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2PAC Spray Painting

Two-pack is a catalysed coating. Base and hardener are mixed by ratio, and once they are mixed the clock is running. That is why the board underneath has to be finished before anything is sprayed.

Substrates
MDF · Primed MDF · Melamine and laminate · Timber veneer · Solid timber · Previously 2PAC finished
Finishes
Satin · Gloss · Whites and light colours · Darker colours · Black · Custom colour match
A kitchen finished in dark cabinetry
Clay Banks / Unsplash · Placeholder photography, licensed and clearly credited. It shows the kind of work described, not jobs done by Coastal 2PAC.

A 2PAC finish is chemically cured rather than air-dried. On joinery that matters more than it does almost anywhere else: kitchen doors get handled every day, wiped with things they should not be wiped with, and steamed from below by a dishwasher. Single-pack paint does not survive that.

It is also unforgiving. Every sanding scratch, every unfilled edge and every bit of contamination under the coating is still there afterwards, magnified by the sheen. Preparation is the majority of the job and the majority of the cost.

We spray to the coating manufacturer’s mix ratio, induction and flash times rather than by eye, and we cure to schedule.

How it runs

  1. 01CollectDoors and panels picked up. Hardware and hinges come off.
  2. 02AssessSubstrate identified, edges and existing coating checked.
  3. 03PrepareSanded back, edges sealed, any bog and fill work done first.
  4. 04PrimePrimer to suit the board, then blocked flat.
  5. 05ColourBase coat sprayed to ratio, flashed between coats.
  6. 06CureCured to schedule, not to the clock on the wall.
  7. 07InspectChecked under booth light before it is wrapped.
  8. 08ReturnWrapped, stacked and delivered back.

Questions we actually get

What is 2PAC painting?
2PAC (also written 2K or two-pack) is a paint system where a base component is mixed with a hardener immediately before spraying. The two react and cure chemically rather than simply drying. On cabinetry it gives a hard, washable, chemical-resistant finish that survives daily handling in a way single-pack paint does not.
Why does preparation affect the cost so much?
A two-pack finish magnifies whatever is under it. Sanding scratches, unsealed MDF edges and old filler all telegraph through the sheen. Most of the hours in any job go into preparing the board: spraying is the short part. Two doors that look identical in a photo can differ by a day of preparation.
Can you match an existing colour?
Usually. Best case you have the paint code or the original door. Failing that we can work from a physical sample. There is a colour match fee on the price list for this.

Jobs of this kind

Fluted island panelling finished in black satin

Fluted island front

Scalloped island panelling, black satin

V groove wardrobe doors finished in satin

V groove wardrobe fronts

Walk-in robe, 8 V grooved doors

Related services

Kitchen RespraysRouted Profiles

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the doors.

Nine questions and up to ten photos. You get the likely process, the rate lines it falls under and an indicative range: then it goes to the workshop for a human to look at properly.

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Estimates are indicative only, worked against our published rates. Final pricing is confirmed by Coastal 2PAC after the job has been inspected or reviewed.

  1. 01What are we working onKitchen, robe, doors, panels, trim
  2. 02What needs doingNew, respray, repair, clear over veneer
  3. 03Surface and conditionMDF, melamine, veneer, and what state it is in
  4. 04Finish and profileSatin or gloss, flat or routed: the rate follows this
  5. 05SizeA band, or real measurements if you have them
  6. 06Photos and the result you wantUp to ten, then in your own words
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