Lacquer Finishes
Sprayed thin and cut back for a hard, level surface
Lacquer is the cabinet-shop finish: it goes on thin, dries fast, and each coat melts into the one beneath it, which is what lets a properly sprayed lacquer surface come out genuinely flat rather than merely shiny. That speed is also why it is unforgiving — it shows dust, runs and a poorly prepared substrate immediately. Surfaces are masked and dust-controlled, coats go on light, and each one is cut back before the next so the film builds level.
How We Work
Look at the Work
We come out and look at the piece itself — the species, the existing finish, how much of it has failed, and what the grain will do once it is stripped back. What the wood is tells us what the finish has to be.
Strip & Prepare
Hardware off, surfaces masked, old finish taken back properly, then sanded through the grits and dusted down. Preparation is most of the job — a finish is only ever as good as what it went onto.
Colour & Finish
Stain matched and worked into the grain evenly, then the finish built in thin coats — lacquer, varnish or water-based, whichever suits the piece — with a light cut between coats so the surface stays flat.
Cure & Rehang
The finish is left to harden before anything is handled, then hardware goes back on, doors and drawers are rehung and adjusted to sit true, and we clean the site down before we leave it.