[becolouring]

Hey there, any advice on painting laminate floors. Client wants me to clean up a job that some else did.

Seems when the client put his furniture on the newly painted floor it scratched and you can see through to the laminate. Was told they used BIN and floor paint.

I'm thinking rough the floor up with 80 grit reapply a first coat and then rough the floor up a second time with 220 and apply a second coat.

Any feedback/thoughts on how to handle is appreciated.

 

[Vinyl 54X]

bad idea, Just clean it up and run.

 

[Masterwork]

Painting plastic is always a bad idea. I would walk away from that job.

 

[Gymschu]

Agree with all the responses. Laminate flooring is just one of those things you don't paint. Nothing will ever stick to it. To me, it would be just as cost effective to put in new laminate. Painting it is like putting lipstick on a pig.

 

[Joe67]

I'm in the "run-away" camp.

First, BIN isn't spec'd for floors (from the TDS: "B-I-N Shellac-Base Primer is not recommended for whole surface exterior application or for application to floors")

This would need to be taken all the way back down to bare surface.

But in this regard, "laminate" is often used merely to refer to "laminated" rather than some specific substrate that's on the top layer. So you could specify what the actual substrate is.

Don't much matter, you can't put anything over it now that would somehow fix the problem.

 

[finishesbykevyn]

Replace flooring. Do not go down this rabbit hole. You will regret every minute of it.

 

[RH]

Wonder why the first guy wasn’t called back to “fix” it? There is a reason something as common as sliding furniture scratched through. As others have said, decline this one. Or, if you are intent on taking it on, have them sign a waiver of responsibility in which they won’t hold you responsible for further scratching issues.

 

[becolouring]

I backed out of the project. Too risky. Thanks everyone for the feedback.

Wonder why the first guy wasn’t called back to “fix” it? There is a reason something as common as sliding furniture scratched through. As others have said, decline this one. Or, if you are intent on taking it on, have them sign a waiver of responsibility in which they won’t hold you responsible for further scratching issues.

 

[RH]

Hi, Currently have a oldish laminate flooring in one of our bedrooms. Currently redecorating and wondering if it would be possible to paint the existing laminate floor - a rug would be covering 3/4 of the room. If possible do I sand, undercoat and then paint - what floor paint would be suitable (looking for a grey colour). Thanks in advance

Did you bother to read the previous posts about this? Doubt you did or you wouldn’t have posted your question.
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[diT]

I backed out of the project. Too risky. Thanks everyone for the feedback.

Good call