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.
Can you paint over wood floors.
Consider alkyd based oil paint on everyday furnishings.
Its dey in few hours that you can walk on it gently almost no oder its hard enough that in about a week you can take 80 grit sand paper to it with out causing little to no harm.
That should allow them to custom mix your wood floor paint.
Another good choice for painting wood floors is a pre catalised water baawd epoxy.
After 2 weeks you could take a hammer to it and never know it.
Most wood floors can be painted yes even expensive teak flooring if you dare.
It dries into a rigid layer over wood and continues to harden on the wood surface over time making wooden chairs dining tables and other.
1 gather your materials.
Paint the floor with a roller or a paint pad on the end of a 4 foot extension pole.
One gallon of floor paint gives you about 400 square feet of coverage.
Tinting your primer can cut down on the amount top coats needed especially if you are painting a dark color.
Finally to paint a wooden floor without sanding perfectly give a second coat of paint to the wood floor if you consider it necessary.
When using a pad you may find it more efficient to pour the paint on the floor and drag the pad through it from one side of the room to the other.
That s it no need for sanding.
This can be broken into three easy steps each outlined later in more details.
If the surface has been finished previously such as with stain and polyurethane or old paint.
Painting wood stairs and floors requires the same preparation as for any interior paint job.
If you choose to give a second coat of paint continue exactly as the first coat.
Remember to do this only once the floor is dry and you ve seen the result.
However you shouldn t never paint directly onto a glossy finish as this usually comes out looking bad.
If you use a roller you can load it in a paint tray the same way you would if you were painting walls.
On the first day of the project i moved everything out of the rooms and prepped the floor for painting the floor then started with a coat of primer.