Today i wanted to show you the transformation of the original hardwood floor using diy chalk type paint and my homeright ez twist paint stick.
Chalk paint on hardwood floors.
The first thing to do was tear up the existing carpet.
We painted our floors with annie sloan chalk paint.
We spent hours at lowes looking at products.
After 15 years my solid wood laminate floors were scarred and worn looking milky along the board edges.
I have been painting since i was a child.
Did in her kids room.
And finally i also love the treatment that rachel of vanhook co.
The thought of painting wood floors can be scary but if your hardwood floor is damaged or just ugly painting the floor can make it look great again.
1 gather your materials.
When using a pad you may find it more efficient to pour the paint on the floor and drag the pad through it from one side of the room to the other.
Once the paint has dried you have to either scrape it or dissolve it.
Paint the floor with a roller or a paint pad on the end of a 4 foot extension pole.
Originally we were going to rip all the hardwood.
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The easiest way to get dried paint off of hardwood floors.
She tore out the old carpet covered the hardwoods with a wash of chalk paint distressed the floors and then coated them with polyurethane.
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How i chalk painted wood floors.
For all of the details on this chalk paint floor project head over to perfectly imperfect here.
For those that are new to me.
If you use a roller you can load it in a paint tray the same way you would if you were painting walls.
She used dixie belle chalk paint in dried sage.
We love our old home but years of pets and children make for worn floors.
The best time to remove paint from a floor is when it s still wet.
Chalk painting is so easy that i left this project up to our 15 year old daughter alea.
Also be sure and enter the giveaway at the end of this post for a chance to win your very own ez twist paint stick.
You ll need a stir sticks a couple of 2 1 2 inch synthetic angled sash brushes a telescoping extension pole two roller covers a roller cage a 5 in 1 tool a.