Cabinet Refinishing and Painting Invoicing App (2026)
Cabinet refinishing is quoted by door and drawer count plus linear feet of boxes, and the prep — degreasing, sanding, and priming — is most of the labor. ShowTheReceipts ($15/mo) saves per-door, per-drawer, and per-linear-foot rates with separate prep and hardware lines, takes a deposit before materials are ordered, and bills the balance when the doors go back on.
How we picked
Entry-plan prices as published in 2026, taken from each vendor's own pricing page or a recent third-party summary. Judged on the solo refinisher's real workflow — per-door and per-linear-foot quoting, prep and hardware lines, deposits, and completion billing — not on paint-store color management, spray-booth scheduling, or crew payroll.
| Software | Starting price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| ShowTheReceipts That's us | $15/mo | Solo refinishers: per-door and per-foot rates, prep and hardware lines, deposits, completion billing |
| Joist | Free / $8/mo | Cheapest estimate-and-invoice pair |
| Invoice2go | $9.99/mo+ | Basic mobile invoicing |
| Kickserv Flex | $19/mo | Budget scheduling with invoicing |
| Jobber | $29/mo (Core) | Companies scheduling several crews |
Count the doors, not the kitchen
Two kitchens of identical square footage can differ by thirty doors. Quoting “a kitchen” is how refinishers lose money on the ones with tall uppers, glass fronts, and a butler’s pantry nobody mentioned on the phone.
Count doors, drawer fronts, and linear feet of box face. Takes five minutes and it’s really the whole quote.
1. ShowTheReceipts — $15/mo
Per-door, per-drawer, and per-foot rates saved, prep and hardware as separate lines, materials deposit, balance invoiced at reinstall.
2. Joist — Free / $8/mo
Cheap estimate-and-invoice pair.
3. Invoice2go — $9.99/mo+
Basic mobile invoicing.
4. Kickserv Flex — $19/mo
Budget scheduling with invoicing.
5. Jobber — $29/mo (Core)
Scheduling for a company with crews.
The lines a refinishing quote needs
- Removal, labeling, and reinstall of doors and hardware
- Prep — degrease, sand, deglossing, by condition
- Priming — with a bonding primer named
- Finish coats — product, sheen, and number of coats
- Box faces — sprayed on site with masking and containment
- Interior of boxes — usually excluded, priced if wanted
- New hardware — supplied and installed, or customer-supplied
- Hinge boring / soft-close upgrade
- Masking and containment — kitchens are lived in
Label everything, or lose a day
Doors come off and go back to specific openings. Numbered labels and a map is a ten-minute habit that saves you a very long afternoon of trial fitting later.
Name the product and the sheen
Customers can’t judge a finish from a color chip. Printing the product, the sheen, and the number of coats is what separates a durable sprayed enamel from a brushed wall paint — and it’s the spec a cheaper bid usually can’t match.
Frequently asked questions
How should cabinet refinishing be quoted?
By door count, drawer front count, and linear feet of boxes, with prep as its own line. Kitchens vary enormously in door count for the same apparent size, and counting is both more accurate and easier to explain than a lump-sum kitchen price.
Why is prep a separate line?
Because degreasing, sanding, deglossing, and priming is the majority of the labor and it varies with how the kitchen was used. A twenty-year-old kitchen above a fryer and a lightly-used one look identical in a photo and prep completely differently.
Should I take a deposit?
Yes. Custom-tinted lacquer or enamel, new hardware, and a booked spray schedule are all committed before the balance arrives. A deposit covering materials is standard and keeps a postponement from costing you a week's booth time and a can of tinted product.
How do I handle a customer who wants doors replaced instead?
Quote both — refinishing existing doors and new doors on existing boxes. Refacing is a genuinely different price point, and being the person who presents both options honestly is usually how you win the one they actually want.