Before And After Painted Linoleum Kitchen Floor

Many of you have already checked out my 71 00 laundry room diy renovation one of my favorite parts of my laundry room renovation is the painted linoleum vinyl floor update.

Before and after painted linoleum kitchen floor.

They were ugly but in good shape before. Because floors experience traffic and as a result suffer more wear and tear than other painted surfaces like walls cabinets and furniture it is important that you take certain measures to protect your paint job. If at all possible tear up old flooring and replace it. Whether the linoleum flooring is a few months or decades old it will need a serious scrubbing before you begin to prime it for paint.

Ordinarily painting vinyl or linoleum flooring isn t recommended. After the kitchen cabinet fiasco i learned my lesson and asked around and got a lot of different answers regarding what or even if i should use to paint old linoleum. A simple swish with a damp mop and mild dish soap and water solution typically won t remove the top layer of grime. I ma share the products and steps with you in case you too have a linoleum floor that you hate but aren t in a position to change.

But after doing some research both in person and online i decided to take a leap of faith and use a paint i had never heard of before. For more follow the hashtag rachaelrayshow. When it comes to painting linoleum. We have a 130 year old house and probably 40 50 year old vinyl linoleum floors which our floor guy absolutely ruined when we moved here 4 years ago by stripping off all the design and color.

I found your site after doing a google search for painting linoleum floors wow am i glad i did. If the paint sticks to laminate i figured it might have a similar bonding experience with the. Use floor and porch paint to upgrade tired linoleum flooring. It was recently pointed out to me on pinterest rather rudely that linoleum is different than vinyl.

The surfaces don t accept paint well and are likely to be dirty stained or waxed which further inhibits paint bonding. But if you absolutely have to have a quick flooring. So after getting down on my hands and knees and scrubbing behind a thirty year old toilet one that i plan to replace ultimately during the big bathroom reno tbd i decided it was the perfect time to test out the paint s abilities on the floor. And since i ve painted linoleum before with great success i decided to give this a go.

This can be the most labor intensive part of painting linoleum flooring so be prepared. 120 grit sandpaper discs.