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Painting Timber Floors

  • 01-11-2016 11:16pm
    #1
    Laghan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭


    Hi all,

    I just bought an old house and am in the process of cleaning it out. Today we removed the old carpets from the bedrooms upstairs, there are very old floor boards beneath, some have been replaced with newer ones and there's lots of paint marks/staining.

    We plan to do a major renovation in about 7 months but we want to live in the house until then so obviously want to clean it up without spending a fortune.

    I thought about sanding the floors but have done this previously and realise the time and effort that would take. My dad suggested painting the floors, it sounds like a great idea. Has anyone here ever done this? Are there specific paints that work best? Does the finish turn out ok? Any tips for getting the best results? :)


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  • #2
    Right2Write
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    Had a mixture of old boards like that here as well. Hired a floor sander to get some sort of uniformity and then applied a darkish stain. This worked well. Used one of the 'natural products' like Auro which don't have as many petro chemical solvents but you can get various similar options in the more conventional Sadolin or Ronseal etc. ranges.

    Not sure if painting the floors with a gloss type paint would work very well. If you're going to have timber floors, you may as well have the wood grain showing through.


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