Most cabinet jobs in Mobile and Baldwin County are rolled, brushed, or sprayed out in the open, where dust and humidity ruin the finish — and most painters leave the doors and drawers to dry right there at your house, where heat and dust settle into the wet finish and the loose parts clutter your home for days. We take a least-invasive approach instead: we remove your cabinet doors and drawers and bring them to our own facility, so your home stays clutter-free and livable through the project. There, every door and drawer is sprayed and cured inside our climate-controlled drying & preparation booths — a dust-free, humidity-controlled cure that comes out factory-smooth. Most kitchens fall in the $3,500–$9,000 range and are fully back in service in 5–8 business days.
Doors and drawer fronts are removed and taken to our facility, sprayed for a factory-grade hybrid enamel finish and cured dust-free in our climate-controlled drying & preparation booths. No brush marks, no airborne dust settling into the finish, and none of the open-air cure problems caused by humid Gulf Coast air.
See cabinet workOne accountable crew runs your job through the final inspection, with manager sign-off before final payment.
The confirmed residential workmanship term for Pro 1's cabinet-painting service.
Required protocol on pre-1978 homes — handled to the letter, with a manager signing off before final payment.
Our climate-controlled drying & preparation booths give cabinet doors and drawers a controlled place to dry after they're sprayed at our facility. That matters on the Gulf Coast, where open-air humidity and job-site dust can interfere with a wet finish.
We do. And the difference shows up in three places:
The cabinet-painting process without climate control and preparation booths lets unwanted dust settle into the curing finish. Our booths are filtered and controlled, so that dust doesn't reach the surface.
Gulf Coast humidity is brutal on a curing finish. Inside our drying & preparation booths, temperature and humidity are controlled, allowing paint to cure the way the manufacturer engineered it to.
Open-air finishes fight Gulf Coast humidity the whole time and can stay soft for good. Our controlled drying sets the finish hard and even, so it cures the way the manufacturer engineered it — reaching full hardness over its normal cure of about 30 days, which finishes in your home, instead of staying soft forever.
The process is straightforward: verified prep, Sherwin-Williams Emerald Urethane, controlled drying at our facility, careful reinstallation, and a 3-year workmanship warranty.
Most cabinet "refinishers" on the Gulf Coast do it the only way they can — out in the open, by hand, in coastal humidity. Here's what that changes vs. our climate-controlled booth process, run at our own facility.
Both columns describe what we've seen in the market — Gulf Coast cabinet painting since 2013. We're not knocking the open-air approach for what it is; we're saying it can't do what a climate-controlled booth does. That's the moat.
Most kitchens are fully back in service inside one work week. Here's what happens between the first day on the job and final inspection.
Crew arrives, removes every door and drawer, labels each piece for exact reinstall, and takes them to our facility — the least-invasive way to do it, so your home stays livable.
At our facility: degrease, sand to bond, prime for the existing substrate, spray Sherwin-Williams Emerald Urethane, then dry the doors and drawers inside our climate-controlled drying & preparation booths.
Bases sanded with fine-grit, masked, primed, and rolled with a fine-finish roller. Low-VOC products keep odor manageable; the rest of your home stays livable.
Doors and drawers dry in our climate-controlled drying & preparation booths — controlled temp + humidity set the finish hard and even, with no dust or humidity trapped in it. Bases dry in your kitchen. The enamel then keeps curing to full hardness over about 30 days after reinstall, right in your home, so it's worth handling it gently that first month. We don't rush the booth stage — a rushed, undercured finish is what fails first.
Doors and drawers get reinstalled to original positions (the labels matter), soft-close hinges adjusted, drawer slides verified, and a final manager inspection. You sign off, we leave.
Most kitchens don't actually need a full replacement. The honest comparison below helps decide which approach fits your boxes, your budget, and your timeline.
Most homeowners we walk through this matrix end up choosing painting — the boxes are sound, the door style is fine, and the kitchen just needs a refresh. Refacing is the right call when the door style itself has to change. Replacement is rarely necessary unless the layout itself is wrong.
Where your kitchen lands in that range depends on the cabinet count, layout, prep needs, and project scope. The estimator gives you a planning range; the free in-home estimate locks the actual number.
The single most common cabinet-painting regret is rushing the color decision. Our free color consultation walks through your floor, countertops, lighting, natural light, and adjacent rooms — narrowing the options. We sample, you decide, then we paint.
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Every cabinet job runs the same way — your doors and drawers sprayed for a factory-grade finish and cured in our climate-controlled drying & preparation booths at our facility, and bases done in-home.
Most Pro 1 cabinet-painting projects fall between $3,500 and $9,000. Door and drawer count, kitchen size, substrate condition, repairs, and a two-tone layout can change the scope. The planning tool at /tools/cabinet-painting-cost-estimator/ helps you organize those factors; the free in-home estimate provides the actual written price.
5-8 business days for most kitchens. Day 1: doors and drawers are removed, labeled, and taken to our facility. Days 2-4: at the facility, we prep, spray, and cure the doors and drawers in our climate-controlled drying & preparation booths. Day 5: bases sanded and painted in your home. Days 6-7: dry + cure. Day 8: reinstall + soft-close hardware adjustment + final fit. Your kitchen is back in service at the end of week 2 — the finish then keeps curing to full hardness over about 30 days at home, so it's worth handling it gently that first month.
We spray. We remove every door and drawer and take them to our facility, where they're sprayed and cured in our climate-controlled drying & preparation booths. Spraying is how we get a factory-grade finish — no brush marks, no roller stipple, no nibs. The cabinet bases (which can't easily come off the wall) are sanded and rolled in your home with a fine-finish roller. Finishing the doors and drawers off-site keeps the dust, overspray, and humidity out of your home — and keeps your kitchen livable while we work.
Prep and product choice are what prevent premature failure. We degrease, sand, prime for the existing substrate, and use Sherwin-Williams Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel. The work carries Pro 1's 3-year workmanship warranty.
Painting refinishes your existing doors, drawers, and bases — same boxes, same hardware locations, new color and finish. Refacing replaces the door and drawer fronts while keeping the existing boxes. Pro 1 cabinet painting commonly falls between $3,500 and $9,000; refacing and replacement prices depend on materials, layout, and the contractor. Painting is the right call when the existing doors and boxes are structurally sound; refacing makes more sense when the door style needs to change.
No. The kitchen is offline for 5-8 days, but the rest of the house stays livable. We take the doors and drawers to our facility to spray and cure them, paint the bases in-home (low-VOC, low-odor), and reinstall everything once cured — so there's no spraying or overspray inside your home. Most homeowners use a microwave + countertop appliances during the offline window.
Soft whites (Sherwin-Williams Alabaster and Pure White SW 7005), warm neutrals (Accessible Beige SW 7036 and Agreeable Gray SW 7029), and deep island accents such as forest green, navy, and charcoal are practical options to compare. Pro 1 offers single-color and two-tone cabinet finishes. See our color guide for more ideas, then confirm the choice with a real sample in your kitchen.
Stained wood and laminate can both be candidates for painting when the doors and boxes are structurally sound. Laminate requires a bonding primer made for non-porous surfaces. We inspect the existing finish during the estimate and specify the prep and primer for that substrate.
Yes. Pro 1 Painters is an EPA RRP Lead-Safe certified firm, which is required for any work that disturbs paint in pre-1978 housing. For cabinet painting in older homes (Mobile's Spring Hill, Old Dauphin Way, Olde Towne Daphne), the certification covers the prep and dust-containment practices required by federal regulation.
Yes — our active service area includes 57 cities across coastal Alabama, northwest Florida, the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and the New Orleans Metro. The full service-area list is at /service-areas/. We're a Spanish Fort-based company; we remove your doors and drawers, finish them in our climate-controlled drying & preparation booths at our facility, then bring them back and reinstall — the bases are sanded and painted in-home.
Doors and drawer fronts are sprayed and cured in controlled conditions at our facility.
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