Paper Bag Floor No Stain

Prep your floors by pulling up the carpet removing all staples and sanding everything until it s smooth.

Paper bag floor no stain. For all of the videos go to my blog for the full instructions of the brown paper bag floor. One year later it is in fantastic shape. I designed a paper bag floor with cogs and wheels in my gallery on the coast in oregon. Mix elmers glue and water half and half get the crumpled paper uncrumple it size it out like a puzzle where u want it on the floor put glue on the back and stick then when its placed coat the top.

Home owners with concrete or vinyl floors could wish to reassess. After the floor is prepped tear and crumple 6 to 8 inch paper wads from a roll of brown craft paper the material used in brown paper lunch bags. Brownish craft paper adheres ideal to and also lasts lengthiest on a plywood subfloor. Brown paper bag floors stained to look like stained concrete.

To not have to rip up the floor after killing my back because it looked cheap and stupid. Paper bag floors the secret to success with a paper bag floor is to start with the appropriate subfloor. I used a diluted water based paint to create a warm wash on the paper then i used oil based stain on the cogs and wheels and sealed the whole thing with a water modified polyurethane sealer about 6 coats. Less than 100 to do a normal sized dining room floor.

The kraft paper looks best natural in my opinion and the builder paper looks good in brown stains and i think either oil or water would work. Brown paper bags you know the stuff. Here is a picture of the finished product where my slate style paper bag floor meets my paper bag flooring that looks like wood. Prepping the floors can be a pain in the butt but if you don t do it right then there s no point in doing the paper bag flooring at all because it won t look right.

Apr 22 2020 explore karen perry s board paper bag flooring followed by 229 people on pinterest. Paper bag flooring application.