How Long Does Cabinet Refinishing Take for a Windsor Park Kitchen?

A typical cabinet refinishing project in Windsor Park takes 7 to 10 business days from door removal to final reinstallation. Windsor Park is an inner-southwest Edmonton neighbourhood developed primarily between 1946 and 1965, bounded by Saskatchewan Drive, 87 Avenue, 118 Street, and the University of Alberta South Campus. A 20 to 30 door kitchen in a 1950s bungalow off 118 Street or 119 Street almost always fits in the 7 to 10 day window. Larger heritage kitchens with 35-plus doors, extensive built-ins, or pre-1960 surfaces that require lead paint assessment may run 10 to 14 business days. Your kitchen stays usable through most of the project because only the doors and drawer fronts leave the home.

Day-by-Day Breakdown for a Standard Windsor Park Kitchen

Day 1 is on-site. Our crew arrives in Windsor Park (roughly a 15 minute drive from our shop at 9821 33 Ave NW via Whitemud Drive and 122 Street), removes every door and drawer front, labels them, and transports them to the iPaint spray shop. We mask off the cabinet boxes and face frames in place, apply containment plastic over countertops and floors, and hand-sand the boxes. Days 2 and 3 are door prep: stripping original amber varnish on 1950s birch slab-fronts or 1960s oak cathedral arches, degreasing, P150 to P220 sanding on solid wood, P320 on any MDF, and hand-filling grain in oak doors.

Prime, Spray, Cure

Days 4 through 7 run the finish cycle. We apply a bonding primer: Zinsser B-I-N shellac for tannin-heavy oak or INSL-X Stix for painted MDF doors common in 2000s renovations. Topcoats are two to three sprayed passes of M.L. Campbell MagnaMax catalyzed conversion varnish or Benjamin Moore Advance waterborne alkyd, sheen 20 to 30 for a semi-gloss that reads as high-end. MagnaMax cures to a 3H pencil hardness in 48 hours at 20 percent relative humidity, which lines up with Edmonton's dry winter shop humidity of 15 to 25 percent. Full waterborne cure is 7 days; catalyzed conversion varnish reaches full cure in 48 hours. Between each pass we sand lightly and let the coat flash off.

Reinstall Day and Final Walkthrough

Days 8 to 10 are reinstall and sign-off. Doors and drawer fronts return from the spray shop, we rehang every piece, adjust hinges, reinstall or replace hardware, and walk the kitchen with the homeowner. We activate the 5-year written workmanship warranty, backed by WCB coverage. For the duration of the job, Windsor Park families continue using countertops, cooktop, and sink. School drop-off at Windsor Park School on 87 Avenue, walks to Windsor Park Plaza at 87 Avenue and 118 Street, and weekend runs through the river valley to Emily Murphy Park or William Hawrelak Park all continue uninterrupted.

When Timelines Stretch

Heritage homes on 118 Street or 119 Street built before 1960 may have lead paint on original surfaces. A 3M LeadCheck swab test adds a half day, and confirmed lead-paint surfaces trigger HEPA containment (99.97 percent filtration at 0.3 microns) and safer removal under our EPA RRP certification, typically adding 2 to 4 days. Big executive infill kitchens with 40-plus doors and island slab-fronts also push into the 12 to 14 day range. Visit our Windsor Park service area, our cabinet refinishing service, or the Edmonton cabinet refinishing pillar for more. Learn about the neighbourhood on Wikipedia.