When building your own home or repairing an existing one, the owner has a lot of questions. Floors are a very loaded structure, so you should be careful about their decoration. A competent choice of how to paint the wooden floor will minimize future cosmetic repairs and their costs. An important component of the issue is also aesthetic perception. High-quality painting is impossible without a specific knowledge base.
Work Tools
All necessary equipment should be prepared in advance. DIY painting in a private house requires:
- A set of paint brushes with different widths. To properly paint the floor, it is better to stay on flat brushes. The presence of a tool of various widths allows you to qualitatively paint over the edges, corners, baseboards and other hard-to-reach areas of the floor.
- Roller. A wide tool will allow you to paint the main part of the floor surface in a short time. A short-nap roller will make the surface smooth, so you should give it the preference when you repair it with your own hands in the house. A long-nap roller will make the surface rough and uneven.
- Paint tray. It is needed for the convenience of applying paint to the roller. Directly from the bank to implement this is problematic. The tray has a beveled embossed bottom, which facilitates the process of removing excess paint from the tool.
- Chisels and spatulas. The tool is necessary to remove small bumps in the wooden floor in the house with your own hands. To putty cracks or cracks need a spatula.
- Masking tape. The tape is designed to protect non-paintable surfaces. Allows you to define a clear boundary and simplify the work.
Paint Type Selection
Painting a wooden floor requires careful attention to the choice of material. The main requirements for floor paint include:
- resistance to mechanical damage;
- chemical resistance;
- resistance to abrasive wear;
- aesthetic appearance.
When choosing a paint, you need to pay attention to:
- operating conditions of the floor (floors in the kitchen and in the living room require a different type of coating);
- compatibility of paint with a previously applied layer;
- floorboard material (coniferous or deciduous);
- the surface is painted for the first time or repeatedly.
There are several types of paints:
- Transparent coatings. This group includes transparent varnishes, protective glaze and various impregnation coatings. Reprocessing is required every 2-3 years. The compositions allow you to remove excess moisture from the wood, protect it from ultraviolet radiation and prevent aging. There are coatings with the addition of colored pigments that allow you to give the surface an aesthetic appearance due to the full disclosure of the wood structure.
- Opaque coatings. Under this name are paints that are able to completely cover the wooden floor in the house and give it a different color. The composition protects the surface from the harmful effects of the environment and extends the life of the floor covering.
Transparent coatings
This group is very extensive and includes:
- Varnishes for priming. They are used when applying the main layer of varnish. The purpose of using such compositions when painting with your own hands is to increase the adhesion of the finish coat, tint the floor, and prevent the villi from separating the wood from the surface and raising them. In addition, when painting a floor from rare wood species, it is also recommended to treat the surface with a primer.
- Stain (varnish-impregnation). Purpose - protection against exposure to harmful microorganisms leading to the destruction of wood. Prevent mold or mildew.
- Acid cured varnishes. They are applied without a primer layer, since they have a high degree of adhesion to a wooden surface. They do not cause difficulties when painting, give the wood a pleasant natural look.
- Polyurethane anhydrous varnishes. They have increased resistance to mechanical stress. IN The house is ideal for use in corridors and other places with high traffic.
- Water polishes. Compositions with low strength but high resistance to fire. They require preliminary priming of the floor surface. The advantage is that water-based varnishes have a less strong odor than everyone else.
- Alkyd varnishes. Contain artificial resins. Penetrate the wood structure and give it color. They are difficult to apply and least wear resistant. The advantage is that such compositions are characterized by the absence of adhesive properties.
- Impregnation Oils. Protect the tree from harmful effects, give it resistance to mold and fungus. Impregnation can be of varying degrees of penetration, more liquid compounds penetrate deeper. Do not form a solid film on the surface.
- Wax. Extends the service life. It becomes the final stage for parquet or expensive wood. Constant coverage updates are required.
All of the above coatings are primarily intended to preserve wood and its natural appearance.
Opaque coatings
This group includes two types of coatings.
- Dispersion acrylic paints. Their advantages include: ease of application, vapor permeability, a high degree of protection of the wooden floor, a wide range of colors, long service life. If you choose the right paint, it can last up to 10 years.
- Enamels. The surface treated with such compounds is resistant to moisture, so it is perfect for treating floors in the kitchen and other rooms with the risk of water getting on the floor. The disadvantages of such compositions is that during operation they release toxic substances into the air and have a long drying time.
Selection based on wood origin
It is important for soft wood species to select compositions with high resistance to mechanical damage. For example, pine is often used for construction, which needs a solid coating.
When choosing a paint, you must pay attention to the density of the material of the floor boards. The higher this value, the more resistant to damage the wood.
When buying paint, it is important to pay attention to the fact that all of it was from one batch. For this, the necessary quantity is calculated before purchase and a small margin is provided.