Bare wood floors were so chic and such a staple of 90 s style that painting them over and covering them up seemed sacrilegious.
How to paint your floors white.
Found your article and it sounds rather easy.
2 clean your wood floor.
Thanks for the article.
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.
Paint manufacturers offer super durable porch and floor paint products and sealers that will keep your painted floors well painted.
First consider your supplies.
After lightly sanding these dark stained floorboards i used ronseal perfect finish diamond hard floor paint to paint them white.
Personally since i didn t sand i just swept vacuumed and mopped with a swiffer pad nothing fancy.
After all you can paint an ugly wall or an outdated door why not paint some floor tiles.
Prep your floors first by scuffing the wood to remove any existing finish and to make paint adhere well.
When you use the right products the right primer the paint will take.
Just pulled up old carpet in a bedroom and wanted to paint the floor white and have it look a bit antiquey.
I will send a photo when i am done.
We frequently recommend painting floors white or otherwise to owners on a budget who have very old tongue and groove floors that can t handle the trauma of another sanding and refinishing.
To minimize sanding time karen burke of bravura finishes in portland oregon suggests using a deglosser like krud kutter gloss off.
Years ago when i decided to paint the floors in my small summer house most people were shocked including my parents.
You need to remove all the sanding dust as well as any dirt grime etc.
Painting tile floors seems like a common sense fix to an ugly tile problem.
I didn t think so anymore.
If you sanded your floors then this step is especially important.
See how they turned out the floors were cheap solid oak floors in great need of refinishing.
I have some big gaps in the wood but i am going for an antique look.
And if you re planning a floor to ceiling paint party paint your floors after you paint everything.