How To Color Wash Wood Floors

This will help the whitewash to bond with the wood panels.

How to color wash wood floors.

Dip a rag into the paint and wipe it onto the wood surface. If you want to see more wood grain continue to add water. Use it as a white wash stain. Sand your floorboards with 150 grit sandpaper wash floors to remove all dust and dirt allow floor to dry completely the drier the better 1 2 days apply primer and dry overnight lightly sand floors with 220 grit sandpaper wipe floor with a cloth or rag dampened with mineral spirits.

Apply the whitewash in long thin strokes across your wood floor panels. Polish wood floors to a shine. Dirty wood floors aren t simply unclean but can be damaging to the wood itself which is expensive to repair refinish or at the very worst replace. We used the color wash watered down paint to adjust a previous stain that hadn t been finished sealed but it works with raw wood as well.

Begin by dusting or sweeping your floors well. Now that our new floor is in we need to put a nice finish on it. Rule four how to paint wood floors. Melissa witulski the business operations manager for merry maids stresses the importance of regularly cleaning your floor before it becomes a major task or unmanageable.

First dilute the white paint with water to a consistency of heavy cream. Then make a cleaning mixture using 4 cups warm water and a few drops of castile soap or dish soap. A wash will add color without sacrificing the visual interest of the wood s texture. The whitewashed wood plank wall in the photo at top source from a modern farmhouse bathroom is a great example.

Do not shake but gently mix this then mop or. Start by adding one part water to two parts paint and test the wash on a wooden swatch before working directly on your surface. Especially with black you may need to have an area where you can test how much water to add to the paint to get the color intensity you want. Make sure you apply an even pressure across the surface to get the best results.

Begin in a back corner of the room plotting a path that will have you end up near an exit pour a small s shaped amount of wood floor polish onto the floor. All you need to do is dilute paint with water.