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If your Derby kitchen cabinets are still sound but the finish has dated, spray painting is usually the more sensible starting point before a full replacement gets considered. It swaps tired laminate, honey oak or chipped brush-painted doors for a smooth, automotive-grade sprayed finish, for a fraction of what new units would cost. Painting sits alongside the wider design, supply and installation work handled by Nottingham Kitchen Fitter - it's one route among several for bringing a dated Derby kitchen up to date without gutting the room, and not always the right one, which is why a proper look at your existing units matters before anything gets booked in.
What's Covered in a Derby Cabinet Painting Job
- Free colour consultation and a written, no-obligation quote at your property
- Removal of doors, drawer fronts, handles and hinges ahead of workshop spraying
- Automotive-grade spray finishing of removable doors and drawer fronts in a controlled workshop environment
- On-site masking and spraying of fitted units, alcove dressers and breakfast bars that can't be taken away
- Surface preparation matched to the substrate - degreasing, sanding to key the surface, and the right primer for laminate, painted wood or melamine
- Custom colour mixing to match a paint chip, fabric sample or an existing shade elsewhere in the house
- Multiple coats plus a protective topcoat, with proper curing time between each
- Refitting of doors and original hardware once the finish has fully cured
- 5-year guarantee on the finished painting work

Not Included / Costed Separately
- New worktops - can be timed alongside a painting project but are quoted and supplied separately
- Structural changes, new electrical circuits or rewiring around the kitchen
- Units with damaged, water-swollen or delaminating carcasses - these need joinery repair or replacement, not paint, and will be flagged during the consultation
- New handles or hardware - refitting your existing hardware is included, but new handles themselves cost extra if you want to upgrade them
- Kitchen wrapping - offered as an alternative to painting where it suits the doors better, priced and booked as a separate job
- Colour changes requested once the main application is already underway - these are treated as extra work outside the original quote
How a Derby Cabinet Spray Painting Job Runs, Start to Finish
- Free home consultation and quote -- A free visit to your Derby kitchen to check which doors and carcasses are sound enough to paint, take a colour or material sample you want matched, and confirm the finish. You get a written, no-obligation quote before anything is booked in.
- Removal and on-site prep -- On the agreed day, doors, drawer fronts, handles and hinges are unscrewed and labelled for the workshop. Anything that has to stay put - fitted carcasses, alcove dressers, breakfast bars - is fully masked off ready for spraying in place.
- Workshop spraying of removable doors -- Removable doors are degreased, sanded to key the surface, and primed for the substrate - laminate, painted wood and melamine each take a different primer - before being sprayed with an automotive-grade finish in a controlled workshop environment.
- On-site spraying of fitted units -- Units that couldn't be removed get the same prep and coating process, sprayed in place with masking protecting worktops, walls and flooring throughout.
- Curing time between coats -- Each coat needs proper curing time before the next goes on, and the final topcoat is left to cure fully before anything is refitted or handled - rushing this step is the most common reason a sprayed finish chips early.
- Refit and sign-off -- Once fully cured, doors and original hardware are refitted and hinges adjusted, and the job is signed off with the 5-year guarantee on the finished work.
Painting vs Wrapping vs Full Replacement: Which Fits Your Derby Kitchen
| Option | Typical cost | Time to complete | Best suited to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet spray painting | £1,400 - £4,000 | 6-8 days | Sound cabinets and carcasses where only the colour and finish need updating |
| Kitchen wrapping (vinyl) | Can undercut painting on simple flat doors | Generally quicker than spraying | Smooth, flat door fronts on a tighter budget - less colour flexibility and shorter lifespan than sprayed paint |
| Full kitchen replacement | From around £5,000 | Several weeks, including design and fitting | Kitchens with layout problems, damaged carcasses, or where worktops and appliances need replacing too |
One Team, Start to Finish, on Every Derby Repaint
Cabinet painting is a trade where the finish is only as good as the surface prep underneath it, so it matters who you let into your kitchen to do it. We've been designing, fitting and refinishing kitchens across the East Midlands for over 20 years as a family-run business, with 800+ kitchens completed for local homeowners - and every Derby painting job is quoted, sprayed and signed off by that same in-house team rather than handed to whoever's free that week. Before spraying starts you get a written agreement covering the finish, the colour and the price, with no hidden extras added once the sprayer's out, and the completed work carries a 5-year guarantee on the paint finish itself - not just a verbal promise on the day.
Derby, Long Eaton and the Derbyshire Painting Round
Derby sits toward the edge of our regular painting round, which runs roughly 15-20 miles out from the workshop and takes in Long Eaton, Alfreton and Heanor as well as Derby itself, stretching out toward Chesterfield and the Derbyshire border. Distance matters less for a painting job than it would for a full kitchen fit: doors and drawer fronts are unscrewed, boxed up and taken back to the workshop for spraying regardless of postcode, and it's only the fitted units, alcove dressers and breakfast bars that can't be removed which need a full on-site visit with masking. Most Derby jobs run as a single removal-and-masking day, followed by a return visit once the workshop-sprayed doors have cured, rather than a crew on site for the whole week.
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