If your wood floor is beginning to show signs of wear and tear painting it can be a budget friendly solution to give it new life.
Diamond painted floor.
Inexpensive brushes may shed bristles into the wet paint making a high quality brush well worth the expense.
Well these are all great reasons for opting to paint your flooring.
There are of course a few little things to bear in mind.
Using a 4 wide paint brush work in the direction of the grain and apply two coats of the darker paint to the inside of the diamond patterns.
Plus it unites a space that has mismatched wood finish.
A shiny painted floor is guaranteed to turn heads.
If you think you can paint floors with regular wall paint you re sadly mistaken.
Apply a second coat or polyurethane as needed.
To design the diamond grid first measure the length and width of the room and determine the number of diamonds to include in the pattern.
In the meantime i m sharing how i painted diamonds on the floor.
Paint manufacturers offer super durable porch and floor paint products and sealers that will keep your painted floors well painted.
Available in a range of colours it can be used on wood concrete and stone floors.
First consider your supplies.
Floors made from wood cement tile or linoleum not so much laminate make excellent surfaces for painted floor designs and these days there are a number of specialist products for each of these types of surface that will help you achieve a professional finish.
Resilient enough to put up with daily knocks scuffs and scrapes our diamond hard floor paint will have your floor looking good and staying tough.
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Sand and clean the floor.
Paint the base color.
Keep in mind that once the floor is painted it will require a bit of upkeep plan to repaint as soon as the floor starts to show wear.
To make the paint adhere better and the finish last longer sand and clean the floor first.
Step 2 prep the base photo by kolin smith.
Suitable for wood concrete and stone floors.
Tips on painting diamond squares on a wood floor.
A solid color.
Don t skimp on the quality of brush you buy.
And if you re planning a floor to ceiling paint party paint your floors after you paint everything.
In fact i painted years ago the floor of my tiny porch at my old house here in ga.
Illustration by gregory nemec.
For the purpose of illustration a well proportioned pattern for a floor 12 long by 10 wide would be four diamonds across and four diamonds lengthwise.
Oct 10 2018 explore jean molesworth kee s board painted floors followed by 2996 people on pinterest.
I have long been a fan of painting diamonds on the floor and when 2 of my friends did it on their screened porches ages ago i knew that i wanted it on mine too.
Long lasting protection for your floor.