The pros and cons of painted kitchen cabinets
There are three things most of us want to balance when looking for a new kitchen. These are how much it costs, how good it looks and how long it will last. Painted kitchen cabinets are not the cheapest type of cabinets you can buy. Therefore, it’s important to know their pros and cons before parting with your hard earned cash.
So, what are the pros and cons of painted kitchen cabinets?
The pros of painted kitchen cabinets
- The most obvious advantage is the finish. Cheaper alternatives, like vinyl, foil and PVC wrapped doors, can look good. However, they don’t have the same silky smooth finish that painted doors have.
- Painted kitchen cabinets can be easily re-painted. The colour you choose may look good now, but maybe you will get bored of it in a few years. Or, the colour may go out of fashion. Painted kitchen cabinets can be easily re-painted. Wrapped doors can’t.
- They last longer. Vinyl, foil and PVC wrapped doors peel. Painted doors never peel.
- They are repairable. If you chip, scratch, or nick the surface of your painted cabinets, you can simply touch up any blemishes. You can’t do this with wrapped doors.
The cons of painted kitchen cabinets
- They are not as durable as vinyl, foil or PVC wrapped doors. However, chips are easy to repair on painted doors. Wrapped doors can’t be repaired.
- They cost more. Painted kitchen cabinets are always going to be more expensive than wrapped kitchen cabinets.
- The lead times are longer. This makes sense, when you remember that they need several coats of paint, with drying time in between. This means you may have to wait up to 8 weeks for painted kitchen cabinets, as against 2-3 weeks for wrapped kitchen cabinets.
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