Painting kitchen units in Isleham homes
Council Tax records place about 180 of the village's homes between 1983 and 1999, the era of solid fitted kitchens. Timber and MDF doors respond well to proper preparation. Vinyl-wrapped doors that are already peeling are a different matter, and Graham will tell you at the visit if a door isn't worth painting.
Doors come off, are degreased, keyed with Mirka dust-free sanders and primed with Zinsser before two top coats. Long runs of flat doors suit our Graco Ultra cordless sprayer, and our kitchen respray page explains when spraying beats brushing.
Kitchen walls, ceilings and woodwork
A kitchen is the hardest-working room to decorate. Steam and cooking grease settle on the ceiling and above the hob, so we wash those areas down first and seal grease or water stains with Zinsser stain block so they don't bleed through the new emulsion. A washable matt or eggshell suits the walls.
Skirtings, door frames and window boards are rubbed down and repainted at the same time, and wooden worktops can be oiled with Osmo. Our kitchen painting and decorating page has more on finishes for the room itself.
Isleham at a glance
- 21 milesby road from our Landbeach base, about 30 minutesOSRM routing
- 79%of homes are owner-occupiedCensus 2021
- 35%of households own with a mortgageCensus 2021
- 15%were built 1983 to 1999VOA Council Tax stock
- 30%were built since 2000VOA Council Tax stock
- 96%are houses rather than flatsCensus 2021
How we approach kitchen cabinet painting
We'd decorate the walls and ceiling first, then paint the units, so no emulsion lands on fresh cabinet paint. Appliances, worktops and floors are sheeted. Doors are numbered and laid flat to dry where there's room, and the kitchen is left as usable as the stage of work allows at the end of each day. The full method, products and FAQs are on our kitchen cabinet painting page.