Has anyone had there kitchen units sprayed?

[heckythump01]

Just wondering if I should freshen up the kitchen and look at getting my kitchen units sprayed / painted. Has anyone had there's done, if so are you happy with results?

[WitchesNest]

What are your units made out of? What you’re able to do to them depends heavily on the materials they’re made out of. For anything MDF based I’d recommend a vinyl wrap instead of painting and spraying

[heckythump01]

Oh gosh I dont know, never heard of vinyl wraps.......off to Google! Is vinyl wrapping expensive?

[heckythump01]

These are the units

[JudgeRindersMinder]

Funnily enough I had a conversation with a painter about this yesterday! A. Friend had hers done and the finish is amazing. I’d initially thought about wrapping, but I’m not convinced about how robust it would be, not matter how long a warranty they give. I did get a price from a couple of wrapping companies, and it’s coming in at exactly the same cost!
My kitchen is an idea one, it’s been in for 13 years and is as solid as the day it was installed-I just want a change.

I’m going for blush pink units

[heckythump01]

So are you painting your units JudgeRindersMinder? Ours is 10yrs old, it just needs new handles and freshened up

[JudgeRindersMinder]

I’m not painting them myself, this guy does it by spray painting, and it’s an amazing finish. It’s not cheap though, at £1750, but it’s a big kitchen with a lot of cabinets. I envisage it lasting a good 8-10 more years longer

[MustardMitt]

I’m following a woman on Instagram who painted her own, I’m going to do mine.

They’re MDF covered in laminate, so that needs to come off first - she used a hairdryer.

I’d considered the other options but they are £££ - I might as well just get new doors.

[heckythump01]

Where are you based? If North West could you pm me?

[heckythump01]

MustardMitt there's no way I'd do them myself.....I would be sooooo stressed

[MustardMitt]

Honestly if I fuck em up then I’m only out £50, and I’m tight as a gnats arse so would rather try first.

When I say me, I mean husband of course

[EmmaStone]

We had ours done at the end of 2020. Our kitchen was solid oak, and although probably about 20 years old, still in fantastic condition, so the guy who did it for us was happy to do it. It wasn't cheap - £2500, but included some additional work beyond the spray - we had a cabinet moved, and a plinth made for the oven (we replaced an Aga, and the space vacated was bigger than we needed for the replacement oven, so there was some remedial work to make good). Also the kitchen is quite large. So although not cheap, our kitchen fitter reckoned it would be about £25k to replace, so £2500 to make it look like new was definitely money well spent.