You've heard it before, which came first - the chicken or the egg? Well the same applies to paint and flooring. Which project should you start first? The painting or the flooring?
Now this question pops up often. Do you paint your room first THEN stain your floor or stain your floor THEN paint your walls?
I saw this at a clients house last week and must say I was a bit frightened. I loved the flooring colors but I was there to choose color and the floor re-finishers were right behind me! I told the client that it's not in the best of conditions if I have to wear a dust mask and yell over the floor sander while discussing her color options.
She of course was very understanding and asked the crew to come back in about 2 hours. But it still leaves me with the question - what would you do first?
If it were my home, I'd paint first. I don't care how great your paint team is they ALWAYS seems to drop a bit or splatter here and there which is fine but if you paint first, you'll have the option to sand it all way!
The result? We chose the dark walnut stain (the last sample on the right) and these two techno colors for her dining room.
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quite frankly I was expecting you to tell that I should paint last... but alas no such surprise here. pretty much any article I have read and consequently any construction schedule I have even followed (on a small scale project and unless logic dictates otherwise) paint comes before flooring. I assume it is a good idea to allow for plenty of dry time but any quality paint (esp. an SW) once dried could be "touched up" with a simple cleaning afterwards. Great posting. Thanks Donna.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there are people that prefer to stain flooring first then paint but I'm speaking from my experience and a "not so neat painter' as I am. I would definitely paint first
ReplyDeleteI agree with painting first before doing the house flooring because if you're going to put new flooring anyway, then why should it matter if it gets stained?
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