Pour each paint color into a separate squeeze bottle so that you can create veined swirls that will mimic natural features.
Faux concrete floor painting.
Use a stiff bristled broom or brush with the cleaner to thoroughly remove all foreign substances from the concrete surface.
This was the before.
Scrub the concrete with an all in one degreasing cleaning and etching product designed for concrete to help prepare the concrete for paint.
A faux finish on an indoor concrete floor allows you to completely change its appearance emulating the look of slate flagstone or even wood.
If you were painting a floor all over for a smooth finish the prep work would be much more intense.
Grease oils and stains may otherwise bleed through the paint.
In the mudroom i also had some serious tile repairs to make before i could even paint.
To apply the sealer roll it on with a lambs wool roller usually used for painting walls.
Ensure your success by cleaning and etching the.
Today i m talking about my faux cement tile painted floors.
For this project i used the imperfections to mimic actual brick.
It wasn t horrendous but it also wasn t my style.
Allow at least 24 hours for drying.
After the paint has dried consider adding two layers of varnish to protect the new faux marble paint job on your concrete floor.
How to paint a faux brick floor.
Select two to four tile paint colors to create custom coloring for your tiles.
I completely transformed our dated peachy tile by painting it.
Mix the tile paint.
This might be my favorite blog post of all time.
These floors travel all the way into our mudroom.
The most common options for terra cotta are burnt orange and earthy browns contrasted by bright blues or reds.
Plus i do not like intense but can completely get behind imperfect.