How to Totally Transform a Drab Conservatory Floor
Are you tired of staring at your bland conservatory floor, but dread the idea of a costly renovation?
Look no further!
Stencilling is an easy and affordable way to add some personality to your space.
In this blog, we'll show you how Tars totally transformed her conservatory floor into a beautiful work of art.
We will provide you with easy step by step instructions and some stencilling tips along the way.
All Photos are credited to Tars - Instagram - @renovationdemaison
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STEP 1 - PREP THE SURFACE:
To ensure a successful stencilling project, it's important to prepare your floor properly.
Tars started by removing the blue carpet to reveal her terracotta coloured tiled floor.
But the floor had loads of sticky tape around the edge that needed to be removed first.
Tars used Sugar Soap to really get the surface clean.
Once your floor is clean and dry you are ready for the next step.
STEP 2 - APPLY BASE COAT:
Tars used Renovation Floor & Stairs paint.
She started painting the grout areas first.
Then moved on to the individual tiles.
It needed a couple of coats to get the proper coverage.
Top Tip: Wear socks between coats to prevent leaving footprints or dust on the paint.
Tars decided to use a roller to apply the stencil paint.
Top Tip: The dense foam roller is the best type of roller to use for stencilling.
For the stencilling Tars used Good Home Multi-surface paint in the colour 'Princeton'. It looks like a dark grey but on her floor tiles she feels it looks more like black.
On the very first attempt at stencilling, too much paint was on the roller which caused the paint to bleed under the stencil. This problem can be easily fixed by removing the excess paint from the roller before you start stencilling. You really don't need very much paint at all!
TOP TIP: Tars was able to wipe away her first stencil that she wasn't happy with by using sugar soap with a hot cloth and she found the paint came off easily.
TOP TIP: Practice a few tiles on old paper / cardboard so you get a feel for how much paint you need.
The second stencilled tile was perfect. It really is surprising how little paint you need.
It is best to do every other tile so that you do not smudge the tile you have just stencillied. Once the paint is dry you can stencil the in between tiles. Remove the stencil whist the paint is wet and move onto the next tile. You could always use a hair drier to help speed up the drying time.
Top Tip: Start stencilling the whole tiles on the far edge of the room and work backwards towards the door/exit!
Top Tip: Always remove excess paint from your roller / brush before stencilling. Best to dab the roller / brush onto some kitchen paper or old newspaper to take off the excess paint. You never want to overload your brush / roller with too much paint as this causes the paint to bleed under the stencil.
A thick application of paint will bleed under the stencil, so its best to do thin coats that will give you nice clean lines.
As you can see Tars used some brown paper to remove the excess paint before stencilling with a very dry roller, only applying a very thin coat of paint and going over the stencil design a few times until she got the paint coverage she wanted.
Don't wait for the paint to dry, once you are happy with the paint coverage simply lift up the stencil and move on to the next tile.
Once you have stencilled all the complete tiles it's time to move onto the edges and tricky areas. Bend the stencil and use masking tape to hold the stencil in place as it's bent up the wall.
Top Tip: Having a second stencil that you can cut to fit tricky corners is a good idea. Plan carefully before you start cutting your stencil, doing the largest areas first and work your way down to smaller areas that you need to stencil.
STEP 4 - TOP COAT
When you have finished the stencilling and everything has had time to dry, its time to apply the top coat.
Tars used No Nonsense Matt Finish Stone & Tile Sealer. She applied 2 coats. The first one with a roller and a paint brush for the second coat.
Top Tip: Allow the top coat to dry for 24 hours before any light foot traffic. Allow 72 hours before replacing furniture (and avoid dragging it on the floor). The floor will be ready for full use and fully cured after 7 days. You can then wash it using a non-abrasive general purpose cleaner.
Don’t you think that Tars did an amazing job! A total transformation using just paint and a stencil – it’s amazing what a stencil can do!
An amazing new floor on a budget!
Lets just remind ourselves of how it looked before so we can see the drastic transformation. We think it's pretty amazing that with one tile stencil you can transform the look of a whole room. An amazing transformation.
All Photos are credited to Tars - Instagram - @renovationdemaison
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