How To Protect The Floor When Painting

Keeping paint off a hardwood floor is a lot easier than trying to remove it later.

How to protect the floor when painting.

Paint the base color. Paint rollers throw off a mist of paint that speckles everything below. So once it s done. Take the following steps before you begin painting.

Illustration by gregory nemec. When you tape around door and window trim to protect the woodwork use tape that s wide enough to project at least 1 2 in. I used a couple of layers of primer on top of the leveling compound to keep the paint from soaking into the floor. Also it s not very flat.

Spread either your canvas rosin paper or plastic drop cloth across your. In fact trying to remove paint after it s dried onto the floor could damage it. Step 2 prep the base photo by kolin smith. Painting a wood or concrete floor can be a complicated process that involves floor filler sandpaper and several coats of paint.

To make the paint adhere better and the finish last longer sand and clean the floor first. Open each box up and place it flat on the floor. Lay out tape and paint the pattern. How to protect floors when painting.

Here s the quickest way to protect doors and windows. All you need is a drop cloth and some masking tape. If you re painting on concrete i assume you could do the same since the leveling compound is quite similar to concrete. Apply a second coat or polyurethane as needed.

Recycle old cardboard boxes into floor protectors while painting. To protect your wood floor 3m recommends scotch delicate surface painter s tape. You can assemble long rows of cardboard with tape or merely overlap them. However it can move a lot while i walk on it and then there are spaces left exposed.

Quick drying sealers to put over painted floors. Home improvement expert danny lipford shows you how to protect your floor from dripping paint.