More exciting tales from the Land of Flooring! Fresh on the heels of our 4th floor refinishing, we moved down a floor to deal with the Gross Tile of the third floor. The floor is covered with this ugly institutional type tile, I guess it's linoleum or something like that. It was on the 4th floor too, but Buzz and Sylvia ripped it all up for us to get at the wood underneath. We don't have time for such a project here, so we're just painting the tile. It's amazing how much more tolerable it is already.
Tonight we just have to put the polyurethane down and it'll be finished. Since we chose a really dark brown I've been debating if we can convince people it's a special type of parquet floor, but ultimately we're just shooting for the 'innocuous' look here.
This is the last hugely inconvenient project for a while. We really need to focus on fixing up our apartment in the smaller ways that make a place livable. We still don't have any pictures on the wall, curtains on the windows, or any idea where to put our boxes of crap that don't seem to have anywhere else to go.
Since we're just waiting for the paint to dry now, I had time this weekend to clean up the cellar somewhat. I took out the paneling between the two small rooms, making a room just big enough for band practice. I even hooked up my guitar and played for the first time in 3 months. Jeez, I rusty, but lucky for me, all the work I've been doing on the house seems to have maintained my calluses.
I came across your blog when I searched for painting vinyl tile. Is there anyway you can give me a more detailed description of how you did this? Oil paint and polyurethane? Also, what is the color you chose and what paint company. I really like it. Please email me at mbjudd@gmail.com. Thanks!
do you have before & after shots?