Need a little Home Improvement help

[Timmy]

Sometimes it's hard to tell when Randy is pulling our leg.

[johnny44]

Originally Posted by giveahoot22

(Yes I have noticed the In-Provment instead of Improvement. Sorry as I said before not the smartest person)

~*What should I do about the Kitchen Floor*~

Hello it seems I am once again in need of help and I can not turn to my family for this because it is a surprise.

You see in November my sister who lives in another state is to have a baby girl but the thing is that at this same time she needs someone to look after her just turned 1 year old son so my mother is leaving the house for two weeks to go and help her out.
So I had this wonderful idea, for years now my mother has complained on how she wanted to repaint the kitchen and so I thought to go about saving up the money to do just that, so that when she returns she will have a brand new looking kitchen and she will stop complaining about it!

But you see I wanted to buy Linoleum for the kitchen floor but I do not know how much to buy and if I was to go to the store to go ahead with my planes she might get the hint of what I am planning so I can not have that,
Just so you know my grand father built the house when my mother was just a little girl and so it is a bit old, a 1973 house and so it has cinder block walls and cement floors (yes very horrible to keep warm during winter but thank goodness we live in the south).
So I just measured the floor while she was busy and the measurements I took were odd and I checked them five times just to make sure!
The kitchen is 12' X 13' and so I was wondering just how much square foot is that?

Mind you I am not the smartest person in the world (or so I have been told by my sisters, grand father and such) but surely someone here can help me?

It is either get enough Linoleum to cover the kitchen floor or I will need to by a can of $30 Behr Cement paint.
But already need to get a single Gallon just for the walls, I don't want to have to paint the floors too!

So some help would be a blessing. ~ Bonnie

156 s.f.

[johnny44]

Green and yellow together was very popular in the 1970's.

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Originally Posted by Timmy

Sometimes it's hard to tell when Randy is pulling our leg.

Hahahahaha! I was thinking the same thing!

[Titus2woman]

Great decorating ideas... Now for the booring stuff. If you decide to paint the floor you will need to clean it very well and then etch it with muritaic acid. If you skip this step the paint will peel and sooner rather than later. If you etch, then paint then seal it will last for years. You could also consider a concrete stain... much easier to use and lasts better.

If you are thinking linolium and don't have experience, you might want to get some good quality peel and press tiles. They can be lovely, will last years and if you buy and extra box or wind up with most of an extra box you can replace any that get damaged very easily. Again the floor needs to be immacuately clean.

Be sure that if you are painting over a gloss paint that you use a chemical prep or lightly sand and use a primer before you start. Also wash down all surfaces with a degreasing detergent. The prep work is 80% of a good paint job.

And most of all be sure you have excellent ventilation while working with chemicals like primers, paints and glues. If the kitchen does not have a lot of windows a ventilator is a good idea.

Melissa (who worked two summers as a house painter).

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Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Great decorating ideas... Now for the booring stuff. If you decide to paint the floor you will need to clean it very well and then etch it with muritaic acid. If you skip this step the paint will peel and sooner rather than later. If you etch, then paint then seal it will last for years. You could also consider a concrete stain... much easier to use and lasts better.

If you are thinking linolium and don't have experience, you might want to get some good quality peel and press tiles. They can be lovely, will last years and if you buy and extra box or wind up with most of an extra box you can replace any that get damaged very easily. Again the floor needs to be immacuately clean.

Be sure that if you are painting over a gloss paint that you use a chemical prep or lightly sand and use a primer before you start. Also wash down all surfaces with a degreasing detergent. The prep work is 80% of a good paint job.

And most of all be sure you have excellent ventilation while working with chemicals like primers, paints and glues. If the kitchen does not have a lot of windows a ventilator is a good idea.

Melissa (who worked two summers as a house painter).

I've used muriatic acid. It's a rough chemical.

10 Muriatic Acid Safety Tips
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/10-...s#.UeSA5W1dC-c

I'd rather pay to have Linoleum laid.

I'm getting ready to use Zinsser B.I.N Primer and Oil-based paint in a very small room with a very small window. Not looking forward to it. As a matter of fact, I might ditch the whole project. I can't stand the smell of oil-based paint. The Primer doesn't bother me as much, I use it all the time. Although, mainly in the spray can.