Kitchen Surface Protection Film
Clear film over the surfaces a kitchen wears out first - and it comes back off.
Worktop edges, cabinet fronts, splashbacks and appliance panels, for homes and for front-of-house hospitality.
What We Film in a Kitchen
Six surfaces take almost all of the damage in a kitchen.
You do not film a whole room. You film the parts that get touched.
Island and worktop edges
The front edge and the corners, where hips, pans and shopping bags land.
What it covers+
This is the first place a stone worktop shows its age, and it is the hardest place to repair invisibly. Film takes the knocks and the abrasion instead, and comes off without touching the stone underneath.
Cabinet fronts and door edges
The handle zone, the opening edge, and the panel beside the bin.
What it covers+
Handleless kitchens take all of that wear on the paint or the foil itself. On gloss fronts you see every fingernail. Film on the contact strip is invisible and saves the one part of a kitchen you cannot just touch up.
Splashbacks and the sink run
Behind the tap and the length either side of the bowl.
What it covers+
Constant water plus whatever is in it. Hard water spotting and soap film etch stone and dull lacquered surfaces over time, and it is gradual enough that nobody notices until it is everywhere.
Appliance fronts
Fridge, dishwasher and oven surrounds in stainless or gloss.
What it covers+
Stainless shows every print and scratches from the exact cloths people use to clean it. Film gives you a surface that wipes properly and takes the door-handle scuffing that otherwise lands on the appliance.
Breakfast bars and dining tops
The surfaces people actually sit at and put things down on.
What it covers+
Glass rings, keys, laptops, homework. A breakfast bar sees more daily contact than the cooking side of the kitchen and is usually the more expensive slab.
Utility, pantry and door edges
The narrow vertical edges at hand height that everything scrapes past.
What it covers+
Utility rooms and pantries take the trolley, the laundry basket and the dog. These edges are cheap to protect and irritating to refinish.
Why Homeowners Do It
Usually after the first thing gets ruined, occasionally before.
The honest pitch is a maintenance one, not a luxury one.
It is cheaper than the repair
Refinishing or replacing a stone worktop is a job with a skip and a kitchen you cannot use.
Why it works+
Film is a fraction of that, fitted in a day, with no dust and no cure time. The comparison that matters is not film against nothing, it is film against the quote you get after the damage.
It is invisible when it is done right
Optically clear, matched to the sheen of what it covers.
Why it works+
On a gloss surface it reads as gloss. On a honed or satin surface we use a matte film so it does not suddenly look wet. Nobody should be able to see it from standing height.
It comes off
When you sell, remodel or just want it gone, it lifts and the original surface is underneath.
Why it works+
That reversibility is the whole point. You are not changing the kitchen, you are putting a sacrificial layer on top of it and deciding later.
Restaurants, Hotels and Offices
Front-of-house surfaces, fitted around service.
Same film, different traffic - and a clear line about where it does not belong.
Front of house, not the hot line
Serveries, counters, host stands, bar tops, cabinetry and back-bar panels.
What you get+
This is where film earns its money in hospitality: the surfaces guests touch and see, which are also the ones that get worn hardest and photographed most. See Straight Talk for where we will not put it.
Fitted out of hours
We work around service so you are not closed for it.
What you get+
Nights and closed days. A servery run is usually a single visit, and the surface is back in use as soon as we leave.
It scales across sites
Same spec, same film, repeatable across locations.
What you get+
If you run more than one site, the value is consistency: one surface standard, one shop, one schedule. That is the same argument as our other multi-site work.
Straight Talk
Six things we would rather say now than after you have paid a deposit.
Two of these are the reasons people are disappointed by film, so they are first.
It is not a heatproof surface
Do not put hot pans, trays or appliances directly on filmed surfaces.
What to know+
Urethane and vinyl films have real temperature limits. A pan straight off the hob will mark the film and can mark what is under it. Use trivets exactly as you would on bare stone, because you still have bare stone underneath.
It is not a chopping board
Cut on a board, not on the worktop.
What to know+
Film resists abrasion and scuffing, not a knife edge. A blade will go through it. That is true of the stone as well, which is why you were supposed to be using a board anyway.
We make no hygiene or health claims
We do not sell this as antimicrobial, food-safe or anything to do with cleanliness.
What to know+
It is a physical protective layer, nothing more. Any product that claims otherwise in a kitchen should be asked for its testing. If you need a food-contact rated surface, that is a materials decision, not a film decision.
Commercial: we stay out of the cooking line
No film around fryers, ranges, salamanders, pass-through heat or wash-down zones.
What to know+
Heat, grease and steam are exactly what film is worst at, and a back-of-house kitchen has all three. We will walk your site and tell you honestly which surfaces are worth doing and which we will not touch.
Damaged surfaces show through
Film follows the surface it is laid on. It does not fill or hide.
What to know+
Existing etching, chips and dull patches stay visible and give the adhesive a poor surface to hold. If a worktop needs attention first, we will say so rather than filming over the problem.
The photography here is illustrative
The images on this page show the kinds of surfaces and the work involved, not our own completed jobs.
What to know+
We would rather say that than imply a portfolio we have not shot yet. Ask us what we have actually done and you will get a straight answer.
How It Runs
Nothing gets a firm number off one photograph.
Surface condition and run lengths both move the price, and we would rather see them.
Send photos and rough sizes
The worktop run, the island, the cabinet fronts, anything already damaged.
We tell you what is worth doing
Some surfaces are worth filming and some are not. You will get both answers.
Written quote per surface
Itemised by run so you can drop or defer a line instead of approving a lump sum.
Template and install
Clean, decontaminate, template the run and fit. Homes are usually a day; commercial is usually a night.
Care sheet
What to clean it with, what to keep off it, and what to call us about.
We are at 5002 Navigation Blvd in EaDo. Homes across Houston and the surrounding suburbs, commercial sites further out when the job justifies the travel.
Kitchen Film FAQ
Can you really not see it?+
On a sound, clean surface, no - not from standing height. Up close you can find the edges if you go looking, which is true of every film on every surface.
We match the sheen: gloss film on gloss, matte film on honed or satin. Putting a gloss film on a honed worktop is the one thing that makes it obvious, so we do not do it.
Will it stain from wine, coffee or oil?+
The film takes it instead of the stone, and it wipes off far more easily than it would off unsealed stone. That is most of the point.
Anything left sitting for days is still worth wiping up. Film buys you time and a cleanable surface, not permission to ignore spills.
How long does it last?+
Several years on normal domestic use. A commercial servery worked hard will be shorter, and we will give you a realistic figure for your traffic rather than a brochure number.
When it is spent it comes off and a fresh layer goes on. That is a much smaller job than the first fit.
Can I put a hot pan on it?+
No. Use trivets. Film has temperature limits and so does the stone underneath it - this does not change how you treat the surface, it just protects it from everything else.
Do you do commercial kitchens?+
Front of house, yes - serveries, counters, bars, cabinetry and the surfaces guests see. Back-of-house cooking lines, no. Heat, grease and wash-down are what film handles worst, and we would rather tell you that up front than sell you something that fails in six weeks.
Is it food safe?+
We make no food-contact or hygiene claims about it and we would be cautious of anyone who does. Treat a filmed worktop the way you treat any worktop: prep on a board.
What if my worktop is already etched?+
Film follows the surface, so existing damage stays visible through it. Depending on the material that damage may be correctable first, which we would quote separately. We will not film over a problem and call it fixed.
Tell Us About the Kitchen
Photos of the worktop run, the island and the cabinet fronts, plus rough sizes. We will tell you what is worth doing and what is not.