How To Protect The Floor When Painting

Open each box up and place it flat on the floor.

How to protect the floor when painting.

In fact trying to remove paint after it s dried onto the floor could damage it. Take the following steps before you begin painting. You can assemble long rows of cardboard with tape or merely overlap them. 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.

Also it s not very flat. Painting a wood or concrete floor can be a complicated process that involves floor filler sandpaper and several coats of paint. 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.

Illustration by gregory nemec. Step 2 prep the base photo by kolin smith. Here s the quickest way to protect doors and windows. You can easily protect your floor before you paint your walls or ceiling.

How to protect floors when painting. Spread either your canvas rosin paper or plastic drop cloth across your. Keeping paint off a hardwood floor is a lot easier than trying to remove it later. If you re painting on concrete i assume you could do the same since the leveling compound is quite similar to concrete.

Recycle old cardboard boxes into floor protectors while painting. So once it s done. Home improvement expert danny lipford shows you how to protect your floor from dripping paint. Sand and clean the floor.

Paint rollers throw off a mist of paint that speckles everything below. Paint the base color. I used a couple of layers of primer on top of the leveling compound to keep the paint from soaking into the floor. To make the paint adhere better and the finish last longer sand and clean the floor first.

All you need is a drop cloth and some masking tape. To protect your wood floor 3m recommends scotch delicate surface painter s tape.