I made sure floor was cleaned with warm water only, then dried. Any chemicals might not mix well with paint. I picked a semi gloss paint and used a sponge and clingwrap. The old floor had yellowed, so I picked a dark sage green and a cream paint. And sponged the green, making sure the old floor was seen., then sponged the cream using a smaller clean sponge. Then I used clingwrap, and went over the cream giving it a more textured look. My kitchen had 3/4 walls of knotty pine and the rest was a cream wallpaper with sm flowers. When dry, I gave floor 2 layers of No Yellowing Polyuerithyne. Forgive the spelling. When I was selling my house I was going to lay tile, but the people that were interested loved it.
I would rip up the linoleum, and lay a new floor down. You can buy 12x12 squares, they run from cheap , 99 cents to $5 or more. They are easy to lay down, if you get one with a shiny finish, it will be easy to clean. Dish detergent and water. Measure the room and figure out about how may tiles you need. If your not sure, go to a Homedepot or Lowe's, and give them measurements, and they could figure how many boxes you need. You start in the middle of the room, and work your way to the edge. There is arrows to tell you which way to place the tile. One on each tile. If you decide to do this, buy one more box than you need. This is for errors if that happens. Extremely important for you to look that the lot#s on the boxes are the same. This is so they are all the same shade. If you mix boxes, you can get a pattern that is light, and six that are a little bit different. I wouldn't cover the floor with paint, the linoleum might crack because it's old. Good Luck!
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1-Remove wax and clean really well.
2-Use a high adhesion primer like Zinsser BIN red label shellac-based.
3- Use a good floor paint.
5- Finish with a few coats of polycrylic or polyrethane depending on whether your top coat was oil or acrylic based.
Proper preparation is essential.
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I made sure floor was cleaned with warm water only, then dried. Any chemicals might not mix well with paint. I picked a semi gloss paint and used a sponge and clingwrap. The old floor had yellowed, so I picked a dark sage green and a cream paint. And sponged the green, making sure the old floor was seen., then sponged the cream using a smaller clean sponge. Then I used clingwrap, and went over the cream giving it a more textured look. My kitchen had 3/4 walls of knotty pine and the rest was a cream wallpaper with sm flowers. When dry, I gave floor 2 layers of No Yellowing Polyuerithyne. Forgive the spelling. When I was selling my house I was going to lay tile, but the people that were interested loved it.
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I would rip up the linoleum, and lay a new floor down. You can buy 12x12 squares, they run from cheap , 99 cents to $5 or more. They are easy to lay down, if you get one with a shiny finish, it will be easy to clean. Dish detergent and water. Measure the room and figure out about how may tiles you need. If your not sure, go to a Homedepot or Lowe's, and give them measurements, and they could figure how many boxes you need. You start in the middle of the room, and work your way to the edge. There is arrows to tell you which way to place the tile. One on each tile. If you decide to do this, buy one more box than you need. This is for errors if that happens. Extremely important for you to look that the lot#s on the boxes are the same. This is so they are all the same shade. If you mix boxes, you can get a pattern that is light, and six that are a little bit different. I wouldn't cover the floor with paint, the linoleum might crack because it's old. Good Luck!