How To Paint Checkerboard On Wood Floor

Using a roller to paint our wood floor.

How to paint checkerboard on wood floor.

Once everything is taped off wipe off your chalk lines. Hope it helps you. Lay out tape and paint the pattern. Step 2 prep the base photo by kolin smith.

Create a grid on the floor using a chalk line. Use a roller but cut in the edges of the floor with a good quality paint brush first for a neater job. Use your second color to fill in every other diamond. Illustration by gregory nemec.

One of the important things is to find the center of the room. Choose 2 paint colors one lighter than the other. Paint the floor with the lighter color as your base coat. Checkerboard painted floor tips.

Use painter s tape to tape off each diamond by taping corner to corner on the grid. Apply a second coat or polyurethane as needed. I also think the key to ensuring the longevity of the painted plywood floors is to add an area rug to the space much like you d do with a wood floor. Paint the entire porch the lighter of the two colors.

Typically used for garage floors break through. Turquoise and lime checkerboard floors make for a bold statement in a colorful kids bedroom. We did reseal the high traffic areas after about five years to keep the checkerboard pattern even. This summer i committed what any self respecting lover of natural building materials would call a cardinal sin.

I walked into our old farmhouse with nearly 100 year old pine floors and when my husband asked what we should do with them i replied paint em. Sand and clean the floor. To make the paint adhere better and the finish last longer sand and clean the floor first. My adventure in painting a do it yourself checkerboard floor in the garage.

Always start painting on the opposite side of the room that is the furthest point from the door.