You can do it yourself with the right supplies and a little bit of work.
Grey painted plywood floors.
It goes on smooth and resists any chipping scuffing or abrasions for a long lasting finish.
Apr 23 2020 explore nina perez s board painted plywood floors on pinterest.
How to paint a plywood floor.
There s nothing like a fresh coat of paint and you could of course leave the floor painted just the one color give it a couple of coats of stays clear poly by benjamin moore and call it done.
Although if you ve painted stairs you re already a step ahead first consider your supplies.
Painting a plywood floor is a super easy and affordable way to update the look of a room.
Do painted plywood floors really hold up.
Whether you ve schooled yourself on how to paint a room or tried your hand at painting kitchen cabinets you probably haven t painted a floor.
Now that we have lived with our painted floors for more than half a year i figured it.
We did reseal the high traffic areas after about five years to keep the checkerboard pattern even.
How to paint colorful stripes on a plywood.
This is the number one question that i get about these painted plywood subfloors.
If you think you can paint floors with regular wall paint you re sadly mistaken.
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If you missed my post about how i transformed my living room by painting my subfloor you have got to go check it out immediately.
And the most popular project i have shared here at lovely etc.
My painted plywood floor is one of the most beautiful creative fantastic projects i have ever done.
But plywood or osb sub floors are not meant to be lived on that s why it s called a sub floor.
I wanted to lighten it up so i repainted it.
While carpeting padding and laminates don t add any strength they do have cushioning and acoustic properties that add to the livability of a space plus they help cushion any deflection that might be felt with only a sub floor in place.
Valspar porch and floor enamel available at lowe s is an oil based floor paint that will provide a hard durable layer of color and protection for your plywood floor.
This is the perfect money saving solution for plywood flooring.
This floor held up for almost eleven years and still looked almost exactly like this when we moved out.
Be sure to work in a well ventilated area so.
This is where the fun starts.
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From what i could tell that paint had held up really well.
Before i painted the flooring it had already been painted a really dark gray.