Painting Over Engineered Wood Floors

We called it pickled but the floor guy first bleached the oak hardwood floors.

Painting over engineered wood floors. 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. Painting is an alternative to replacement that can extend the life of such floors for several years. Years ago when i decided to paint the floors in my small summer house most people were shocked including my parents. I didn t think so anymore.

Pine floors dating back to 1840 that were oil based painted over thirty years ago with some spots showing original stained floor boards. 1 gather your materials. Allow the paint to dry for 24 48 hours until it s dry enough to walk on. Lightly go over the floor with 220 grit sandpaper to smooth out the grain and give a sleek surface then clean the floor to remove all the dust.

If the surface has been finished previously such as with stain and polyurethane or old paint. For example your floor may be engineered hardwood and you may have over sanded it and worn through the veneer. And then he put three coats of clear acrylic poly over it. 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.

Then he painted a translucent off white paint with a slight green undertone to counteract the red tones in the wood. 1 current hardwood floors are in bad condition you don t have the budget to replace 2 current hardwood floors are outdated you don t have the budget to replace 3 love the look of painted floors this isn t about. Paint your way towards the. Apply a second thin coat in the same manner.

Bare wood floors were so chic and such a staple of 90 s style that painting them over and covering them up seemed sacrilegious. Although if you ve painted stairs you re already a step ahead first consider your supplies. See how they turned out the floors were cheap solid oak floors in great need of refinishing. I need to fill in one area with putty termites long gone but one board still presents slight damage.

Well it wasn t exactly painted. 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. Painting wood stairs and floors requires the same preparation as for any interior paint job. If you think you can paint floors with regular wall paint you re sadly mistaken.