Painting Chipboard Floors. Paint the floor with a latex acrylic paint in a satin finish. A coat or two of PVA wouldnt go amiss but obviously any paint or covering which didnt have any wear resisting properties would quickly fail depending on traffic but then you would expect that.
Whether youre looking to put down new floors or just need an upgrade installimg and painting hardboard floors is a relatively easy task. To paint the chipboard youre going to need newspaper or a large cloth medium-grit sandpaper a large dry cloth primer acrylic paint clear-coat paint three painting rollers and rubber gloves. Chipboard also known as particleboard was not your first choice of flooring.
Begin in one far corner of the room and roll vertically moving backward toward the exit.
But sometimes you have to work with what you have. Seal MDF Edges Which Are the Most Absorbent The edges of MDF boards absorb paint heavily. Apply one coat of latex paint to the floor with a paint roller. After youve sanded the chipboard until its smooth use a dry cloth to wipe down the surface of the chipboard.