Hello Kathy Dunn Pritchard :) This is what I have on hand about how to paint vinyl floors to make them long lasting (so I hope they will hold up under high traffic ... they should):
Paint is the highest maintenance of any floor surface coating. Just plan on painting every year. As a 40+yrs Comm. surface coating Contr. I would have to see it to answer that correctly. My recommendation has been to just resurface it. I have recommended for the last decade+"Cork" #1, "Bamboo" #2. I'm just bias, they are both equal, and always my highest recommendation. You will never replace in your kids lifetime. & unless it is in your garage for the car to drive over w/ studded tires you will never have to refinish either one... either. But, you can... quick sand & 3 coats acrylic varnish. Short of dropping an old fashioned TV from the ceiling you can't kill either one... either. Easiest to install, ever. Just sweep any grit, 'cause you will be putting down a fiber cloth. They are floating floors, have to be, so don't be tempted to glue. They both look like real wood: oak, pine, cherry, walnut, reclaimed barn board, a combination of woods, and more. Just clean w/ dish soap in water. The floors are always warm, characteristics of cork & bamboo. They feel softer than regular wood, and are quiet, dropping something clangy on the floor, it is muffled, again characteristics of the woods. Well, cork is the naturally pealing (exfoliating) bark of the cork tree, & bamboo is an invasive grass that desperately needs culling constantly. Cork & bamboo are renewable & have a tiny carbon footprint, and not affected by humidity, and it is a floating floor, so no buckling, binding. The both are microbial resistant. My 30 yr old house is wide soft pine throughout, kitch, bath, all. If I ever get my basement finished, I won't be researching floors, just can't make up my mind... cork... bamboo... I can't decide...
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Hello Kathy Dunn Pritchard :) This is what I have on hand about how to paint vinyl floors to make them long lasting (so I hope they will hold up under high traffic ... they should):
https://www.designertrapped.com/how-to-paint-your-linoleum-floors-yes/ Good Luck and thank you for asking HOMETALK for answers :)
Paint is the highest maintenance of any floor surface coating. Just plan on painting every year. As a 40+yrs Comm. surface coating Contr. I would have to see it to answer that correctly. My recommendation has been to just resurface it. I have recommended for the last decade+"Cork" #1, "Bamboo" #2. I'm just bias, they are both equal, and always my highest recommendation. You will never replace in your kids lifetime. & unless it is in your garage for the car to drive over w/ studded tires you will never have to refinish either one... either. But, you can... quick sand & 3 coats acrylic varnish. Short of dropping an old fashioned TV from the ceiling you can't kill either one... either. Easiest to install, ever. Just sweep any grit, 'cause you will be putting down a fiber cloth. They are floating floors, have to be, so don't be tempted to glue. They both look like real wood: oak, pine, cherry, walnut, reclaimed barn board, a combination of woods, and more. Just clean w/ dish soap in water. The floors are always warm, characteristics of cork & bamboo. They feel softer than regular wood, and are quiet, dropping something clangy on the floor, it is muffled, again characteristics of the woods. Well, cork is the naturally pealing (exfoliating) bark of the cork tree, & bamboo is an invasive grass that desperately needs culling constantly. Cork & bamboo are renewable & have a tiny carbon footprint, and not affected by humidity, and it is a floating floor, so no buckling, binding. The both are microbial resistant. My 30 yr old house is wide soft pine throughout, kitch, bath, all. If I ever get my basement finished, I won't be researching floors, just can't make up my mind... cork... bamboo... I can't decide...