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Joe Penn Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 206 Hull Georgia USA Gender:	Paint For Wood Floor Feb 5^th, 2021 at 11:43am I’m moving soon and I will have a shop with wooden floor, which I intend to paint. I want to keep the dust down and I want something to help make cleanup easy, or as easy as possible. I was thinking about using porch and floor enamel. Is that a good choice or is there a better one? Thanks
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Louie Powell WR Addict Offline Posts: 964 Saratoga Springs New York USA Gender:	Re: Paint For Wood Floor Reply #1 - Feb 5^th, 2021 at 3:40pm What about polyurethane? That's what would be used on residential floors; it's tough and it tends to last a very long time. Sand to 220, apply the first coat, wait 24 hours, sand with 320 grit and apply a second coat.
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Re: Paint For Wood Floor Reply #2 - Feb 5^th, 2021 at 4:02pm Home Depot has some Behr floor paint. I haven't used this but have had good results with other behr products. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or
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Joe Penn Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 206 Hull Georgia USA Gender:	Re: Paint For Wood Floor Reply #3 - Feb 5^th, 2021 at 5:13pm Louie Powell wrote on Feb 5^th, 2021 at 3:40pm: What about polyurethane? That's what would be used on residential floors; it's tough and it tends to last a very long time. Sand to 220, apply the first coat, wait 24 hours, sand with 320 grit and apply a second coat. That's what my wife suggested, except for the sanding part.
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Reply #4 - Feb 5^th, 2021 at 5:15pm

Ed Weber wrote on Feb 5^th, 2021 at 4:02pm:

Home Depot has some Behr floor paint.
I haven't used this but have had good results with other behr products.
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I was looking at the Sherwin-Williams version of this and it's double the cost of the Behr, so this may be a good choice.

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Ron Carrabotta Senior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 450 Dawsonville, ga Georgia USA Gender:	Re: Paint For Wood Floor Reply #5 - Feb 6^th, 2021 at 9:49am Joe, We have a wood floor in our shop, we used the Behr floor paint and its been down for 8-10 years. Holds up well and makes sweeping and clean up a breeze.
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Reply #6 - Feb 6^th, 2021 at 11:10am

I painted the OSB ceiling white and called that good enough.

The floor is still raw..and will stay that way. Smiley

On the plus side, the wood tone fits right in with the raw pine walls and the raw pine door trim. It's all about keeping the "natural" look of wood.

I made the mistake of painting my first framing shop floor a gray on concrete.
Footprints showed up ALOT!!!

So, i decided to splatter different colors onto the gray, like a Jackson Pollock painting. No more footprints AND it was "Artsy"!! Smiley

Besides, who needs a clean workshop! You need piles of shavings so visitors are amazed at how hard you are working.

You can also hide the beer under the piles.

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Reply #7 - Feb 6^th, 2021 at 2:45pm

All I can say is whatever brand you decide on, clean & prep the area before you start and it will last.
If you're going to paint bare wood, you might want to consider a primer.
I use this for raw wood under paint but it comes in many varieties and also water-based if you prefer.
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Joe Penn Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 206 Hull Georgia USA Gender:	Re: Paint For Wood Floor Reply #8 - Feb 7^th, 2021 at 10:46pm Ron Carrabotta wrote on Feb 6^th, 2021 at 9:49am: Joe, We have a wood floor in our shop, we used the Behr floor paint and its been down for 8-10 years. Holds up well and makes sweeping and clean up a breeze. Thanks, Ron.
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Reply #9 - Feb 7^th, 2021 at 10:50pm

Ralph Fahringer wrote on Feb 6^th, 2021 at 11:10am:

I painted the OSB ceiling white and called that good enough.

The floor is still raw..and will stay that way. Smiley

On the plus side, the wood tone fits right in with the raw pine walls and the raw pine door trim. It's all about keeping the "natural" look of wood.

I made the mistake of painting my first framing shop floor a gray on concrete.
Footprints showed up ALOT!!!

So, i decided to splatter different colors onto the gray, like a Jackson Pollock painting. No more footprints AND it was "Artsy"!! Smiley

Besides, who needs a clean workshop! You need piles of shavings so visitors are amazed at how hard you are working.

You can also hide the beer under the piles.

I thought about raw, but I plan to paint before I move anything in.

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Re: Paint For Wood Floor
Reply #10 - Feb 7^th, 2021 at 10:52pm

Ed Weber wrote on Feb 6^th, 2021 at 2:45pm:

All I can say is whatever brand you decide on, clean & prep the area before you start and it will last.
If you're going to paint bare wood, you might want to consider a primer.
I use this for raw wood under paint but it comes in many varieties and also water-based if you prefer.
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It's a new bare wood floor and I didn't think about a primer, but that's a good idea.

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Ralph Fahringer WR Addict Offline I'm the "Burly" Man!! Posts: 1,631 Ellsworth Maine USA Gender:	Re: Paint For Wood Floor Reply #11 - Feb 8^th, 2021 at 8:05am Keep in mind that sawdust on painted floors can be quite slippery. Maybe a paint that has a grit in it?
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Re: Paint For Wood Floor Reply #12 - Feb 8^th, 2021 at 8:50am Ralph Fahringer wrote on Feb 8^th, 2021 at 8:05am: Keep in mind that sawdust on painted floors can be quite slippery. The dust from MDF can be like ice skating with power tools
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