Painting floors and floorboards is easy with chalk paint by annie sloan.
How to paint floorboards with chalk paint.
Painting floorboards is a great way to update a room on a budget especially if you have the time to tackle the job as a diy project.
Annie sloan is perhaps the world s most respected expert in decorative paint colours and techniques.
Firstly you must test how chalk paint and chalk paint lacquer perform on your flooring.
The best type of paint to use is a chalk paint.
Making it the perfect solution to update and refresh floors.
Lo and behold the time has arrived for paint that is made just for floors.
Here annie will show you what to look out for the quickest ways to fix any issues.
Paint is a quick easy and affordable way to transform floorboards particularly when compared to carpet or the cost of replacing with brand new hard wood.
How to paint floorboards white.
She has written over 20 books on the subject and developed her own range of decorative paint called chalk paint in 1990.
And you should be up for a little light diy.
Floorboards are often old with no previous known history of exposure to varnishes spillages or stains.
That chalk paint held up just fine thank you rust oleum but it s because we sealed it with 3412 layers of polyurethane.
When you apply chalk paint lacquer to a surface it can draw out old stains from your flooring through the chalk paint and mar your finish.
However you can t just slap any old emulsion on.
Chalk paint is an extremely functional furniture paint that can be used on almost any surface.
And not just tile floors folks vinyl hard wood concrete and even linoleum.
Ideally you should use floor paints for a long lasting finish but most good quality paints suitable for woodwork will give you a surprisingly tough floor.