Paint Laminate Flooring White

You may need to sand down the glossy finish just before priming the stain.

Paint laminate flooring white. We ve all seen some great results from painted wood floors but can you paint laminate floors. Improperly applied paint will peel off of laminate and melamine creating a bigger mess than you started out with. You can paint laminate flooring when it becomes old and dull. Do you think i could paint the floor to give it a gloss white finish.

Simply put yes you can paint laminate flooring the process itself can be quite tricky. To refinish it paint it with a gel stain or a latex paint for a smooth finish. Some paints call for apply for a primer coat before applying the paint. Others can be used without primer.

We re back with another instalment of ask the home flooring pros this week we address the question of painted floors. It s important not to get flooring paint mixed up with wall paint when you head out to pick your supplies. Hi we had reddish brown laminate flooring put down in our kitchen two years ago and i absolutely hate it and should have gone for a white floor my kitchen has gloss black and gloss white units with black white goods and i feel it is all too dark. Can you paint laminate flooring.

How to paint laminate floors. The key is to degloss and roughen the plastic surface of laminate and melamine and to use the right paint or coating products.