The long life of a wooden floor: how and with what to paint parquet?
Beautiful texture, original styling, pleasantly tactile surface. Parquet is beautiful in all its forms. The main thing is to highlight its natural beauty and ensure protection for many years. Today, let’s talk about how to paint parquet, effectively protect new flooring, and successfully restore old parquet.
Hello, parquet!
Planning parquet work should be based on the current condition of the parquet and the aesthetic goal you are pursuing. Let’s look at the most common situations.
Starting from scratch
New parquet is the beginning of your relationship with wood. To make sure it lasts strong and for many years, you should take care to protect the wood from pests.
Step 1. Wood impregnation with primer. The primer penetrates deeply into the boards, acts as an effective antiseptic, and protects the wood from rot, mold, and pests.
Step 2. Decorative coating. If you like the natural grain and color of wood, you should finish the parquet with varnish. ZEBRA parquet varnish creates a highly durable coating, easily withstands various mechanical impacts without damage, is the most wear-resistant material for wood, and gives the surface a beautiful shine.
Step 3. What to use for painting parquet if you want to preserve the wood texture but change its shade? Color is given to the wood by “Derevotsvit” tinted varnish ZEBRA. It comes in colors close to natural wood and highlights the natural pattern of the cut. After applying the tinted varnish, it is recommended to wait a day for it to dry completely and then additionally coat the parquet with clear varnish. This significantly strengthens the surface and preserves the beautiful color.
Restoring old parquet
What is the best way to paint parquet that has already served for many years? Here everything depends on its condition. There are two options.
- Cosmetic repair. Remove the top layer of coating until a smooth surface is achieved. If the floor is heavily worn or has been previously coated with several layers of varnish, thorough cleaning of the coating is necessary. A sanding machine will be your best helper here. Then cover the cleaned surface with parquet varnish. In this case, the color will remain as it was in previous coatings.
- Complete renovation of parquet. Remove all old coatings down to bare wood using a sanding machine and then perform all steps as you would with new parquet.
You have parquet but need color
It happens that the surface is badly worn or you simply do not want to completely renew the floor. In this case, people often ask what paint to choose for parquet? Among paint-and-varnish materials, a colored opaque coating can be created using PF-266 enamel for floors. It should be applied like varnish after leveling the floor surface first.
Quality parquet remains trendy in interiors for years despite all modern innovations in floor coverings. By maintaining its natural aesthetics and updating its surface according to all rules, you will preserve your warm wooden floor in its original beauty for a long time.