Thanks sooo much, wish me luck!!! Please update me as to how the kitchen floor is holding up! I want to try my hand at this but am a bit worried about such a high traffic area? Thank you. I wondered same thing, thinking a gloss laminate or something would create a shine and maybe make it more durable as well.
I want to try kitchen but am worried of the high traffic area as well. Try a top coat of Polycrylic to make it super tough. I have a gift-shop booth at a local antique mall. The mall floor was an ugly painted, scuffed-up grey over concrete. I painted a stencil onto the floor using similar steps found in the how-to blog. I ended up applying a light dusty glaze over the whole stenciled floor, to achieve an old-world look, but this left a soft topcoat.
To give it a really tough finish then, I used two coats of Polycrylic satin. All my paints were water soluble, including the Polycrylic, which conveniently comes in liquid and spray can form. Hope this helps! I totally agree with adding the polycrylic!!
BUT, I left out the polycrylic stage due to my budget at that time. SO, if I decided to do it again and I just might do that!! Thanks for the tip! I know your post has been here forever, but my parents painted the living room of their lake house nasty avocado green vinyl blue as a temporary measure until they found floors they actually wanted.
It lasted 7 years, with some mild scratching, until they found laminate that was at both the price and style they liked. Did you slip the TPS or whatever step? Again, did you skip the super scrub too? When I first saw them, I was picturing you all having to climb over them every time!
It actually makes sense to me that paint would stick to vinyl better than it would to wood. This looks fantastic, cost very little and is holding up well. Good job you 2! We are eventually going to re-do our master bath, but before we rip up the old floors I am dying to try this out first! We have hideous vinyl in our laundry room and I absolutely pinned this tutorial for when we have the guts to re-do ours!!
You tattoo-sporting people are brave for trying this. It looks great! We painted our porch floor becuase it was in a major hurt before. Totally love this project and plan to give it a try in my kitchen. If I fail to get it right, no loss, because I have to rip the outdated laminate flooring out anyway.
You two did an Awesome job!! More money in the bank! I listen to the experts, then do my own thing anyway. We have these same type of floors everywhere in this house!
It would leave a bit of a glossier finish though, so if your porch paint is matte finish and you like it that way, then probably best to leave out the polycrylic. Anyway, I just thought this might be useful to know in case the floor started showing wear-and-tear anytime soon! You should travel around the world making it your personal mission to cover all the ugly laminate! I love how the floor turned out.
What a great idea! I would have never thought of that. I love the walls and cabinets also. Thanks for the inspiration! I stenciled my bathroom floor. Wow that is super fabulous! Is it holding up well? I was wondering about whether using poly is better for worse. Thanks so much for sharing!
We patched. We painted. Ha ha. Every one of you did a fantastic job! Just kidding. I know you work your fanny off cause I read every post.
And a photographer. I purchased a floor stencil from Royal Stencils love them! Cindy, Come on! Have fun with it and enjoy it! I promise no one will die and you will have a wonderful new floor! Try it on some paper to prove the concept to yourself. Then take pictures. Enjoy your new kitchen and bathrooms! Courage Woman! Hugs, Deb. So what can it hurt right? So here goes nothing! Thanks for the vote of confidence! Please… Thank you for your brilliant hard work too.
Looks similar to your before photo. Home run, Kelly! Thank You! The floor is so ugly anything would be an improvement. Anybody that is going to do this, make sure you wear a mask or a ventilator. Some of that old linoleum flooring contains asbestos, if you are going to sand it and kick up an asbestos dust storm, it would not be good.
If you can just paint it without sanding it, that would be safer. Great tip. Pretty darn cool! I love the way they turned out. That is an amazing transformation! I love the stripes with the stenciled walls! It looks awesome! The rest of the room looks fabulous as well! Love love love love love! How do you clean them without damaging the paint? Love this idea, but I would like to do it in a bathroom and I have to wonder if the moisture would cause the paint to peel or bubble and, of course, the floor would need cleaned regularly.
We just clean them with mild soap and water. Some people have said they sealed the floors with some kind of floor sealant, and that might not be a bad idea. So happy I stopped in from SSS…the room looks wonderful and I have been contemplating painting our old vinyl floors in our downstairs kitchen! I have a vinyl floor in my bath that I need to update.
I love how your painted floor turned out. I also like the prior post showing other solutions. I am definitely inspired. I mean… wow! I am so pinning this. Everything looks better with a fresh coat of paint. Even that ugly vinyl flooring.
We want to buy a house soon. Your laundry room is adorable and I love that floor. I am featuring this at somedaycrafts. Just a note — priming is good if you have color to cover. It is amazing! And I would say yes, add poly to the top. If you have little ones and little bit starts to peel up, I could see said little one pulling on it and yanking up an entire stripe. Awesome job! The room is lovely. Thanks for the inspiration. Kelly- This is my first time stopping by and your laundry room is stunning!
I love how much imact the floors and stencil have! Great job! Good tutorial! We did this 2 years ago on top of old vinyl in a basement bathroom. I also found that I needed several layers of the porch and floor paint to get a good result.
Finally, it was very important to give the paint time to harden — not just dry. Anyway, thanks for the great tute, and cute room!!! Little Bit. Good question! I think any kind of deglosser would work. As long as you get rid of the glossy finish so the paint can stick, you should be okay! What a fantastic project! Check it out at pinterest. That tape really works well for the stripes! Your laundry room looks amazing! I never would have thought to paint the floor!
Love it!! I have a new Pinterest Power party and would love to have you share this and any other projects or recipes you have! Thank you so much for sharing!!! Thanks for the great tutorial and for stopping by my blog. I work for Sherwin Williams and we sell Porch and Floor enamel in quarts in any color. Also, I would recommend adhesion primer. Great work!! This looks great! Great job. A favourite product of mine is Zinssers Bullseye water-based Primer.
In comparison to other Primers though a bit pricey, it is perfect to use on slick or glossy surfaces! I have used it to great success on laminate, ceramic tile, metal and over oil-based paint for both interior and exterior projects. Though its primary use is to cover up water-marks and stains just follow the application instructions on the can and ensure that the paint is cured not dry prior to the top coat of porch paint.
Thank you so much for this tip! I have heard great things about Zinssers! And yes, the blue is also porch paint.
Good luck! Can you please tell me about the light? It is unique and fun. I would love to add that. I love the whole room. I wonder if I did it in stages???? Just curious what your thoughts are. This is definately do-able for our pocketbook…. Holy mother of Batman! This is blowing my mind right now! Our laundry room looks a lot like your before picture.
I think you have inspired me to get moving on getting a new look in there! We are SO going to try this!! Thank you! Whooo hooo!! I bought a s house in Every paint store and hardware store guy I talked to gave me elaborate explanations about how it was impossible to paint this, I should sheet rock etc. But my budget was practically non existent. That kitchen looked great. Anytime I told one of those people what I had done, cause I had so many projects, I was always in these stores they would shake their heads and look very worried.
It has worked fabulously!!! I love it! I am custodian of my church. The mens room needs an update so badly but we have low funds. I believe this is what I will do with that ugly floor and it shall be wonderful then! Just wondering how the floors have held up 6 months later — I really want to do this in my laundry room!
My only concern is its more like a high traffic mud room that leads to the garage. What a fantastic idea. Your laundry room looks beautiful! I would love to do this in my laundry room but I have one concern. Stripes would probably be out of the question but do you have any other suggestions besides just painting the whole floor one color? Thanks so much! Hey, I loved this! Now this is my idea of a cool and informative blog.
I love doing stuff on a budget too. I will have to look through your posts to see if you have any tips on re-painting your kitchen cabinets and doing a back splash. It is mostly about real estate and the Boulder Lifestyle but I have featured a few home improvement articles about my personal home buying and selling experience which involved staging, repairing, and cleaning my house on a budget!
Do you like to cook on a budget too? Painted cabinets, walls, counter tops, new sink, faucet and back splash. My plan was to ensure this awful vinyl until the entire house is finished , when we are going to purchase new flooring wall to wall. Not any more. Thanks for the courage! Love your floors! I am getting ready to try this in my bathroom budget makeover. Also, we have those peel and stick vinyl floor tiles that are supposed to imitate hardwood floors so they are like strips butted up against each other instead of one continuous sheet.
Do you think this will work ok as far as painting over the cracks? Thanks so much for posting such a great tutorial… this is just what I need until I can save up enough for some fab tile flooring! We used the latex porch and floor paint. I think the glossier it is, the easier to clean it is…? That was my thinking. Maybe you can test a little spot behind the toilet or something and see how it does… Good luck!
Great article and something I might try myself. Do you know, or could you put a guess to how well this will stand up in a bathroom? Thanks Kelly — good news on the bathroom floor. I would love to re-tile but am a broke girl renting a house.
Has anyone done this? Hi I painted my kitchen floor 4 years ago. It has held up really well. Oh cool! Thanks so much for commenting! OMG you just totally saved my sanity! Moving into an apt with hideous vinyl flooring in the kitchen. This will totally save the day!! Thanks for sharing! I love the way you write! Made me grin… A friend of mine just asked me today to possibly paint her deck next year to make it look like a carpet and I suggested to get vinyl flooring instead to paint on that so she can store it inside in the harsh winter here in New England and I offered to check out if that is possible.
Thank you so much! Ridiculously excited that I just stumbled across this. Never in a million years would have thought to paint the bathroom floor!! Now I know what I can do!!!!!! Thank you so much- Newest, biggest fan! Not sure I would want to paint it, but just put groutable vinyl tile in the kids bathroom my test space and it is gorgeous so the kitchen area is up next.
I did paint the tile around my fireplace though and it is gorgeous! I found a tile that I loved and then duplicated the look with a faux finish! No matter how often I clean it, it still looks dirty!
Two questions; 1. Can this be done on vinyl tiles?? Does the primer have to be latex?? Both the primer and paint were latex. They were ugly but in good shape before. Yes, it was primer, then floor paint. We painted the whole floor white, then did the teal stripes on top. This Blog was the best DIY guide! THANK you!!! This was a great tuitorial, great job on it. I have thought of doing the same thing in our bathrooms.
Seems like when we had our toilet in main bathroom replaced, the plumber informed us there were 3 layers of flooring. What a mess. The seller is into real estate so he knew who he could call and they could turn the job around quickly and work cheap.
Paint the floor! Thanks for sharing this tuitorial and pictures with us. Awesome, awesome, awesome. It feels like the equivalent of setting dollar bills on fire. Painting Linoleum Floors Time to tape along the floorboards around the perimeter of the room and get to painting!
I painted around the perimeter of the room with a brush first… When it came time for rolling, I skipped the paint tray, and just dumped rows of paint onto the linoleum and rolled it on.
It took two coats to get full coverage. More from my site Purple is the Winner!! Stenciling on a Painted Linoleum Floor ». Comments For sure! I would just lightly sand the walls before priming and painting. How long did you wait to walk on it after you put the polycrylic on it?
Yes ours is slightly textured. If you do all the steps, you should be fine! This is a really good point. Thank you for bringing this up! Hi, Although in America the terms linoleum and vinyl are commonly used in relation to vinyl flooring, they are actually completely different products.
Your site is wonderful and you did an amazing job. I love it! Well that is vinyl flooring not linoleum…. I hope I can do it, thanks so much for this detailed blog! Hello Bethany, Thanks for writing and sharing your article. Thanks, Shimi. Love this. Have never heard oh sw paint. Can you clue me in? Thanks mary Robinson.
Sorry Mary! SW is short for Sherwin Williams! Have you dinner this yet? How do you get the faux soap stone look? Older Post. Newer Post.
Royal Design Studio January 15, Leslie January 15, Hey Diane : You can use a water-based polyurethane to seal your stenciled bathroom floors :. Royal Design Studio June 22, Leave a comment Name. Close esc Popup. Age verification. By clicking enter you are verifying that you are old enough to consume alcohol. Disguise dated vinyl flooring with these tricks from the pros. Ordinarily, painting vinyl or linoleum flooring isn't recommended.
The surfaces don't accept paint well and are likely to be dirty , stained, or waxed, which further inhibits paint bonding. And painting floors won't hide holes or dents. If at all possible, tear up old flooring and replace it. But if you absolutely have to have a quick flooring fix for a single event, for instance, and aren't worried about long-term durability, you can dramatically change a room's look by painting vinyl.
Learn how you can get the best results with our step-by-step instructions for painting vinyl flooring. Before painting vinyl that's in sound condition, test the paint on an inconspicuous spot to make sure it will look okay when complete. Let the paint dry completely to get the best idea of what it will look like. If you're happy with the color, sand the vinyl with grit sandpaper to dull the shine.
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