Painting Hardwood Floors

Wood flooring itself is classic and elegant. They add character, warmth and texture to the rooms. With appropriate care can, wooden floor for generations.

While some may think it sacrilegious to paint designs on the wood to hide the natural patterns and swirls, others find a way to do it, and create a work of art in the end. And you can do the same if you want more color and depth to add a room.

Paint on Your Own

Preparation is the key toa successful floor-painting project. And it starts with a well thought-out design. If you recognize the concept on paper already, what you need. You may obtain other materials, but the basic skill that you do in this project are the following: latex paint (depending on the number of colors you need), primers, fine sandpaper, painters tape, chalk line, tape measure, paint brush and roller.

Start the process by painting the bottom surfacewith two layers of the lighter color you use. You must do this with a four-inch wide brush. Are you purchasing that will not lose their bristles. It may be expensive, but you will ruin no problem with bristles degradation in the wet paint and have the goal.

Paint in the direction of the forest? S grain. Let it dry the first layer. Before applying the second coat, sand the floor lightly to ensure that it will not flake or peel.

If your design contains patterns orDrawings, select it on the floor with chalk or pencil or something that should be corrected easily or delete them, you make a mistake. To ensure that the colors do not bleed the different patterns together, band from the borders with the painter? S band, or heavy with an inch wide tape. Apply the desired color. Two to three layers are sufficient to last for a long time. But to ensure that each layer to dry thoroughly before the next one.

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