Wood flooring has a great many advantages, and one of the best is the fact that the surface can be dressed up to express your own personal taste and style. Stenciling a wood floor is a great way to make a real impression and provide visitors and residents alike with a beautiful floor to enjoy. In addition, stenciling the wood floor is a great way to cover up those inevitable scratch and scuff marks that can accompany such floors.
Stenciling a wood floor is not as difficult as you might think, but it is important to plan for the job and take a step by step approach. The steps needed to stencil a great looking wood floor include:
1. Plan the design. The first step is to plan the type of design you want, and measure the dimensions of the floor to be stenciled. A piece of graph paper can be used to design the stenciled floor so it will be easier to transfer that design to the finished floor.
2. The next step is to create a cutout and stencil for the central design. If using a ready made stencil, the design can be copied onto the vellum or onto stencil paper, and then cut out using a craft knife.
3. After the stencil has been cut out, it is time to remove the old finish from the floor. Many floors have more than one layer of finish, so it may be necessary to strip away more than one layer.
4. The next step is to snap chalk lines onto the floor, following the pattern that has been drawn on the graph paper. It is important to have a helper who can hold the line in place while it is snapped. A t-square and yardstick can be used to make sure the lines are parallel or perpendicular to the walls.
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