I've heard that I should refinish the floors before I paint, because the refinishing could harm the paint on the walls. True?
2007-12-04 08:28:10 · 12 answers · asked by blueangel 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
I don't know this answer LOL ! But you don't have any way to give you a message on your profile. so.....I thought I'd leave it here. BTW- the NIH (3rd part of the site address) is the National Institute of Health and it has information on diseases, medicines, statistics, it's very helpful and also informative. It's our tax dollars at work and the information is there for us too. I was unaware of this whole section about 'household products'.
Now that I read 'why' you wanted the shampoo info I can actually tell you more. The NIH data base that I gave you the address for had a section for 'does this product contain carcinoginics?" I found the site to answer your question, but I book marked it for looking at in the future. It's pretty cool. It might have the products your planning on using on your floor too! Something to think about.
Here's the link again-
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/brands?tbl=brands&id=16003413
One more thing- I'd do the floors first. You could damage the walls with the tools you use (or moving furniture) to do the floors. Drop clothes are cheap and you new floors should be protected from damage from painting. Not to mention the smell of products used on floors would penetrate the walls and the paint. But the new paint smell won't go into your floors and dissapates faster. If I were you I'd look it up on DIY channels site, Home Depot and Lowe's and see what they say in their 'do it yourself' FAQ's!
Good luck on all of your projects! ; )
2007-12-04 15:24:33 · answer #1 · answered by Dorcas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paint first. I just did my hardwood and the company I contracted recomended that I paint the walls first. I didn't even have to worry about paint splatter. They sand off about an 1/8th of an inch before refinishing the floors and they professionals that did my floors kept it clean. I recommend removing your base board so they sand all the way to the wall, any poly splatter would be low enough that the baseboard should cover it when you put it back on.
2007-12-04 13:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by crzsrfr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would paint first then if you get any paint on the floor who cares you are probably gong to sand and refinish anyway. Once paint is dry on walls shoud be fine other wise people would have to repaint their house if they refinish floors.
2007-12-04 08:32:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The first thing to do is get all your floor sanding done. Cover the freshly sanded floors with Kraft paper. With sanding out of the way you can clean up all the dust and mess it has made and then proceed to paint the ceiling first, and then walls and trim. The very last step would be to apply your hardwood floor finishes.
2007-12-04 08:36:06 · answer #4 · answered by Parercut Faint 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My dad is an expert at refinishing hardwood floors, and he has always painted before refinishing. Our walls and floors look fabulous!
2007-12-04 08:34:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
But the paint could drip on the floors... Catch-22 isn't it? But if you're going to put nice coat of polyeurthane on the floor, that may make cleaning up paint drips much easier.
If you get stain on the walls, paint isn't going to cover that. The stain will bleed through the new paint. You have to replace some drywall to make it go away. I'm leaning towards floor first, because if you have to replace some drywall, you're going to need to paint after that anyways.
2007-12-04 08:34:33 · answer #6 · answered by Damocles 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i would go with what bry said on removing the paint.far as the stairs are concerned depending on the age they probably need to be refinished all the walking up and down has wore them slick.good luck sounds like allot of hard work but the end result should be great.
2016-04-07 08:34:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not that i know of . if still in doubt ask some one where you get your paint . Personally i would do my walls first due to accidents no matter how many measures you take some how it still gets on the floor.
2007-12-04 08:33:05 · answer #8 · answered by Misty j 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
paint, if any gets on the floor it will then be sanded off when you have the floors done.
2007-12-04 08:36:10 · answer #9 · answered by vickey m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would paint first, you probably would ruin the new floor with splattered paint.
2007-12-04 08:32:25 · answer #10 · answered by fmxkrazyone 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋