Sinks & countertops
The smallest surface in the room, and the one people touch most.
Sinks that have gone yellow, tile counters with grout you can't get clean, a vanity top that doesn't match a bathroom you just redid. Same surface job as a tub, on a much smaller scale.
Sinks
A sink goes long before the rest of the bathroom does. It gets used several times a day, it takes every cleaning product in the house, and the glaze wears thin around the drain first. After that it stains, and then no amount of scrubbing gets it back.
Replacing a drop-in sink sounds simple until you're pulling the faucet, cutting the seal and finding out the new one doesn't match the cutout. Refinishing leaves all of that where it is — in the photo above, the chrome faucet was masked and stayed on the counter.
White, bone, gray, or matched to something else in the room.
Countertops
Tile countertops are everywhere in older Los Angeles houses, and they are almost always the thing that dates a kitchen or a bathroom. The tile is usually fine. It's the color, and it's the grout.
Coated as one surface, a tile counter stops having absorbent grout lines running across it. That matters more on a counter than anywhere else in the house, because a counter is where things get spilled and left.
Send us a photo of yours and we'll tell you whether it's a surface worth refinishing — and if it isn't, we'll say so.
Do it while we're already there
If you're having a tub or a shower refinished, this is the part worth reading.
Most of what you pay for on a small job isn't the surface — it's everything around it. Getting to you. Masking the room. Setting up, ventilating, protecting the floor and the fixtures, and packing it all down again. A sink on its own carries that whole cost by itself.
Added to a job that's already happening in the same bathroom, it carries almost none of it. The room is masked off either way.
So if the sink is yellowing or the counter is the wrong color, mention it when you call about the tub — not after we've finished and gone.
What it costs
Starting prices. Size is what moves them, and the estimate is free.
Doing the sink or the counter in the same visit as the tub costs far less than having it done on a separate day. Masking the room is the overhead, and it only has to happen once. What moves a price up.
When we'd rather you replaced it
A sink is cheap enough that refinishing isn't always the right answer. We'll tell you when it isn't:
- The sink is cracked through A crack that goes all the way through moves with the water. A finish over it splits again.
- Anything loose or lifting A counter that flexes, or tile that moves under your hand, gets fixed before it gets coated.
- You want it to look like stone A refinished surface is a solid color with an even sheen. It doesn't imitate granite or marble veining.
- The vanity is coming out anyway If the cabinet is going, the top goes with it. Put the money into the new one.
Before you call
Do you have to take the faucet off?
No. Faucets, handles and drains get masked off and stay where they are. That's them in the photo at the top of this page, still fitted and still chrome.
Can you do kitchen counters as well as bathroom ones?
Yes. Send a photo of the surface — what it's made of changes how it's prepped, and it's easier to tell from a picture than a description.
Can you match the color to the tub you're doing?
That's the usual request, and it's the easiest one — the same finish goes on both in the same visit.
What does it cost?
A bathroom sink starts at $250 and a kitchen sink at $300. Counters start at $400 for a bathroom vanity top and $700 for a kitchen run. Size is what moves those numbers, so a photo gets you a real figure quickly. Here's what decides the price of a refinishing job, with every starting price on one page.
How long before I can use it?
24 hours, the same as a bathtub. The work itself is 3–5 hours and it's one visit.
How do I look after it?
A non-abrasive cleaner and a soft cloth. No scouring powder, no abrasive pads, and don't leave standing water sitting on it for days.
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