Should you buy a lacquered kitchen?
If you’re considering buying a new kitchen, you may well be thinking about a lacquered kitchen. There are plenty of reasons why this would be a good choice, but is it really the right kitchen? After all, if you’re spending a lot of money, you need to make sure that it’s definitely the best choice for your requirements.
Reasons to buy a lacquered kitchen:
A lacquered kitchen will last
One of the biggest points in favour of lacquered kitchens is that they’ll last much longer than any wrapped type kitchen. Unlike wrapped doors, lacquered doors will never peel.
It has has a great finish
While the look of your kitchen is important, sight isn’t the only sense you want it to please. Lacquered doors are silky smooth to the touch, making them a pleasure to run your hand over.
This is a marked contrast with wrapped doors, which tend to have a bobbly feel like orange peel to touch.
It has the widest colour choice
Lacquered kitchens offer the widest colour choice of all door materials. There’s a massive number of colours available, meaning you have a high chance of finding exactly the right shade you want.
Plus, if you can’t find exactly the right colour you like, some suppliers offer lacquered kitchens in any colour of your choice, including any Farrow and Ball or Little Green colour.
Reasons not to buy a lacquered kitchen:
Cost
One of the biggest downsides of lacquered kitchens is cost. It’s one of the more expensive finishes.
While the extra cost may justify buying a lacquered kitchen over a wrapped kitchen, there are other finishes that will last just as long as a lacquered kitchen, but cost less. Examples of these are laminate kitchen and lacquered laminate kitchens.
It’s delicate
The finish on a lacquered kitchen is like the finish on a car, chipping easily if anything knocks into it. This is especially a risk on the edges of the doors which are delicate.
Therefore, a lacquered kitchen may not be the best choice if you have young children or are a bit clumsy. If this is the case, a laminate, lacquered laminate or FENIX door may be a more sensible choice.
It doesn’t go with black or other dark colours
Although you have a wide choice of colours with a lacquered kitchen, one colour to avoid is black. Black will show up every fingerprint. In fact, this is the case with most dark colours. Examples of other dark colours where fingerprints are a problem are dark blue, dark green and dark grey.
If your heart is set on buying a black or other dark coloured kitchen, you’ll be better off buying a an anti-fingerprint lacquered laminate or FENIX kitchen.
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