How To Paint Your Floors To Last

Ten years ago when we built this house to save money we painted all the floors which are made of concrete.

How to paint your floors to last.

Lay out tape and paint the pattern. Painting tile floors seems like a common sense fix to an ugly tile problem. I didn t think so anymore. And the floors today need another coat of sealer and wax but other than losing their shine the paint is still fine.

Bare wood floors were so chic and such a staple of 90 s style that painting them over and covering them up seemed sacrilegious. Non porous surfaces such as tile or laminate require a specialty primer to seal the surface such as bin or kilz. Step 2 prep the base photo by kolin smith. Because this post is about how to paint wood floors.

How to paint wood floors without sanding aka the lazy way. That usually involves sanding and priming the floor. How to paint your outdated vinyl floors to give your room an easy and affordable makeover. Out of all of the projects i have ever done this one right here made me the most nervous like poo your pants nervous.

Apply a second coat or polyurethane as needed. See how they turned out the floors were cheap solid oak floors in great need of refinishing. To minimize sanding time karen burke of bravura finishes in portland oregon suggests using a deglosser like krud kutter gloss off. Paint the base color.

Sand and clean the floor. Prep the floor must be properly prepped in order for the finish to last. To make the paint adhere better and the finish last longer sand and clean the floor first. Painted floors how to paint a floor.

I thought oh in a few years when we get some money ahead we ll do regular flooring that didn t happen yet. 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. I ll show you how to paint your floors so they are durable and long lasting. After all you can paint an ugly wall or an outdated door why not paint some floor tiles.

And not even how to paint floors the super professional way. Years ago when i decided to paint the floors in my small summer house most people were shocked including my parents.