How To Finish Particle Board Floors

While the aforementioned outer layer of laminate is useful in repelling moisture it will also prevent paint from adhering to the particle board.

How to finish particle board floors.

Add visual interest to ordinary particle board flooring and protect it from wear and rot by refinishing it with the right paint. Thanks for watching finishing the particle board subfloor at jarleifhouse leave a comment and click subscribe if you want to be a part of project jarleifhouse and thanks for joining the. If the subfloor is plywood or particle board start by screwing down any loose boards or plywood sheets. Particleboard flooring doesn t have to look cheap.

Just screwing down and filling the particle board flooring in the previous video. Though care must be taken to ensure moisture cannot access it particle board has proved to be a good building material. Make sure to remove stray nails or staples. Thankfully most commercially available particle boards are commonly covered with a kind of laminate that protect from water or moisture.

It s downtown with excellent parking a rare combination so things like missing baseboards and particle board floors were overlooked. At first i was a little intimidated by the amount of work to do especially because the budget is miniscule and i m being paid in tacos that s not a euphemism for cash. Diy painted osb floors before. Proper storage is just as critical as the sealing process.

Particle board has a naturally decorative and porous surface requiring some basic finishing techniques. Diluted bleach or vinegar will help remove smells and stains. Replace any nails with screws since nails that popped up will loosen again. Try to not get the floor too wet as water will damage particle board.

This finishing process will enhance the natural. It s typically found in subfloors in most homes and as a universal building material used all the time in cabinets sheathing and floors. Before you apply the paint prepare the particle board to accept the new finish or flaking will occur. Particle board is a reconstituted wood product used to some degree in most modern day construction projects.

Particle board is ill suited for paint adhesion unless you first treat it with a particular type of primer. Vacuum or sweep then wash the particle board. When leveling floors made of wood you ll need to sand down any high.