Residential Refinishing & Refacing Services

 

Cabinets define the character of the room. So it is no wonder that when your cabinets

begin to look worn, faded, or out of date the whole room looks tired and faded, too.

 

If the high cost of cabinet replacement is keeping you from updating your kitchen, bath,

family room, or office, you now have cost-effective alternatives: refinish or reface with

St. Croix Cabinet Solutions.

 

 

                            Refinishing & Refacing: Are they the same thing... or different?

 

                         Customers tend to get confused sometimes because businesses  sometimes refer to refinishing and

                         refacing cabinets as one in the same, however they are polar opposites of each other. The only logical

                         reason is that larger businesses don’t want you to refinish kitchen cabinets they want you to buy new

                         ones or reface the old ones because it puts more money directly in their pockets. With that said,

                         depending on what you want to do, that might very well be your best option, but not always!

 

                         Refinishing:  This iused to be done by using caustic stripping chemicals that would eat away or soften

                         the finish enough so you could scrape it away with a putty knife and then sand off the remainder. Once

                         the cabinets were back to bare wood then you could stain them to the color you desired, and then a

                         shellac or varnish was applied as a top coat which would smell and take days to fully cure .

                         You can read on our refinishing page how our process is different; but very effective in meeting the majority

                         of refinishing needs.

 

                         Refacing: Refacing cabinets is a process of removing your existing doors, drawer faces or complete

                         drawers and installing new ones. This gives you the opportunity to choose a different style and it also

                         gives you the opportunity to choose a new color and wood species for your cabinets. Depending on the

                         refacing style you use, which there are many different options; so if you are not provided options, that only

                         means the company either does only one type or only likes to do one type. Make sure you ask questions

                         about that so you understand fully the refacing options they provide.

 

                         You should be given at least three face frame/end panel options, which range from a 1/8” thick veneer

                         up to 1/4” for covering the existing face frames and up to ¼” panels on the cabinet ends and islands.

                         They should also be offering things such as crown moldings and base shoe moldings and offering other

                         services to update your kitchen, such as hardware and cabinet/drawer organizers.

 

                         This is very general information but it gives you a good basic idea of the differences between refinishing

                         and refacing so that you don’t get confused with industry lingo.

 

                                                                  Tony Dreawves/St.Croix Cabinet Solutions

 

 

Commercial Refinishing & Refacing Services

 

St. Croix Cabinet Solutions has affordable options for restaurants, hotels, apartments, offices

and other commercial and real estate property managers.

 

We can refinish or reface any damaged hardwood surfaces including:

Bars, counters, tabletops, trim, hand railings and walls, in addition to cabinets and floors.

 

Most projects can be completed in less than one day - we can even transform your room
overnight. 

 

With St. Croix Cabinet Solutions, you have minimal business downtime (i.e. Instant-

Cure Floor & Tabletop refinishing), no odors, no dust, and no big expense.

 

 

Call to schedule a Free, No-obligation in-home consultation and Quote

(651) 294-7500