Distressing Painted Wood Floors

Distressing wood generally means weathering it by hand using tools or chemicals to add enough imperfections to provide age and character but not so many that it becomes unusable.

Distressing painted wood floors.

Let dry for three days the paint must be super dry and hard so it can withstand the sanding without peeling. We matched the paint color to all of the millwork in white dove by benjamin moore. Distressing wood using wet paper technique. See more ideas about wood floors distressed wood floors flooring.

See more ideas about painted floors painted wood floors flooring. All three methods work similarly in the way that they create a resist in certain spots so the paint can be lifted off later. Distress to give your floors the charm of a 100 year old farmhouse. Apr 6 2017 explore penny wilson s board distressed wood floors followed by 798 people on pinterest.

If you want to you could stop here. Whether you are distressing a new floor or an old one you need to give everything a light sanding prior to starting. There are in fact multiple techniques for distressing painted furniture one furniture painting technique that you may have heard of is wet distressing. Are you interested in how to distress painted wood or more specifically how to distress white painted wood to achieve that farmhouse finish that we all love.

Whether painted or unpainted aged wood has character with weathered textures and darker richer colors. Painting wood floors is relatively easy and inexpensive and turn your floors into a feature. This smooths out surface imperfections cleans up the wood and prepares the surface to accept the paint better. New wood can seldom match its homey well worn quality.

Others may prefer to distress furniture with paint. Distress use a light touch with a hand sander to go over the boards passing back and forth where there are raised edges or in natural traffic areas for a warm worn look. However we decided to distress the floors to reveal the stained wood beneath adding character and charm of a 100 year old farmhouse. Fortunately painting a distressed floor can be a rewarding way to preserve the historical charm of the home and add to its aesthetic value.

Both the candle technique see previous and the wet paper technique are good alternatives to distress wood or furniture using vaseline. Jan 5 2015 explore angela sanchez s board distressed painted floors followed by 112 people on pinterest. How to make distressed wood floors step 1 sand and clean floors step 1 lightly sand.