Gee, ya think that would take too long to do?
A few weeks ago we did a consultation/estimate for painted parquet floors. It was a piece of cake for us to go over some designs with the prospective client. Oddly enough, now that it’s time to think about the Reclaimed Home store floors, we haven’t got a clue what we want!
Since this is for a high traffic (hopefully!!!) retail shop and not a home, we want to follow certain self inflicted guidelines.
1. Less waste. Keep the nasty commercial tiles that are there and replace/patch as needed.
2. Quick and easy. We want to bring in some inventory ASAP!
3. Inexpensive. It’s a 2 year lease. We need to make money, not blow it all on renovations.
4. Durable. See high traffic above.
So, we are painting the tile. Sand it, clean it, prime, paint, seal. Sounds like a hassle but less so than removing all the tile and installing new flooring.
A solid floor would be easy, but we’re concerned that it won’t hide dirt well enough and who the F wants to mop every day? So we need a dirt distraction. Stencils are wonderful, but a pattern on the entire floor would be too time consuming. Same with faux wood grain. We need the fastest faux way out. So, what are our options?
No really, I’m asking you….know of any options?
Love the patina on this bathroom floor but concerned about the cost of the specialized paint for such a large area.
Although not completely crazy about this technique, it does look like a quick solution.
Faux stained and polished concrete. Definitely not these colors. We want to keep it light and happy.
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What about the paper bag thing. http://www.recyclart.org/2012/07/paperbag-floors/
That looks really cool! I think we’re too nervous about using something with so much texture because it will get damaged easier. It says 6 coats of poly! I’d like to stick to 3 tops. May try it on a wall or something we’ll sell though. Thanks for the tip!
How about a link to that 1st image with the aqua & dark gray floor please. Would love to figure out how to do that. Looks very nice. Thanks all.
Oh dear, that was a Pinterest link. I guess I haven’t kept up with updating broken links.
I can’t find anything online for that image as it wasn’t my own. If I was going to replicate that look, I’d use Modern Masters Metal Effects with their reactive paints and then seal it with about 3 coats of poly. The poly will darken the patina, but it’s necessary as it’s a floor. Here, they made it look like tiles. If you want to do that, just tape off the “grout joints” and paint them another color. Good luck!