Is a water-soluble paint suitable for painting a new wooden floor?
Specialists! Help solve the problem of choosing paint for painting a new wooden floor. The floorboard will be painted for the first time, so I'm afraid to make a mistake. The trip to the shops did not give anything, they advise different things everywhere, but here everything is clear - this is their earnings. My paint requirements are: durability, so that it does not fade over time, and also so that it does not have such a poisonous smell as “Soviet” paints. I’m stopping the floor in a two-room apartment, and here we live. In one store, a consultant told me that water-soluble floor paints meet all my requirements. Is it so?
Indeed, there are a number of water-based paints on the market today. Despite the fact that their component composition is somewhat different from the usual paints, they (this applies to acrylic enamels) after hardening acquire the same strength and water-resistant characteristics as ordinary paints. Such paint is really environmentally friendly, therefore, if you equip a nursery, then, without hesitation, get just such a paint material for a wooden floor.
But we want to warn about one feature of the operation of water-soluble paints. Practical experience shows that in case of grease contamination of the surface, a deterioration in the operational characteristics of the painted layer occurs. It is in these places that the floor will become even more polluted, which means that the frequency and intensity of its cleaning will increase. As a result, the paint will wear and damage. Based on such circumstances, it is not recommended to use such paint for the kitchen floor, in bathrooms, etc.
If we talk about the usual colors, it is well-proven urethane-alkyd enamel "Universalfarg" Swedish production. It has high strength characteristics and good elasticity, and most importantly, a very moderate smell that quickly disappears. This is achieved through the use of deaerated white spirit in its production. And you can add strength to such a coating by applying a final layer of urethane-alkyd varnish of the same brand - Universallak.
