Two to six pieces and a day or two of labour make the vanity the smallest cabinet job in any house. Half the time it rides along on a kitchen quote and half the time it stands alone.
Most Oakville houses hold three or four of them, and vanity cabinet painting rarely travels alone. The powder room vanity beside the front door in a Glen Abbey or River Oaks house is usually the oldest and the most visible, and it dates a hallway faster than anything else in it.
A Bathroom Is A Harder Environment Than A Kitchen For Cabinet Painting
Kitchen cabinet painting deals with grease. Bathrooms get standing humidity twice a day, and the vanity sits directly under a sink that leaks eventually.
That changes the cabinet painting specification. Sheen goes up, because a satin or semi-gloss film sheds water where a matte one absorbs it. Cure time gets taken seriously, since a door shut over damp air before its finish hardens will print and stick. The cabinet painting product on a vanity is usually the harder of the two families for exactly this reason.
Vanity Cabinet Painting Follows The Kitchen Sequence At Small Scale
Fronts are unscrewed and numbered, hardware goes into a bag, and every surface is degreased before cabinet painting starts. Hairspray and body product build up on a vanity much as cooking grease does on a kitchen upper, and none of it can stay if the primer is to bond.
Then comes sanding, filling, primer matched to the material, and sprayed coats, two or three of them. Plenty of vanities are thermofoil or melamine instead of timber, so a bonding primer applies along with its adhesion window, as set out under laminate and thermofoil work.
The Countertop And The Sink Decide How The Work Is Staged
An integrated moulded sink and countertop that sits on the vanity limits access to the top rail of the cabinet frame, so masking has to be tight and the sequence has to allow for it.
If a countertop is coming off anyway, the cabinet painting is done without it in the way, giving a cleaner edge and saving masking. Where it stays, counter, backsplash, mirror and tile are all masked, and the frame is coated where it stands behind containment.
A Single Vanity Is Priced Differently From A Whole Kitchen
Vanities are quoted per unit rather than by the cabinet painting band a kitchen falls into. Thirty-six inches with a pair of doors and a pair of drawers sits at the bottom; a double unit with drawers stacked between the sinks sits above it.
Bundling is where the value sits. Two or three vanities added to a kitchen quote cost far less than the same work booked as separate visits, since containment, shop setup and travel have been paid for once already. Full kitchen numbers are on the kitchen cabinet painting page.
Add A Vanity To The Cabinet Painting Quote
Vanities are quick to count and quick to price. A free visit prices every unit separately, so one can drop off the list without disturbing the others. Book through the contact page, see what else gets painted here, or call +1 (289) 206-6886.
Bathroom Vanity Painting Questions
How long does a vanity take?
A day or two of labour for two to six pieces. Fronts are unscrewed and numbered, every surface is degreased, and primer and sprayed coats follow as in a kitchen. Cure time is respected before doors are shut over damp air.
Why is a bathroom harder on a finish?
Bathrooms get standing humidity twice a day, and the vanity sits under a sink that leaks eventually. Sheen goes up because satin or semi-gloss sheds water where matte absorbs it, and the harder of the two product families is usually chosen.
Is it cheaper to add a vanity to a kitchen quote?
Yes. Two or three vanities added to a kitchen quote cost far less than the same work booked as separate visits, because containment, shop setup and travel are already paid for. Each unit is still priced on its own line, so one can drop off the list.