A kitchen with sound carcasses and solid doors is often a better candidate for spraying than for a full replacement, particularly where the layout and appliances are staying put. The decision hinges on what the doors are actually made of and how the carcasses beneath them have held up, not simply on how tired the current colour looks.
Solid timber, MDF and most vinyl-wrapped doors can usually be prepared and sprayed successfully. Doors that are delaminating at the edges, swollen from water ingress, or made from a laminate that will not accept a bonding primer are poor candidates and tend to look worse after coating, not better.
Replacement is the honest answer where door sizes need to change, where hinges and fittings are worn beyond adjustment, or where the layout itself is being altered. Spraying only changes the surface — it cannot correct a door that no longer closes properly.
Carcasses, worktops and appliances typically remain untouched while doors, drawer fronts and sometimes end panels are sprayed off-site or in a controlled area on site. Handles are often changed at the same time since the doors are already off.
A properly prepared and sprayed door, kept away from prolonged water exposure at the edges, holds up well to normal kitchen use, but it is a different product outcome to a new factory-finished door and should be judged on that basis rather than compared as if identical.
Most solid, MDF and vinyl-wrapped doors can, but doors with damaged edges, swelling or an unbondable laminate are poor candidates and should be assessed individually.
No, worktops are usually protected during the work rather than recoated — refinishing addresses the door and drawer fronts specifically.
Check the edges for swelling and the surface for delamination; sound doors with tired paintwork are typically good candidates regardless of age.
Send us photographs of your door edges and hinges and we will tell you honestly whether refinishing suits your kitchen.
Refinishing suits sound doors with tired colour; replacement suits doors with structural or fitting problems.
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