The first thing you need to know about painting the floor is to make sure that you don’t paint yourself into a corner. Sounds silly, I know; but it wouldn’t be the first time. The second thing you’ll need to know is how much paint you’re going to need.

Time to Get the Calculator

Though buying too much paint will allow you to perform touch up’s easily, buying way too much paint is an overly pricey endeavor. Particularly if you were going with a highly protective coating for your floors, these types of paints and coverings can be expensive. Figure out the square footage of the room and then plan on 1 gallon of paint for every 300-400 square feet.

When the Weather Outside Comes Inside

If a high traffic area is going to be subjected to people coming in with slush, salt and snow on their shoes you’re going to want to be sure that you’ve used paint that will stand up to that kind of abuse. All the area rugs and the world can’t completely protect any floor. Be careful to take good care of the type of finish you use in high traffic areas with whatever recommended cleaning products the manufacturers suggest.

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