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.
Can you paint hardwood floors.
1 gather your materials.
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.
You cannot paint a hardwood floor with standard latex paint.
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 should allow them to custom mix your wood floor paint.
Yep those beat up old floors can become a great big blank canvas.
Keep in mind that whatever color you choose will thin out and become lighter as people walk on the floor over time.
Although if you ve painted stairs you re already a step ahead.
Thank you for this easy to read and very informative article.
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.
Paint the floor with a roller or a paint pad on the end of a 4 foot extension pole.
Thank you for that.
Instead purchase a latex enamel that is specifically designed to be used on hardwood floors porches or decks.
I d like to know if you can recommend a water based floor paint for me.
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.