Painted Floor - A 1964 Single-Wide Mobile Home Make-Over
by
Dianna Wood
Two Months in the making.Hand painted plywood sub-flooring.
After spending 15 hours pulling out carpet and padding, tack strips and padding staples, we discovered some incredible sub-flooring. We could not afford wood or laminate and I hate carpets, so we decided to paint the plywood.
After cleaning and sanding, I masked off a border.
Primed and painted the border with a latex flat paint
Masked off 4 inch strips for the wood planks and hand painted with flat black
Did the same process for the dividing lines, staggering them every 4th plank
I used gold enamel for the nail heads and painted a watered down shadow around each painted on nail head
I them stenciled a pattern and did a skinny border. After it dried a used a gold glaze on top of the stenciled area.
Once everything was dry, I masked on a the main design and then painted the entire border using a gloss black latex. Once the paint was dry, I pulled off the masking tape.
After the black paint had dried over night, I used a water based poly urethane to coat the entire surface. This was a gruely project unless you are used to doing 15 hours of squats at a gym everyday. At 53 years old - this actually just about killed me. We like to tell everybody, "Look what we found when we pulled up the old carpet"!
Floor has dried and and bookcases and desk in place.
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Impressive. Every muscle in my body is aching just looking at the amount of work involved.
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Your cat looks like my cat BK, only fatter & approx. If you don't mind, how much did it cost to renovate your singe wide? I'm singe & very low income, just curious, love your dyi's, alot of your stuff reminds me of my projects. Have a good time dyi'ng!!!😊