Refinish Floors Before Painting Walls

Yes to painting the baseboards last.

Refinish floors before painting walls. There s a risk of damaging the floors by spilling paint he says. It isn t critical whether you install flooring or paint the walls first in an empty gutted room but there are a few reasons why. When i asked a refinishing company they told me to paint first and when i talked to a paint company they told me to refinish first. Greg spivey owner of greg spivey remodeling in indianapolis says paint can wreak havoc on a recently refinished floor.

Let it cure very very well and then move everything back in. Our house was completed and painted when we discovered what a bad sanding job the floor guy had done. Much will end up on the walls no matter how careful you are. The reason for that is that this can damage the floors.

From there you should rip up the floors. Sometimes you ll have to touch up the base trim if you do the painting first. The floors were re sanded re stained re poly ed. Also it s often better to paint the ceilings first especially given that the ladders will rest on the floors.

When scheduling should you paint the walls before or after refinishing the floors. It s not an easy decision and each side has its merits. The ideal is to first do any prep work to the walls e g ripping up wall paper sanding and patching walls etc. And make sure that paint on your walls is completely dry because there s going to be a tremendous amount of sanding i m sure involved to sort of spruce up the look of the hardwood.

So let that paint really dry on the walls then go ahead and refinish that floor. Nick may from walls by design a paint contractor in denver answers today s question. My questions is whether i should refinish the floors first and the repaint or do it the other way around. Which order to finish a gutted room.

And so today s question if i m getting my hardwoods refinished should i get them done before or after i refinish hardwoods or paint first. How to refinish floors before painting. I disagree about painting the walls before finishing the floors though. Yes to painting the ceiling first.

My reasoning is because of all the sawdust and debris that you will be creating with the sander. However foot traffic furniture and pets can wear away the protective coating. Wall or floor first. I prefer to refinish my hardware floors before painting.

Get the messy sanding done stain and polyurethane them if that is in your plan. I am in the process of refinishing floors and repainting walls. Maybe there is no right answer. Hardwood floors last for many years.