Painting Unfinished Basement

Go for a solid color or get wild and design a mural to brighten.

Painting unfinished basement.

You can check by purchasing a lead paint test kit online or at a home center. 2 remove any furniture and lay down a drop cloth. And the paint covered all the surfaces and made the whole space look better. In the first half of the basement we used plastic tarps on the floor.

The paint mist that landed on the floor made the plastic very slippery. What tools do you need to paint unfinished basement ceiling. To make painting easier move any furniture storage boxes or other materials to a different room. Low voc mold and mildew proof white water based waterproofing paint is a modified acrylic co polymer concrete and masonry waterproofing paint and finish.

This did not work well. When it comes to painting your basement it s not just a case of choosing any old paint as long as it s in a color you like. The paint sprayer delivers a high quality finish and it s fast so you will be able to complete the whole process faster. Colors like yellow light green or even pinks and reds can be a lot of fun and brighten up the space.

Like us on facebook for more how to projects. Painting an unfinished basement. One of the main goals in painting a basement is to prevent water from seeping into your basement walls. Basement walls of cinder block brick or even poured concrete can be transformed pretty quickly and simply with a coat of paint.

We recycled our old paint to create the wall color we were looking for. While it s tempting to think that paint manufacturers have created different kinds of paints simply as a marketing ploy to shift more units this is. If your basement is already light you can paint it just about any color you want. One of the most important tool you need is a paint sprayer.

To make paint stick make sure you use primer. Basements aren t like other rooms in your home and a very different kind of criteria applies to its treatment. We had a variety of materials. Painting pipes in a basement is a great way to make them disappear visually.

If there is a previous coat of paint you ll need to remove it if you want to repaint with concrete paint because concrete paint needs to adhere to a porous surface. Designed to form an impermeable barrier to water on interior and exterior vertical or horizontal concrete block and cast in place concrete. Working on different houses we found that even painting a basement can make a huge difference. Remember really dark colors can dim down even the brightest room so you want to make sure it doesn t get too dark in the space.

If the paint is old it may be lead based. When we prepped for painting the second half of the basement we used a roll of masking paper like this one. This is what this basement looked like when we started grey and dingy.