Most wood floors can be painted yes even expensive teak flooring if you dare.
Can you paint wood floors grey.
Whether you ve schooled yourself on how to paint a room or tried your hand at painting kitchen cabinets you probably haven t painted a floor.
Painting wood stairs and floors requires the same preparation as for any interior paint job.
You ve likely tackled a paint project at some point.
You can read my full disclosure at the bottom of the page.
Despite all of the work involved letting wood dry putting in the tongue and groove nailing it down sanding and more sanding filling a few gaps and more sanding then a stain prep and then the bona.
However you shouldn t never paint directly onto a glossy finish as this usually comes out looking bad.
Paint the floor with a roller or a paint pad on the end of a 4 foot extension pole.
If you think you can paint floors with regular wall.
If the surface has been finished previously such as with stain and polyurethane or old paint.
I built my own wood floor out of douglas fir 1 6 and wanted to stain it grey.
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.
If you plan on painting your floor a deeper red or blue use a gray oil based primer.
Since you can go light or dark with medium toned floors you may want to keep most rooms such as living spaces dining room and kitchen light and paint bedrooms a darker color.
Gray hardwood floors provide a great flexibility in terms of design as they can look rustic traditional contemporary anything you wish.
A few tips on floor color.
Although if you ve painted stairs you re already a step ahead first consider your supplies.
If you use a roller you can load it in a paint tray the same way you would if you were painting walls.
Well first it s just way to easy to pick the wrong gray.
Try to avoid medium to light grays for the walls.
6 x research source.
When you do get a scratch you can quickly and seamlessly touch it up with a brush something you definitely can t do with stained floors.
The primer will help adhere the paint to the wood and will make sure that it stands up over time.
Your best bet is to test the wood that you wish to paint.
I used the bona grey since it works well with the bona traffic hd.
And like stained floors painted wood floors can be mopped and scrubbed with no polish required.
You could opt for weathered wood or for a wood finish in the desired shade of gray to make your floor stand out or blend it in the overall design of the room.