Bathroom vanity painting is the smallest job on the list, usually six to ten pieces finished inside one or two days, with a primer and topcoat chosen to stand up to the steam and splashes of a bathroom.
Vanities in the 1960s bungalows of the north end and the century homes around Yates Street are often original and painted several times over. Every job is insured, and a vanity is a good first job for anyone who wants to see the finish before committing a whole kitchen to cabinet painting.
Moisture Is What Sets A Vanity Apart From A Kitchen Cabinet Painting Job
A vanity lives a metre from a shower, and the door beside the toilet gets splashed and wiped daily. The finish needs to be fully sealed at every edge, including the bottom edge of the doors and the inside of the sink cutout, where water sits. The primer is chosen for the substrate the same way as any cabinet painting job, and the topcoat is a hard enamel or two-part polyurethane that shrugs off water once cured.
Cure matters more in a bathroom than anywhere else. A vanity door that is used in a steamy room before the finish has hardened will mark. We ask for the fan to run and for gentle use for the first two weeks.
A Vanity Takes A Day Or Two And Usually Rides Along With Kitchen Cabinet Painting
The first visit sends every door and drawer front off for degreasing, sanding and the booth. The box is sprayed in place behind containment, which in a small bathroom means the whole room is masked. Within a week the doors return. Bundled with a kitchen, a vanity adds little to the schedule because its doors ride along with the kitchen doors, and the vanity appears on the quote as a separate line.
Builder-Grade Vanities Are Usually Melamine Or Thermofoil
The vanities in newer Martindale and Grapeview houses and in condos across the city are mostly melamine, laminate or thermofoil over MDF, and the same cabinet painting bonding primer rules apply. Thermofoil that has bubbled from steam has to be stripped or the door replaced before it can be painted. The thermofoil and melamine page covers that in full.
Colour On A Vanity Is Where Cabinet Painting Can Be Bold
Because a vanity is a small surface in a small room, a colour that would be too much across a kitchen works well here. Navy, forest green, black and charcoal vanities with brass or black hardware are the common choices, and a warm white suits an older house. A sample door is painted first, and cabinet colour consultation covers how bathroom lighting changes the way a colour reads.
Get A Bathroom Vanity Painting Quote In St. Catharines
A vanity on its own is a quick visit and a quick job. Send us a note or call +1 (905) 367-8017 and say how many doors and drawers it has. The St. Catharines Cabinet Painting home page covers the kitchen cabinet painting most vanities get bundled with.
A vanity is a small cabinet painting job with a short timeline, and it is a low-risk way to see the sprayed finish in your own house before deciding on the kitchen.
Bathroom Vanity Painting Questions
How long does vanity painting take?
Usually one or two days for six to ten pieces. The doors can go to the booth while the box is sprayed in place. A vanity often rides along with a kitchen job because the plastic is already up and the sprayer is already on site.
Will steam damage a painted vanity?
Not if the finish is allowed to harden first. A vanity door used in a steamy room before the finish has cured will mark, so we ask for gentle use and a fan on during showers. The primer and topcoat are chosen for moisture.
Can a builder-grade vanity be painted?
Often yes. Most are melamine or thermofoil, so the bonding primer rules apply. Thermofoil that has bubbled from steam has to be stripped or replaced first. The visit checks the doors and the quote says which ones can take paint.