How To Paint Your Floor

Step 2 prep the base photo by kolin smith.

How to paint your floor.

Paint from the far corner back. When replacing floor tiles is so costly time consuming and messy a coat of paint seems like the obvious budget friendly alternative but this seemingly obvious diy solution isn t the fix all you d hope for. The catalyst makes the paint harden quickly so once you mix the paint you ll want to get started on the job. If you re using a stencil now is the time to use it.

Allow the floor to dry overnight before you begin painting. After all you can paint an ugly wall or an outdated door why not paint some floor tiles. Illustration by gregory nemec. Apply a second coat or polyurethane as needed.

1 gather your materials. Lay out tape and paint the pattern. Years ago when i decided to paint the floors in my small summer house most people were shocked including my parents. Prep your floors first by scuffing the wood to remove any existing finish and to make paint adhere well.

The thought of painting wood floors can be scary but if your hardwood floor is damaged or just ugly painting the floor can make it look great again. See how they turned out the floors were cheap solid oak floors in great need of refinishing. We scoured our local hobby store for a 12 stencil similar one here and simply laid it down against the wall used a small 4 foam roller and painted white over icy gray read our full blog post on how to stencil tile floors here but don t use rust oleum s. I didn t think so anymore.

If you decide you want your painted wood floors to be the same color as ours snap a pic of the label on the top of the paint can shown above and take that to your paint store. Use a roller to paint the rest of the surface area. Mix your epoxy floor paint with a catalyst. Sand and clean the floor.

Ours again was done at home depot. To minimize sanding time karen burke of bravura finishes in portland oregon suggests using a deglosser like krud kutter gloss off. Painting tile floors seems like a common sense fix to an ugly tile problem. Bare wood floors were so chic and such a staple of 90 s style that painting them over and covering them up seemed sacrilegious.

You ll need a stir sticks a couple of 2 1 2 inch synthetic angled sash brushes a telescoping extension pole two roller covers a roller cage a 5 in 1 tool a. Paint the base color. How to paint stencil floors optional step 3 of painting your base coat. Prime before you paint.

Cut along baseboards and fixtures with a brush.