Faux Concrete Floor Painting

After the paint has dried consider adding two layers of varnish to protect the new faux marble paint job on your concrete floor.

Faux concrete floor painting.

The concrete must be cleaned thoroughly before painting or faux finishing. Use a stiff bristled broom or brush with the cleaner to thoroughly remove all foreign substances from the concrete surface. A faux finish on an indoor concrete floor allows you to completely change its appearance emulating the look of slate flagstone or even wood. To apply the sealer roll it on with a lambs wool roller usually used for painting walls.

Pour each paint color into a separate squeeze bottle so that you can create veined swirls that will mimic natural features. Seal the floor with concrete sealer to prevent the concrete from soaking up the paint. It wasn t horrendous but it also wasn t my style. Ensure your success by cleaning and etching the.

Mix the tile paint. Continue to care for your newly painted floor by polishing the concrete regularly. Plus i do not like intense but can completely get behind imperfect. Today i m talking about my faux cement tile painted floors.

The most common options for terra cotta are burnt orange and earthy browns contrasted by bright blues or reds. I completely transformed our dated peachy tile by painting it. Scrub the concrete with an all in one degreasing cleaning and etching product designed for concrete to help prepare the concrete for paint. This was the before.

In the mudroom i also had some serious tile repairs to make before i could even paint. These floors travel all the way into our mudroom. This might be my favorite blog post of all time. Select two to four tile paint colors to create custom coloring for your tiles.

For this project i used the imperfections to mimic actual brick. Allow at least 24 hours for drying.