White walls ceilings and floors create a clean backdrop for vintage inspired decor.
Can you paint wood floors white.
How to paint wood floors white revisited i just can t get enough of white painted wood floors.
It was just a slightly warmer white similar to what i d imagine benjamin moore simply white would look like if cut by about 33 or so.
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Honestly i want them in every room of my house.
Loi thai of tone on tone wrote a beautiful post about his gorgeous bleached and white washed white floors.
You will generally want the color coats to be paint made specifically for floors.
They ll need a thorough cleaning before doing so.
If oil use an oil primer.
If you decide you want your painted wood floors to be the same color as ours snap a pic of the label on the top of the paint can shown above and take that to your paint store.
However you shouldn t never paint directly onto a glossy finish as this usually comes out looking bad.
Even if you can sand bleach and re stain so it looks ok there.
To keep painted floors looking pristine consider priming and painting them annually.
Let it dry at least overnight and if it s an oil product give it 24 hours or a bit more.
Most wood floors can be painted yes even expensive teak flooring if you dare.
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 or.
For those who might balk at white floors for their perceived difficulty to clean oullette insists that s not the case.
When you use the right products the right primer the paint will take.
Though wood is beautiful in its own right a paint finish can make floors look fantastic.
For a truly beautiful low maintenance white floor you might want to consider having them bleached before applying the stain.
But because i already pitched that idea to m and he totally.
Your best bet is to test the wood that you.
The best woods for bleaching include oak beach ash and gum.