Top Coat Over Laminate Floors

Top coat with polyurethane.

Top coat over laminate floors.

Rust oleum home floor coating is an extremely durable easy to use revolutionary technology that allows you to coat over a wide variety of substrates inside the home without stripping sanding or priming. Quick drying sealers to put over painted floors. At your local home depot store we carry 2 versions of floor rated polyurethane oil based and water based. Steps to protect the floor.

If you want to seal the entire laminate floor surface you can use a clear waterproof sealant such as polyurethane coating. Essentially you are painting a coat of stain over the top to make it look like darker wood and not completely cover the grain like paint does. Use multiple pours or coats until the cracks or gaps are filled to just at or very slightly above the surface of the remaining floor when the kit liquid has dried hard. Press excess moisture from the sponge mop.

I ve only done this with laminate that is printed to look like wood and i m not sure if it would work with other types laminate prints. Covering your laminate with polyurethane is also a great way to make sure that your flooring is sufficiently waterproofed. Fill cracks or gaps in the plastic laminate floor to just below the final surface of the flooring and let that dry two hours or more. So once it s done.

Then use the mop to pick up. Painting a wood or concrete floor can be a complicated process that involves floor filler sandpaper and several coats of paint. Clean up with soap and water. Before you can protect your laminate floor the first step is to prepare the surface.

Aside from installing waterproof flooring this is the most effective way to have a waterproof laminate surface. No stripping sanding or priming required before application apply top coat with a high quality 1 4 in. This coating may be applied to individual planks or to the floor s surface with a paintbrush or paint roller. Unlike silicone caulking which simply protects target areas of your floor from damage coating your laminate floor involves covering the entire surface with polyurethane.

The best clear coat you ll use for any hardwood floors not laminate or vinyl flooring is clear polyurethane rated for floors. To do so mist laminator plus deep scrub onto the floor and. Apply rust oleum home base coat wait 6 hours then apply rust oleum home top coat allow 24 hours following top coat application before walking on floor. Applying a top coat to your laminate floor involves treating the entirety of the floor.