Toronto · GTA · York Region · Family-Owned Since 2014
Cabinet Spray Painting Toronto
Cabinet spray painting in Toronto gives your existing kitchen cabinets a factory-quality finish — doors removed, sprayed in our Vaughan shop with Italian Renner coatings, and reinstalled in 5 to 8 days with a 5-year written warranty.
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Cabinet spray painting Toronto — before and afteralt: cabinet spray painting Toronto before and after — oak to Renner white satin ·
600+Kitchens Sprayed
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Quick Answer
Cabinet spray painting in Toronto is a refinishing process where doors and drawer fronts are removed, transported to a controlled spray shop, and sprayed with multiple coats of professional lacquer — we use Italian Renner 2K polyurethane. In the GTA, an average kitchen costs $3,500–$7,500, takes 5–8 days, and lasts 10+ years when done by a specialist. It is the only way to get a true factory finish without replacing the boxes — at a fraction of the cost of new cabinets.
Every photo is a real Arsh Art project — real GTA homeowners, real Renner finishes, real kitchens.
Leslieville — 32 Thermofoil Cabinets. Colour: Mid Tone Gray. Cost: $3,800. 7 day-turnaroundForest Hill – 48 Oak Cabinets. Colour: Chantilly Lace. Cost: $5,600. 8-day turnaround.East York – 36 Maple Cabinets. Colour: Symphony Blue. Cost: $4,200. 7-day turnaround Bayview Village – 54 Maple Cabinets. Colour: Snowfall White. Cost:$7,400. Spray On-SiteEtobicoke – 48 Cherry Wood Cabinets, Colour: Cloud White. Cost: $5,700. 8-day turnaroundAlderwood – 28 Maple Cabinets. Colour: Coventry Gray. Cost: $3,500. 5-day turnaround
Watch Us Work
See cabinet spray painting in motion
Watch how we prep, mask, and spray a real Toronto kitchen — start to finish.
The Technical Difference
Why does spray painting produce a better finish than brush and roller?
The difference is atomization. An HVLP spray gun breaks Renner lacquer into a fine, even mist that lays flat with no brush marks, no roller stipple, and no lap lines. Add a climate-controlled booth and oven curing, and you get surface hardness and colour depth that on-site brush work simply cannot match.
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Smooth as glass
Spray-applied finish is visually smooth in a way brush application cannot match — no stroke marks, no lap lines. The reason is atomization: HVLP equipment breaks paint into particles roughly 50 microns wide, versus brush marks that can be 200+ microns deep. Your eye reads the difference instantly.
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Hardness that lasts
Renner 2K polyurethane cures to a 2H+ pencil hardness — 3× harder than wall-grade paints applied by hand. That hardness is what lets the finish survive daily kitchen use for 10+ years without chipping.
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True colour depth
Three thin sprayed coats build colour evenly across every surface. Brushed cabinets often look blotchy on flat panels and darker in routed profiles — spray eliminates both problems in a single well-prepped pass.
Our Process · Refined Since 2014
Our 6-step shop-spray cabinet painting process
Every Toronto kitchen we paint follows this sequence. The shop work is what gives you a factory finish; the on-site work is what makes the project feel finished and disruption-free.
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In-home consultation & fixed quote
Sara or Mike personally visits, measures every door and drawer, identifies the substrate (maple, oak, thermofoil, melamine, MDF, or laminate), discusses colour, hardware, and timeline, and writes a fixed-price quote on the spot. No sales reps, no third-party estimators. The visit takes 30–45 minutes for most Toronto kitchens. Same-day quote, no follow-up pressure.
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Door removal, labelling, transport
On day 1 we arrive with protective racks. Every door and drawer front is photographed in place, given a numbered label that maps to its hinge location, and removed with hardware bagged separately. The doors travel to our Vaughan shop in cushioned racks — nothing rubs, nothing chips during transport. Boxes stay in your kitchen, masked and protected.
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Shop prep — sand, fill, prime
In the shop, every door is sanded to bare grain (120-grit on rails, 180 on stiles, 220 on panels), cleaned with denatured alcohol, and inspected for damage. Oak gets two coats of Aqua Coat grain fill, sanded between. Thermofoil gets Zinsser BIN shellac primer. Maple and MDF get a high-build primer, sanded smooth. This stage is what determines whether the finish lasts 3 years or 15.
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Spray, cure, sand, spray again
Two finish coats of Renner 2K Italian acrylic-polyurethane sprayed with HVLP equipment in our climate-controlled spray booth. Each coat cures 24 hours under regulated humidity (45–55%) and temperature (18–22°C) before the next is applied. Between coats we sand with 400-grit pads. Total shop time: 4 to 6 days depending on door count and substrate.
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On-site box paint & trim
While doors cure, our on-site team preps and paints the cabinet boxes in your home to match. For luxury kitchens or highly detailed stationary panels, we also offer full on-site HVLP spraying with zip-wall containment for the ultimate seamless finish. This phase runs 1–2 days. If you’ve opted for full on-site spray with zip-wall containment, allow 3–4 days. Your kitchen remains usable every evening regardless.
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Reinstall, hardware, walkthrough, warranty
Cured doors come back. We reinstall every door using its original location label, swap or upgrade hinges (soft-close conversion is standard-included if your existing hinges are not soft-close compatible), set every door to perfect alignment, and finish with a walkthrough. Sara or Mike hands you the warranty document and addresses any touch-ups on the spot before we leave.
Honest Pricing · No Surprises
How much does cabinet spray painting cost in Toronto in 2026?
For a typical Toronto/GTA kitchen of 25–35 cabinet doors and 6–8 drawer fronts, professional cabinet spray painting falls between $3,500 and $7,500 CAD. The two biggest variables are cabinet count and substrate.
Kitchen size
Doors + drawer fronts
Price range (CAD)
Small condo / galley
15–22 pieces
$2,600 – $3,000
Standard family kitchen
25–35 pieces
$3,200 – $4,200
Large suburban kitchen
35–50 pieces
$4,400 – $6,800
Luxury / two-tone / island feature
50+ pieces
$7,200 – $11,000
What changes the price? Substrate (thermofoil and melamine require an extra primer pass), colour change (light-over-dark adds a coat), two-tone finishes (effectively two paint jobs), interior spraying on glass-front cabinets, and hardware upgrades (soft-close hinges, new pulls).
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What’s included in every Arsh Art spray painting project?
Our quoted price is all-in. There are no per-door surcharges, no “primer extra,” no surprise line items at walkthrough. You get a free on-site consultation and a fixed written quote, full removal and labelling of every door and drawer front, transport to and from our Vaughan shop, complete masking of cabinet boxes and adjacent surfaces, TSP degrease, full sand and grain-fill where required, bonding primer, two to three coats of Renner Italian polyurethane in your chosen colour and sheen, climate-controlled spraying and oven curing, complete reinstallation including hinge alignment, and a registered 5-year warranty on workmanship and finish.
If you’re upgrading to soft-close hinges or new pulls, we install those at the walkthrough — included or quoted separately, your choice. What is not included by default: cabinet repairs (broken hinges, water damage, sagging shelves), structural changes (resizing, adding cabinets, extending to ceiling), and countertop or backsplash work. We do all of these — see our full kitchen renovation service — but they are quoted separately so the painting line item stays transparent.
Every Substrate · Specialized Prep
Which cabinet types can be spray painted in Toronto?
Almost every cabinet in a GTA kitchen can be sprayed successfully — but each substrate behaves differently and requires its own prep approach. Here is how we handle each one.
Oak Cabinets
The most common cabinet wood in 1970s–1990s Toronto homes. Open grain demands grain-fill or it telegraphs through the topcoat. Three primer coats with intermediate sanding at 320 grit solves it — the result is glass-smooth and ready for any colour.
Maple Cabinets
Tight grain, dense wood, very forgiving. Standard 220-grit scuff and bonding primer is enough — no grain-fill required. Maple typically produces the smoothest result of any wood substrate, especially in full gloss or satin sheens.
Thermofoil Cabinets
A vinyl film over MDF, common in 2000s builder kitchens across the GTA. Adhesion primer is critical — without it, paint peels in months. We use Zinsser BIN shellac primer and never skip an adhesion test patch on a hidden door before committing the topcoat.
Melamine & Laminate
Slick paper or plastic surface bonded to particle board. Same playbook as thermofoil: bonding primer is everything. We recommend avoiding direct steam exposure near the finish for 30 days post-cure while the Renner coating reaches full hardness.
MDF & Painted Shaker Doors
The easiest substrate. Light sand, high-build primer, two finish coats — done. MDF’s ultra-smooth surface is why shaker-style and slab-door kitchens spray so beautifully. If you want a perfectly flat, modern finish, MDF sprayed with Renner is the benchmark.
From Sara & Mike
Why we built our own spray shop instead of working on-site
“The difference between a good cabinet job and a great one is humidity. We will not spray Renner under 45% RH or above 65% — that’s why our booth is climate controlled and why our finishes still look fresh five winters later. On-site spraying of the cabinet doors in a Toronto kitchen in February is a gamble we’re not willing to take with someone’s home.”
— Sara & Mike, Owners · Arsh Art Cabinet Refinishing · Vaughan, ON · Since 2014
In February 2026, we took on a 1972 bungalow in Don Mills with original golden oak cabinets. The owner wanted glass-smooth — zero grain telegraph — and her son’s first birthday party was in nine days. Three coats of Renner high-build primer with intermediate sanding at 320 grit, then two Renner 2K finish coats. Doors off Monday, back Tuesday the following week. The lesson we keep applying: on Toronto oak, never skip grain-fill.
Backed by Royal Home Painters — the GTA’s most trusted painting team
Arsh Art Cabinet Refinishing is the cabinet-specialist division of Royal Home Painters, a Toronto-area painting company with hundreds of 5-star reviews and a 15-year track record on residential and commercial projects across the GTA.
That parent company gives us tools, insurance, warranty muscle, and team depth no franchise or one-truck operation can match. When you hire Arsh Art for cabinet spray painting, every guarantee is backed by a full-service operation that has been finishing GTA interiors since 2011.
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Common Questions
Cabinet spray painting FAQs
How long does cabinet spray painting take in a Toronto kitchen?
Most of our projects run 5 to 8 working days from door removal to reinstallation. A standard 25–35 piece kitchen takes one week: doors leave on Monday, return the following Monday. Larger or two-tone kitchens add 1–2 days. You can use the kitchen sinks and counters throughout — only the doors and drawer fronts are removed. Most Toronto homeowners find the disruption far less than expected.
Will the new finish chip or peel?
Not when prepped correctly. The number-one cause of cabinet paint failure in the GTA is skipped or rushed adhesion priming, particularly on thermofoil and melamine. We use a 2-component bonding primer on every project regardless of substrate, and our Renner topcoat cures to a 2H+ pencil hardness. Our 5-year warranty covers chipping, peeling, and adhesion failure in writing — with no exclusions for substrate type.
Can you spray paint over thermofoil cabinets?
Yes — thermofoil is one of the most common substrates we refinish in Toronto’s 2000s-era builder homes. The key is a thorough scuff to break the vinyl’s surface tension and Zinsser BIN shellac primer that chemically grips the foil. We test every project’s adhesion on a hidden door before committing the topcoat. Our 5-year warranty applies to thermofoil finishes with no exceptions.
Do I need to empty my cabinets or move out?
You stay home. We ask you to clear the contents of the upper cabinets near where we’re working so we can mask the boxes properly — lowers can stay full. Your kitchen remains usable for cooking and washing throughout — just without doors for 5–8 days. We use zip-wall containment and HEPA dust extraction so the rest of your home stays clean.
What colours can you spray paint cabinets in Toronto?
Any Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, or Farrow & Ball colour can be tinted into Renner lacquer. Our most-requested 2026 cabinet colours in Toronto are Chantilly Lace OC-65 (warm white), Hale Navy HC-154 (deep navy), Revere Pewter HC-172 (warm greige), and Sage SW 7745 (muted green). We bring physical hand-sprayed Renner swatches to every consultation — paper colour cards lie under kitchen lighting.
Is spray painting cheaper than refacing or replacing cabinets?
Significantly. A typical Toronto kitchen costs $3,500–$7,500 to spray paint, $9,000–$18,000 to reface (paint plus new doors), and $25,000–$60,000+ to fully replace. Spray painting makes sense when your boxes are structurally sound and you like the layout. If your boxes are damaged or you want a different door style, see our cabinet refacing in Toronto page for a full side-by-side comparison.
