Respraying keeps your existing doors and changes their colour. It is the cheapest meaningful change you can make to a kitchen, and on a sound kitchen with dated colours it is usually the right answer.
Preparation decides the result. A respray over unsanded, ungreased melamine will peel. Full renovation options are set out under Kitchen Renovations Cape Town.
Send a photo and a rough door count for a respray estimate.
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| Method | Trade-off |
|---|---|
| Workshop spray | Doors removed and sprayed in a booth. Better, more even finish. Kitchen has no doors for several days. |
| On-site spray | Cheaper and faster, and carcasses can be done too. More overspray risk and a finish that depends heavily on masking. |
What Cannot Be Resprayed
Wrapped doors where the vinyl has lifted, board that has swollen with water, and heavily profiled doors where the paint will pool in the detail. In those cases new doors are the better spend.
Kitchen Respray Prices in Cape Town
| Item | Indicative range | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Respray, small kitchen | R14,000 – R28,000 | Around 10 to 15 fronts. |
| Respray, medium kitchen | R22,000 – R45,000 | The most common band. |
| Respray, large kitchen | R40,000 – R75,000 | 25+ fronts, often with an island. |
| Per door or drawer front | R550 – R1,400 | Size and profile dependent. |
| Carcasses sprayed as well | +25% – 40% | On-site work, more masking. |
| Dark-to-light colour change | +10% – 20% | Extra primer and coats. |
| Repair to swollen or chipped board | R350 – R900 per panel | Not always possible. |
| New handles fitted | R80 – R600 each | Usually done at the same time. |
These are indicative market ranges, not a quotation. They are compiled from published South African kitchen pricing to give you a starting point for budgeting. They are not the rate card of any company on this platform.
Ask what primer system is being used over melamine. An adhesion primer specified for laminate surfaces is the difference between a finish that lasts a decade and one that chips off the door edges within a year.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to respray kitchen cupboards?
Roughly R14,000 to R28,000 for a small kitchen and R22,000 to R45,000 for a medium one, or about R550 to R1,400 per front.
Spraying the carcasses as well adds another 25% to 40%.
How long does a respray last?
Eight to fifteen years where the preparation was done properly. Failures are almost always adhesion failures from skipped degreasing or the wrong primer, and they show within the first year.
Can melamine cupboards be resprayed?
Yes, and most South African kitchens are melamine. It requires keying the surface and an adhesion primer made for laminates; standard undercoat will not hold.
How long is my kitchen out of action?
For a workshop spray, three to five days without doors. On-site spraying is usually two to three days but the whole kitchen is masked off during it.
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