get prepped differently so the finish holds. Here’s the primer logic — see Materials →.
Process
Doors and drawers come off first — labeled and tracked so every piece goes back exactly where it came from. Then we clean, sand, and prime where the substrate calls for it, spray the doors off-site for a factory-smooth finish, and roll the boxes with a mohair nap. Two coats, proper cure, back together.
✓Labeled and trackedEvery door, drawer, and hinge mapped back to its spot.
✓Hardware stays with youScrews zip-locked, hinges bucketed, left at the home — your hardware never leaves with us.
✓Sprayed off-siteDoors finished in a controlled setup, not brushed in your kitchen.
✓Mohair nap on the boxesA smooth, even finish on the parts that stay put.
Timelines
Most jobs run 2–5 days — depends on how many cabinets and what they’re made of. The good news: your kitchen stays usable about 80% of the time. The busy stretch is the first day and the last two — and even then, if you need to grab something, you can.
✓You keep your kitchenMost people don’t paint the inside of the cabinets, so you just push your items back a little. The split is right at the hinge line where the door meets the box — everything behind it stays yours.
✓Glass-front doors are the exceptionWe pull the items and paint the inside, since you’ll see it. If a set has to come out, we’ll just need a spot to park the items while we work.
✓One thing on oilWhen a substrate needs an oil primer, it’s the only time the finish doesn’t dry fast — so a curious fur baby could touch it and stick. Not sure if yours needs oil? See Materials →.
Why it fails
Most cabinet jobs that go bad fail for the same handful of reasons — every one of them avoidable.
✓Wall paint on cabinets — the #1 mistakeWall paint never fully hardens on a cabinet, so it stays soft, chips at the edges, and sticks when it’s warm — doors that peel apart when you open them.
✓Wrong primer for the surfaceSkip the substrate match and a slick or oily cabinet never bonds. It looks fine for a month, then peels in sheets or tans (bleeds brown through the finish).
✓Brushed instead of sprayedBrush marks on a cabinet door read as amateur every time. Off-site spray is what gives you the factory-smooth finish.
✓No cure timeRushed back together before the finish hardens, so the doors stick and pull the paint right off.
✓We do it the way that doesn’t failRight primer for your substrate, sprayed off-site, proper cure. That’s what the 2-year warranty protects — see Warranty →.
Warranty
We’ve heard the horror stories — so we put a 2-year warranty on this work to back it up. Honestly, though? You’ll know long before two years.
✓Covers peeling and tanningThe two things proper prep is supposed to prevent. Normal wear stands; if they get beat up, that’s on the cabinets, not the finish.
✓A warranty is only as good as the prepEverybody says they have a warranty. What actually protects you is understanding your situation — the substrate, the materials, and the right questions before anyone opens a can.
✓Avoid a cabinet disasterHere’s how the cheap jobs go wrong — see Why It Fails →.
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