Compliant finishes sprayed only !

We like to emphasize that as a green concious company we only spray compliant waterborne finishes.

Remember in any refinish project its the effort to sand, prep clean and spray that you are paying us for. Anyone not sanding is not doing the work correctly. Don't believe us ? Read the AWI Specification for wood cabinetry.

A homeowner can easily touch up waterborne lacquers !

Akvatopp, Aquavar and Kem Aqua Plus rule !

Gift cards go out Dec 15th !

For all clients this quarter, gift cards go out Dec 15th.
Your choice of The Keg (our favorite), Canyon Creek Chophouse,
East Side Mario's or a retailer of your choice....Homesense,
Canadian Tire, Best Buy.

Send us a referral and we'll send you a gift card !

We are the only Cabinet Refinishing Company
that offers gift cards to our clients as part of our
cross branding promotional efforts.

Need a Custom Colour that no one else Has ? Ask us..we can help...

We do find on occasion a customer will say...." I found
this great colour on a fabric or chair...can you match it ?"

We always give our supplier a chance to match, but if
not i'm a pretty good colour matcher myself having
done thousands of tints in my experience from stains
to opaques.

When it comes to cabinetry, you would think 18,000
manufacturer choices would be enough....but sometimes
it's a unique shade that someone found at some out in
the countryside retail store....

The ColorScapes Cabinet Colour Sampling Program
$50.00 sprayed up on sample cabinet door or crown mould.
If it results in an order, its free of charge !

Booking on the Fly...

Just a note to clients considering kitchen refinishing
we need your colour decision at the time of deposit
booking as it is a fairly long wait in the tint queue !

Waterborne lacquers are not over-the-counter tinted !

Why do you think we bought our own Tint Machine ?
We can do the simple off-whites ourselves.

Another Island Cabinet Section in Cloud White CC-40

The challenge here was to finish carefully over top
of brand new 16k mannington hand scraped floors
in Antique Maple Brown.

Great thanks to Sue and Brian C.

Protecting those Cabinet Doors and Protecting the Environment

Finally, no more plastic sheet rolls for protecting cabinetry
en-route to jobsite. Custom Fleece Protector Bags !


Check these out courtesy of BeSeen Corporate Wearables
We get all our jackets and promotional items from them -
great service and great quality. Great job Karen !

We are also saving the environment from plastic disposal
(been to the dump lately ?)

Build an Appliance Garage with a Seldom Used Pantry !

Here`s a project we did in Port Dover

close to 2- 1/2 years ago...still looks great !

If you have the right kitchen layout an appliance

garage cabinet is ideal.

The cabinet above the toaster oven hides all the power

cords and a WIFI router access point.

Our next 3 projects...!

Our next 3 projects take us to

Orangeville, Woodbridge and Etobicoke !

One is a kitchen refinishing project, one is a bathroom update
and the project in Etobicoke is a full basement renovation.

Great thanks to Moriyama Teshima Architects for all 3
projects !

Upcoming colours....

• Ralph Lauren Truss
• Sherwin Williams Alpaca Grey Two Tone with White Uppers
• Dove White (our 50th kitchen in Dove White !)
• Cloud White

Great thanks to Lesley, Vicki and Aubrey for the projects

Pics to follow once complete !

Both Feet in the Boat or Watch from the Dock ?

We realized many years ago now that the best way
to approach what we do with clients is to listen.....

I need someone who can come on short notice to refinish
my kitchen for staging....

I need someone who doesn't want to charge exorbitant prices
and try to gouge me...

I don't want a crew of heavy smoking ruffians trampling in
my house blasting radios

I need someone who will expend the effort to do the work
properly..not breeze in and breeze out and spray hung doors....

I'm a retiree on a fixed budget and most of my income goes to health care costs

We listened....!


We are not a production cabinetry shop producing 100-1000 doors a day
(That is a legacy business and we don't want to re-invent the wheel)
Once you go big, you can never turn back as you get saddled with
equipment leases that are huge. Better make sure you are using
that CNC for making not only cabinets, but screen doors, islands,
valances,crown,benches etc.

We are right-sized small custom refinishers and cabinet makers
who believe in hard work and competitive pricing completing
work that lasts and looks good for a long time.

Let someone else toss and turn at night spending 18.00 tmi per sqft2
and babysitting 6-8 staff. YOU CANNOT WORK IN 3 LOCATIONS
AT ONCE ! Shop, In Field, Retail/Office.  Pick 2 !

There is a reason that successful cabinet refinishers work out of
small shops, they understand quickly that lease costs are prohibitive
to competitive pricing. A refinishing price of anywhere north
of 5K is ridiculous, 10K is brand new cabinetry. Spending 30kto 50k on a new kitchen might be worth it, and...it might not be, it's all market timing, and...time in the market...;)

The Importance of Sandback and Final Finishing

Final finish on maple cabinet with 320 sandback.



We often get asked why do you take cabinets off site
to finish ?

TO PREVENT DUST IN CLIENT'S HOME....
and to NEGATE OVERSPRAY...

Why does it take 10-12 days for an excellent result ?

WE ARE FOLLOWING AWI AND KCMA methods for PRODUCING 
excellent cabinetry AND FINISHES.

YOU CANNOT OBTAIN A GOOD RESULT SPRAYING CABINETS
WHILE HUNG THEY DO NOT DO THIS IN ANY CABINET SHOP. !

Avoid the idiots who say they can come in and spray your cabinetry while
it is still affixed to the hardware..it looks horrible,drips, runs and sags everywhere.

LACQUER IS ALWAYS SPRAYED ON THE FLAT for BEST APPEARANCE
THEN IT IS SANDED BACK BETWEEN COATS FOR ADHESION AND
MIRROR SMOOTH FINISH.

I SPENT THOUSANDS OF HOURS IN CABINET SHOPS AS A PRO COATINGS
REP FOR ML CAMPBELL/SW and ICI AND HELPED SHAPE THE INDUSTRY
TOWARDS LOW VOC WATERBORNE FINISHES that ARE SAFE TO SPRAY AND
PERFORM BEAUTIFULLY. Years ago Magnalac and KlearVar were sold as overkill catalysed
finishes til the industry saw that these finishes were yellowing badly and cracking
at all interjunctions of rail and stile. Catalyzed finishes are dangerously high in
solvent and can explode in a kitchen. Your insurance will never cover a mistake
like this. The guys spraying hybrid alkyds are just as stupid and are risking homeowner's
safety. DO NOT SPRAY ANY COATING THAT HAS 6LBS of Stoddard Solvent
and Benzene in its formulation, you are asking for trouble ! Anyone spraying
solvented catalzyed lacquers is shortening his/her own life and the life of their clients.
Waterborne lacquers have advanced dramatically in the last 25 yrs and are the
benchmark to which all other coatings are now measured.

EPOXY ON CABINETS IS A BIG MISTAKE, it is NOT MEANT to be used on
expanding wood. ! The firms offering this will be besieged with complaint calls
in 6-9 months after application. The surface tension of epoxy is too hard when
cured and will not move with a wood substrate the way a single component
waterborne lacquer will.

WE USE A RECOGNIZED KCMA APPROVED LACQUER that is USED
BY THE BIG 3 CABINET MAKERS.

KITCHENCRAFT, KRAFTMAID AND WELLBORN ALL USE KCMA
WATERBORNE LACQUERS ON ALL SPECIES OF  CABINETRY PRODUCED
IN PLANT. THEY DO NOT USE EPOXY PERIOD AS IT WOULD DESTROY
ALL AUTOMATED APPLICATION EQUIPMENT AND NOZZLES.

OLD TECHNOLOGY IS DANGEROUS TECHNOLOGY.  

Earth Tones !

Straightforward repaint in home set to be sold
in Oakville this fall. Cabinets refinishing underway
as part of Phase 2.

Benjamin Moore Stone House and SW Tennessee Green.
Both colours finished in Promar ZeroVoc Lo-Sheen for
that classy subtle look with good washability.

Cinnamon Spice had it`s day back in the late 80s and
90`s as it was an easy finish for Canac to apply
prior to their departure to North Carolina.

Nowadays, its about the COLOUR and the HARDWARE POP !
The best kitchens we`ve worked on have coloured cabinetry
and have moved away from the ole`woodgrain look.

Woodgrained cabinetry absorbs light in a kitchen
and does not highlight profile work like a nice off-white
or stone colour...

Smithville Refinishing..OC-17 Dove White

Great thanks to The Burman's for the project !

Original Oak cabinetry by Raywal from 12 years ago

was showing its age and needed a good clean

Thoroughsand Process by us to revive

and refinish !

Projects on the Go !

A couple projects we completed recently...is it just me or when
you see woodgrain cabinetry nowadays, it looks like it needs
to be painted and the builder forgot to finish it....?

A refinished kitchen in today's modern colours fetches much
more in resale than does aged walnut or butter pecan stain.
Trust us, we guarantee an 800% return on your kitchen.
In other words, spending 1500-1800 to refinish your kitchen
will fetch you approximately 10-12,000 more in resale
dollars....

Now that being said if you are going for the Country Cottage
look a nice butcher block heart pine island top looks amazing
with white cabinetry. !

November and December Bookings Available

November and December Bookings available for last quarter
of 2016.

Call 905-336-2324 or text 905-802-6099 

for a quick quotation.

OC-17 Dove White and Grey Kitchen

Another OC-17 Dove White Cabinetry Project by us
with wall colour Nightingale Grey.

680 CFM Hood Installed by Colorscapes from Goeman's
Appliances.