REFINISH FLOORS FIRST OR PAINT???

vidsquid

last year

There has to people out there that have a definite opinion with experience. Thanks so much!

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Debbie Downer
last year
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Can you paint without getting paint on the floor in spite of laying down tarps, or accidentally kicking over a can? I cant so I would paint first. Depending on what floor finish you have it does take a while for it to cure and acheive maximum hardness, so if youre dragging ladders around and people walking all over, even if you have a tarp down the finish could get marred. You should be able to have a sense of what your floor color will look like and choose wall color accordingly before floors are refinished - perhaps create stain samples if floor color is to change or you cant visualize it.
cat_ky
last year
Get the floors refinished first. There is a good chance that the floor refinishers will cause a little bit of damage on the walls. Once the floors are good and dry, then, you can cover them, and do the painting. They may remove the baseboards when they refinish the floors. However you can paint the ceilings, and the window trim, etc before the floors are refinished.
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That question can get you many different answers. I sand floors from time to time and it depends on how the floor is done. If you sand them yourself your probably going to make alot of dust, bump into the walls a time or two,and if you dont put a hole in the wall your doing good. If you hire a professional they might or might not have a vacuum system,if they do very little dust and no wall damage should be the result. Its always a good idea to clean your walls before you paint them. And I feel its not that difficult to cover the floor when your painting and being carefull not spill the paint. I hope this helps and goodluck with your project. P.S. make sure the shoe molding is removed prior to sanding if you paint first and your putting a stained shoe you have no problems,if there painted run a small bead of matching caulk to the gap at the base and you done.
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"Tom Silva replies: You can do it either way. My painting contractor, Jim Clark, wants to be last so doesn't have to repaint baseboards that have been splotched with stain or ployurethane, or nicked by a sander. Besides, even the most careful flooring contractors inevitably leave a film of dust everywhere, he says. My flooring contractor, Pat Hunt, sees things a little differently. He prefers to be last because floor finishes take a while to fully cure, so he doesn't want anyone walking on them even when they're covered with protective tarps. He also says it's pretty common for other contractors to damage or spill stuff on a finished floor. The way he figures it, it's much easier to touch up paint than a floor finish. As the general contractor, I sometimes have the flooring finisher go first, and sometimes I let him go last. It all depends on what's best for the project schedule. I have that kind of flexibility because I know Clark and Hunt will put a lot of effort into protecting the other guy's work." https://www.thisoldhouse.com/ask-toh/what-comes-first-wall-painting-or-floor-refinishing
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Floors are done last...traditionally. The reason: gravity works = paint will hit the floor. Even covered up with drop cloths and plastic, things happen and they get expensive if the floor has been damaged. So long as you have chosen all the finishes, you can get the cabs painted and then the walls (done at the same time...or a little later) and then the floors are done last. Remember: everything has a 'cure time'. A cure time is when the finish has COMPLETELY hardened. Not dry....hardened. Some of these cabinet paints take 10 days to fully cure or some take 30 days to fully cure. Your cabinet refinisher will tell you the FULL cure rate (there are several time points to be aware of: 1. Dry time; 2. 95% cure = time to full use; 3. Full cure rate). Once you have the timing of the FULL cure rate you can make arrangements with the flooring people. The reason why the FULL CURE rate is important is this is the time it takes to get the cabinet paint to be THE TOUGHEST it is going to be. That means it is easier to damage the younger it is. A full cure rate means the paint will be as good as it will ever get. It makes it much harder for the flooring people to damage the finish. If there is trim to be added to the cabinets, it can be put on at a later date. The floors can be finished and then the trim can be put on. Or you simply arrange for touch-ups to be added to the cabinets at a later date. It is important to agree upon touch ups for later. It means the cabinet people will keep your colour choice on file (possibly mix enough for manual touch up to be used later). This is easily done. But you have to ask for it/arrange for it. The flooring people will do their best but walls and trim always get a snick of something during a refinish. Again this is one reason why some people pay to have the baseboards removed BEFORE the floors are refinished and then reinstalled (fully painted) at a later date. Again this is something you can arrange with the painters. But it has to be discussed and paid for before the work begins (or budgeted of and then paid once the job has been finished). So long as you understand and PLAN for a little bit of touch up painting to be done AFTER the floors are finished, you will be just fine. Tell both the cabinet people and the painters what you would like done AFTER the floors are finished and they will make arrangements (and budget) for it to happen the way you want it to.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
We need a bit more info . Is this a renovation or new build? I honestly like choosing wall color after flooring is in since that floor has a huge effet on what you choose for wall color. Drop cloths are used all the time for painters not a big deal. I aslo suggest you make sure all the lighting is the same to make this choice a bit easier I lke LED 4000K but if you like something abit warmer 3500K works just make it all the same.
vidsquid
Original Author
last year
I have chosen the colors. The question is what is better first? Doing the floors or paining?
Debbie Downer
last year
The baseboard isn't typically removed for floor refnishing - the quarter round is.
chispa
last year
I vote for paint first.
millworkman
last year
My feeling is paint first. If the floor finisher knocks the wall a bit fresh paint is easier to touch up than removing paint drippings and slop.
beesneeds
last year
Do you mean refinish floors as in they are wood that's getting stripped, sanded, finished? If so, I'd do the floors first, they can be pretty messy or kicking up dust in ways you might not want to potentally have settling onto freshly done walls. It's easier to protect a fresh floor with a dropcloth than keep refinishing dust off walls.
decoenthusiaste
last year
https://www.thespruce.com/paint-walls-or-refinish-floors-first-1822179
vidsquid
Original Author
last year
Brazilian cherry floors stripped stained etc. The whole shabang
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Sabrina Alfin Interiors
last year
I would do the floors first, since they will likely have to remove the baseboards to refinish. Then they can put the baseboards back and your painter can do all the trim at the same time.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
I would never refinsh floors without removing the baseboard so I stand do the floors first.
ptreckel
last year
When we had our floors sanded and refinished, we did it LAST. And had an arrangement with our painter to return to the house and repair any minor scuffs. BTW, our baseboards were NOT removed during the process as the edges of the floors were hand sanded to the quarter round. I know. I watched.
Kendrah
last year
My contractor just told us that they always do the floors last. I didn't ask why. But I can attest to the need for curing time. My neighbors did a gut reno and the floors got screwed up from movers' hand trucks because the floors hadn't cured enough.

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