"I can put my fingernail to the cabinet paint and it makes a dent." That is the painted-cabinet story everyone has read: fine for a few months, then chipping around the handles and peeling under the sink. It is almost always the prep. Cabinet Transformer takes the doors and hardware off, cleans, degreases and sands every surface, lays down a commercial-grade primer, then professional topcoats, and reinstalls and inspects everything. Most jobs take three to five days. When you call, we book a free in-home consultation. Cori looks at your doors, shows you real color samples, and gives you a no-pressure quote on the spot. Call (469) 281-7313.
Painted a few months ago, and now it peels where hands touch it and lifts under the sink. Looking back, nobody sanded or primed.
Every surface is cleaned, degreased and sanded, then primed with a commercial-grade primer before a single topcoat goes on.Honey oak, three coats of white, and from across the room you can still see every line of the grain.
Cori looks at your actual doors and tells you at the consultation how much grain will read through and what can be done about it.The doors have been sitting in the garage for two weeks, the kitchen is a mess, and nobody has sprayed a drop of paint.
Cabinet Transformer's usual job is three to five days from start to finished reveal. The schedule comes with the quote.
Paint on cabinets fails for three reasons, and all three are prep: it went on over grease, it went on over a glossy finish that was never sanded, or it went on without a bonding primer. Kitchen cabinets carry years of cooking oil near the range and hand oil around the pulls, which is exactly where the chips start. So the doors and hardware come off, every surface is cleaned and degreased, sanded, primed with a commercial-grade primer, and only then topcoated. It is slow and boring, and it is the whole job.
Honey oak has an open grain, and paint alone does not hide it. Some people like a little texture; some want it gone. That is a real choice with a real cost, and it depends on your doors. At the consultation, Cori looks at them, shows you samples, and tells you straight what the finished doors will look like in your kitchen light.
Painters quote wildly different numbers for the same kitchen because they are quoting different jobs: one sprays and sands everything, one brushes the doors in place. The only fair comparison is scope. Cabinet Transformer gives you a no-pressure quote on the spot, and the table below is what moves the number, so you can read any quote side by side.
We do not put a price on this page. A painting number depends on your kitchen, and here is what moves it, so any quote you get can be compared fairly:
| Number of doors and drawer fronts | The biggest driver. Every door is removed, prepped, primed and finished on both sides. |
|---|---|
| Where you are starting | Dark cherry or oily oak going to white takes more coats than a light wood going to gray. |
| Frames, end panels and island | Whether every visible surface is included, or just the doors. |
| Grain treatment | Leaving the oak texture, or working to reduce it, is a real difference in time. |
| Hardware | Reusing your pulls, or new knobs, pulls and hinges installed in the same visit. |
Ask for the quote to say what is and is not painted. The consultation is free and the quote comes the same day.
North Texas swings from humid summers to dry winters, and cabinet finishes feel both: a finish that was rushed can bubble in August or lift at the seams once the heat comes on in January. A proper cure and proper primer matter more here than in a mild climate. So does the kitchen itself: most of the Dallas cabinets painted are 1980s to 2000s oak, maple and cherry, with years of cooking oil near the range that has to come off before anything will stick.
Refinishing is the other option when you like wood. The stone-hood kitchen above was not painted solid; it was refinished in a gray glaze that keeps some of the wood character. Say which way you lean at the consultation.
Say what the kitchen looks like and what bothers you about it. (469) 281-7313, or the form on this site.
Free in-home consultation. She opens the doors, checks the boxes, measures, and shows you real color and door samples.
No pressure and no obligation. If paint makes more sense than refacing, or new cabinets make more sense than either, she says so.
Doors and hardware come off, everything is degreased, sanded, primed and topcoated, then reassembled and inspected.
Botched paint jobs usually end with a painter who will not come back. Cabinet Transformer is a family-owned company with 25 years in DFW, and the people are named: Cori for the estimate, Colby painting, Charles leading the job. Doors and hardware are inspected when they go back on.
Paint is hard to undo, and some people regret it. If you are unsure, refinishing or a glaze keeps some wood showing. Look at the before and afters on this page, and bring your doubts to the consultation.
White cabinets that yellow usually had an oil-based clear coat over them. Ask what goes on top of the color and whether it ambers over time.
Bubbling and lifting come from moisture and from coats that go on before the last one cured. Time between coats is part of what you are paying for.
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Some wear after years of hands on the same spot is normal. Chipping within months is not; it almost always means the surface was not degreased, sanded and primed first. That prep is where most of the labor on a proper job goes.
Yes, some, unless the grain is treated. Oak has an open grain that paint alone does not fill. Whether that texture bothers you is personal, so look at a sample on your own doors before you decide.
Cabinet Transformer's usual job takes three to five days from start to finished reveal. The exact schedule comes with the quote.
If you like the shape of your doors and the boxes are solid, painting costs less and gets you most of the change. If the doors are a shape you cannot stand or are damaged, refacing gives you new ones. See cabinet refacing for the full comparison.
Some do, usually over a trendy color or losing wood they liked. Pick the color from physical samples in your own kitchen light, and consider a refinish or glaze if you still like the wood.
Cori looks at your doors, shows you real samples and gives you a quote on the spot. Free, no pressure.