Stain Paper Floor

Apply the acid stain.

Stain paper floor. This fascinating floor covering job has swept the blog writing world off of its feet with its abundant color and also marble textured results and also its economical. The possibilities are truly endless with this you could do white paper different stains colored floors rainbow floors ombre floors whatever. Stain color for paper bag floor. And after having this tutorial get published in cottages and bungalows magazine in april 2011 woot more readers and bloggers have tried it in their homes with great success.

How to cover a floor in brown kraft paper to create a great leather looking surface. Brown paper bags you know the stuff. The first part of this experiment covered paper options for flooring read that post here if you missed it this one is all about stain. Whats people lookup in this blog.

You could even use water based sealer but he thinks the oil based would be more durable. I filled one up with clean water and in the other one with the acid stain. Once the paper bags are completely dry you can move on to staining them. Less than 100 to do a normal sized dining room floor.

Any generic sealer will do. I repeated this until the entire concrete floor was done. My husband just suggested that if you desire a very even stain color you seal the paper floor with an oil based sealer before applying the stain. To not have to rip up the floor after killing my back because it looked cheap and stupid.

After i had cleaned and etched all of the concrete it was time to apply the stain. Using frog tape tape the baseboards off in the same way you would if you were painting. Water based different colors etc. For this i used two garden sprayers.

Improve it by removing any fraying obsolete carpeting heap and also changing it with simple craft paper. Our most viewed post and video by far is the brown kraft paper diy alternative to wood flooring tutorial. To stain the rest of the floor without streaks set aside the brush for a lambswool floor applicator pad. Any kind will do.

The best part is that it comes in 23 colors. Brown paper bag floors stained to look like stained concrete. Paper bag floors is your old flooring carpeted in style or in dust grime and various other antiques of time. We tried other tape and it came off and made a mess so don t skimp on the frog tape.

Paper bag flooring step 3. I bought it on amazon it costs 17 for 50 ft making it the most expensive paper still insanely cheap for flooring though.