Cabinet Refinishing & Painting in West Palm Beach, FL
A Kitchen That Reads as New Without the Demolition
A waterborne alkyd cabinet enamel is typically ready to recoat in roughly 16 hours at 77 degrees, yet it keeps hardening for about 30 days afterward, which is exactly why doors slammed shut during that first week carry those dents and prints for years. Herrera's Home Painting refinishes and paints cabinetry throughout West Palm Beach, FL, along with Lake Worth, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, and Boca Raton, in kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, and built-in cabinetry of every age and finish.
Doors and drawer fronts come off and get numbered, hinges and pulls are bagged and labeled by location, and every surface is degreased, deglossed, and sanded before a drop of primer lands. Finish coats are sprayed rather than brushed, so what you see is the profile of the door instead of a record of brush strokes. With 15+ years of cabinet and finish work behind us and free estimates on every kitchen, our contact page is the place to begin.
Cabinets We Refinish and Paint
Kitchen Cabinet Painting
Full kitchens are handled door by door, with boxes coated in place behind masking and fronts sprayed off site or in a controlled area. The result is a uniform color across every surface you touch, including the edges people rarely think about.
Bathroom Vanity Refinishing
Vanities live in steam and standing water, so they need a harder film than a bedroom door does. Surfaces are cleaned, sanded, and coated with a moisture-tolerant enamel that stands up to daily splashing without softening or peeling at the base.
Wood Staining and Grain Restoration
When the wood underneath is worth keeping, existing finish is stripped and sanded back before a penetrating stain goes on. Grain depth returns, tone evens out across doors that faded unevenly, and a clear protective topcoat seals the result.
Laminate and Thermofoil Cabinet Coating
Slick factory surfaces reject ordinary paint, which is why these need a bonding primer and careful surface abrasion first. Edges where thermofoil has lifted are addressed before coating, since paint alone will not reattach a film that has already separated.
Door and Drawer Front Spraying
Fronts are the most visible parts of any kitchen and the most punishing to finish well. Spraying them flat and horizontal lets the coating level out on its own, producing a smooth surface that brushing and rolling simply cannot reproduce.
Hardware Removal and Reinstallation
Hinges, pulls, and soft-close mechanisms come off, get labeled by door, and go back exactly where they started. New hardware can be fitted at the same time, with old holes filled and sanded flush so nothing telegraphs through the finish.
Why Choose Us for Cabinet Refinishing & Painting
Grease Gone Before Primer Goes On
Kitchen cabinets carry a film of cooking oil that ordinary cleaning misses entirely. Every surface is degreased and rinsed before sanding, because paint applied over that residue releases in sheets within months no matter how good the product is.
Sprayed Finishes Without Brush Marks
Cabinet doors sit at eye level in the brightest room of the house, so texture shows. Spray application lays a thin, even film that levels as it dries, giving the smooth factory look that brushwork on a raised panel cannot match.
A Kitchen You Can Still Use
Losing a kitchen for two weeks is not realistic for most families. Work is staged so the sink, refrigerator, and a stretch of counter stay usable throughout, and doors go back on as soon as the coating is ready.
Color Guidance for Your Actual Light
Color behaves very differently under your warm kitchen fixtures than it does in a showroom. Samples are painted and left in your kitchen to view at breakfast and after dark, so the choice is made in the light you actually live with.
Finishes Built for Daily Handling
Cabinets get opened thousands of times a year, wiped down constantly, and knocked with pans. Products are chosen for hardness and washability rather than price, since a soft coating on a drawer front shows wear within one season.
A Fraction of the Replacement Cost
Sound boxes with dated doors do not need a demolition crew. Refinishing keeps the layout, the countertops, and the plumbing exactly where they are, which means no permits, no waiting on cabinet orders, and no kitchen torn apart for weeks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it better to paint or replace kitchen cabinets?
Painting makes sense when the boxes are solid, the layout works, and only the finish looks tired. Herrera's Home Painting refinishes more kitchens in West Palm Beach, FL than we replace, though delaminating doors or water-damaged frames call for new cabinetry.
Do you have to sand cabinets before painting?
Yes, in almost every case. Sanding gives the primer a mechanical grip on a surface that decades of finish have made slick. Skipping it is the single most common reason cabinet paint peels away in strips later on.
What is the best paint for kitchen cabinets?
Waterborne alkyd and urethane trim enamels are the practical choice, since both level out smoothly and cure hard enough to handle daily contact. Ordinary wall paint stays soft more or less indefinitely and will not survive daily use on a cabinet door.
How long do painted kitchen cabinets take to cure?
Rehanging can happen within a day or two, but the coating keeps hardening for around 30 days. Herrera's Home Painting asks West Palm Beach, FL clients to close doors gently and skip any heavy cleaning during that stretch.
Should cabinets be sprayed or brushed?
Spraying produces the smoother, more uniform surface, which is why it is the standard for doors and drawer fronts. Brushing still has a place on face frames and tight interior corners where masking a sprayer is impractical or wasteful.
Why are newly painted cabinets chipping?
Almost always a preparation failure rather than a paint failure. Grease left on the surface, no sanding, the wrong primer, or reassembly before the finish had cured are the four causes behind nearly every chipping complaint we see.
Can laminate or thermofoil cabinets be painted?
They can, provided the surface is scuffed and coated with a bonding primer made for slick substrates. Panels where the thermofoil layer has already peeled away from the core need repair or replacement before any coating is applied.
Do you paint the inside of kitchen cabinets?
Only when you ask for it, since most clients prefer to keep interiors as they are. Painting inside adds significant masking, drying, and cure time, and shelves cannot be loaded again until the finish has properly hardened all the way through.
Fresh Cabinets Change a Room More Than New Floors Do
Walk into a kitchen after the cabinetry has been refinished and the change registers before you notice anything else, because those doors occupy more of your sight line than the counters, the backsplash, or the floor ever will. Herrera's Home Painting brings that change to kitchens, vanities, and built-ins across West Palm Beach, FL, working around your household so the room stays usable while the finish goes on and cures.
Nothing gets torn out, nothing gets ordered, and the counters stay exactly where they are. Take a look at your doors, decide whether color or stain suits the space better, and send photographs through our contact page for a free estimate.