Faux Cement Floor Painting

Today i m talking about my faux cement tile painted floors.

Faux cement floor painting.

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. Grease oils and stains. A grout colour two other colours and a white. Faux painted flooring can last several years with minimal care and even after.

Faux paint your concrete floor believe it or not you absolutely can faux paint your old stained concrete floor or patio and improve the appearance immensely without spending a fortune on new concrete. How to faux stone a concrete outside floor clean clean clean. These floors travel all the way into our mudroom. This was the before.

Supplies needed painters tape gray enamel porch and floor paint paint roller tape measure pencil chalk line ruler t square 1 2 inch thick foam rubber utility knife heavy cardboard two to four squirt bottles two to four colors of enamel porch and floor paint rubber gloves clean rags. A base coat of paint provides the backdrop for whatever type of faux finish you wish to create from. Sweep the concrete and vacuum the corners to remove the loose dirt and dust. I marked 2 foot marks along the walls to create a 2 x 2 grid then i got a 12 foot 1 x 2 board and lined it up so i could make a midway mark on the floor.

Then give it a thorough. I completely transformed our dated peachy tile by painting it. Then i used the board to draw the line so i had a pencil mark for my grid. Painting the base coat.

In the mudroom i also had some serious tile repairs to make before i could even paint. If you think you can paint floors with regular wall paint you re sadly mistaken. Continue to care for your newly painted floor by polishing the concrete regularly. No matter what style of faux stone you wish to create a base coat of a latex floor and patio.

The concrete must be cleaned thoroughly before painting or faux finishing. This might be my favorite blog post of all time. After the paint has dried consider adding two layers of varnish to protect the new faux marble paint job on your concrete floor.