how do you white wash your wood floors?

Answer 1

I would get exterior paintto start with it holds up better. When you go to paint put very littel paint on your brush. Its called dry brushing
I believe. just apply a little paint at a time.Pratice on a piece of old wood first.I did it this way and saved money and time.My husband who paints for a living was inpressed.

Answer 2

White wash is not durable and makes a horrible floor finish. To white wash any surface you mix up a batch of the white wash, then apply it with a paint brush, roller, or pad. Here are a couple of recipes: http://www.painterforum.com/milk.html
http://fiascofarm.com/recipes/whitewash.html

I would recomend that you choose some other means of decorating your floor, since you would need to white wash it about twice a week.

Answer 3

There are stains available at your local hardware stores. I tried it on some cabinets and it turned out great, I would just make sure you urethane the floors after you put the stain down so it won't wear from foot traffic. They have alot of different finishes now, high gloss, semi, satin etc..... I use a satin finish on my floors and it has held real well for the last 2 years (still looks new and I am hard on the floors with boots) Behr is what I used on the floors and cabinets........

Answer 4

Whitewash is not an appropriate finish for a wood floor. Find an alternative that looks the same. Check out faux finish techniques.

Answer 5

in simple terms use a high quality "white" latex paint, dilute with water and word like stain. Then dazzling coat with non-yellowing latex polyurethane. Becareful to not word too many coats of stain, can result like paint. each little thing is water clean-up

Answer 6

roll the paint on the floor and wipe over it with a wet rag. do small sections at a time

Answer 7

I think you just add lots of water to the paint.

Answer 8

if you whitewash your floor you will leave footprints wherever you go