To paint a hardwood floor start by sanding the wood to remove any preexisting layers of varnish or enamel.
How to finish painted wood floors.
In fact a painted wood floor can look just as attractive as a natural one and in some cases it can look even better.
However you shouldn t never paint directly onto a glossy finish as this usually comes out looking bad.
Your best bet is to test the wood that you wish to paint.
A step by step video for a home owner on how to use various wood floor sanders and how to apply the finish.
Painting wood floors is relatively easy and inexpensive and turn your floors into a feature.
In many ways paint is easier to maintain than clear floor finish and when the paint wears thin it s a simple matter to apply a refresher coat.
1 gather your materials.
Painting a hardwood floor is a fairly straightforward process with a lot of room for creativity in terms of the texture and finish of your floor.
Consider three coats of oil based finish or four coats of water based finish.
But those floors were a little different because they were bare wood floors.
When the finish is dry reattach the shoe guard moulding.
Using simple wood floor paint wood floor finishes floor stain and a floor varnish.
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.
What types of hardwood floors can be painted.
Vacuum up the dust and apply the subsequent coat.
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.
Painted floors create amazing results.
Most wood floors can be painted yes even expensive teak flooring if you dare.
Many finishes take 24 hours to dry.
And i ve learned a few things since then.
For starters the flooring in our closet was already painted with a glossy finish.