Painting badly stained concrete flooring.
Can i paint my concrete bathroom floor.
Yes sure you can.
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Select a primer that s compatible with both concrete and the epoxy paint that you ll use as a finish coat.
The concrete floor must be completely dry before beginning this project.
Painting a concrete floor is a great way to seal and improve the look and performance of the floor.
Then beginning in the farthest corner from the door paint your way out of the bathroom.
Simply paint over the existing flooring with this durable system without stripping sanding or priming.
If your floor shows any signs of water seepage the source of the water must be eliminated before starting.
Unfortunately stains that penetrate deep into the concrete.
If the floor is rough or has holes use poly filla not soft easy sanding wall patch to smooth it and if necessary sand it with a belt sander.
Because concrete has special characteristics however it also has special needs when it comes to being painted.
Just use an outdoor porch floor paint an acrylic or epoxy marine paint pool paint or a garage floor paint.
Apply painter s tape along the border edges and anywhere you don t want to paint.
Apply base coat in 4 x4 sections and maintain a wet edge while rolling.
Love this concrete sealer by h c water based and glossy.
Lightly sand intact areas of paint as well to give them the grit needed to receive new paint.
Existing paint needs to be scraped and sanded.
Scrape any areas with loose or flaking paint and lightly sand using fine 120 grit sandpaper.
Really finishes off the look of painted concrete.
Now that the bathroom floor has been prepared and primed it can be painted with two or three coats of satin or semi gloss paint.
Allow the concrete surface to dry.
How to paint a concrete floor.
To get the best results for your floor plan on giving the project at least 2 weeks to complete.
Make sure your floor is clean of dirt and debris and dry.
We got everything ready to paint and both of us worked around the baseboards cutting in with a brush so we could then use rollers with long poles to roll the paint on the floor.
Using a roller paint a strip around the room about a foot from the wall which should be cut in later with a paint brush.