Oil based paint gives a harder more durable finish.
How to paint a bedroom floor.
Porch and floor paint is very durable but for high traffic areas consider topping the floor with a coat of polyurethane.
Work in 4 foot sections.
When you want a bold colorful floor tile is generally where you go but there s a serious case to be made for painting your floors.
Choose floor and porch paint to get the best results.
In an attic bedroom low ceilings and an angled roof pitch make things feel even more cramped.
After the paint has dried for a full day use a roller to apply the finish evenly across the floor.
Protect your floors by covering them with a thick drop cloth or some newspaper.
The covering should start at the base of the wall and extend out 2 3 feet 0 61 0 91 m.
Don t press and squeeze the roller against the wall to get more paint out of it just reload it in the tray instead.
If you ve got hardwoods or even neutral tiles you don t have.
If you plan to add a second coat of paint lightly sand the first coat before putting the second one down.
Secure the drop cloth or newspaper by taping it against the baseboards with painter s tape.
Overlap your lines and work slowly to avoid paint spatter.
Although if you ve painted stairs you re already a step ahead first consider your supplies.
For this reason painting the walls is likely not the best answer for the space.
It is highly durable and available in both oil based and latex varieties.
Starting a few inches away from the edge roll the paint on the ceiling or wall in a zigzag pattern.
But by using an energizing shade of blue on the floors the room appears bigger and takes on a new sense of life.
If you think you can paint floors with regular wall paint you re sadly mistaken.
Years ago when i decided to paint the floors in my small summer house most people were shocked including my parents.
Whether you ve schooled yourself on how to paint a room or tried your hand at painting kitchen cabinets you probably haven t painted a floor.
Bare wood floors were so chic and such a staple of 90 s style that painting them over and covering them up seemed sacrilegious.