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Painted Porch Floor

Last week, I showed a little sneak peek of this project when you saw the leopard print table.

I’ve been sitting over here antsy as all get out to show you the whole project.

I’m pretty pumped about how this painted porch floor turned out.

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Last year, I did a makeover on the screened-in porch. Well, really it was like a semi-makeover. I painted the floor, bought new seat cushions, made a chalkboard, and that was about it.

After adding on the deck this year, I really wanted to make this space more colorful, and an extension of our living area. So far, I’ve spruced up the chandelier, added a buffet table, and now this floor. There is still more to come, y’all, and with every change, I love this space even more!

Here’s how I did my floor:

Painted Porch Floor

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First, you want to start out with a clean floor. My old floor color was brown and I wanted to do a white, black and green color scheme, so the brown had to go. I cleaned the floor really well first, then painted on two coats of white exterior paint.

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Now, before you even think about putting that tape down, I want you to wait a minimum of seven days to let the paint fully cure.

I know – it really stinks waiting that long, but trust me, you need to. You see, at first, I did not wait seven days. I waited three days and put the tape down, then when I pulled it up, some of the paint came with the tape. The paint hadn’t fully cured. So, I repainted the entire floor with another two coats of white paint and didn’t touch it for a week.

Go have yourself a cocktail or two (per day of course), and just wait the seven days for it to fully dry. You’ll thank me later.

Let’s all hum the Jeopardy theme in our head while we pretend that we just waited seven days for the paint to fully cure…….

Ok, seven days later, we’re ready to tape. My concrete is very old school. Remember, I am dealing with a 1960s Rancher here. Needless to say, the concrete was uneven in places and had multiple bumps and divets, and just plain not smooth – anywhere really.

Regular tape wouldn’t work – the paint would have bled through. To combat this, I used FrogTape for Textured Surfaces.

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It has a two part system – tape and liquid PaintBlock.

The first thing you will do is measure out your sections. I did 28 1/2 inch wide sections – that width took up the entire porch floor, which was perfect. After measuring and marking out your sections, run the tape along the edge of each section.

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Next, run a damp cloth around the edge of the tape. This helps to activate the PaintBlock technology.

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Like I said, this tape is a two part system. Next, you will take the bottle of liquid PaintBlock sealer and apply it to the edges of the tape. Shake the bottle well, then remove the cap and replace it with the included brush applicator.

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Apply it generously along the seal, going back and forth to overlap. It goes on milky, but dries clear. Let it dry for 15 minutes and then paint! Remove the tape when the final coat of paint is dry to the touch.

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Don’t worry about the liquid PaintBlock keeping paint from adhering places where there was no tape – it just seals the tape edge.

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Isn’t is crazy how just three simple colors in stripes work so well together? No fancy pattern, just stripes, but an awesome impact.

And I still got sharp paint lines even with the un-eveness of my concrete!

I do recommend that you follow the rule of seven days after applying the rest of your paint colors as well. Don’t move any furniture back in until you are sure that baby is dry!

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I love the combination of the black, white, and green! Its the perfect shot of color, but allows me to work in many more colors – which are coming soon!

Have you done a painted porch floor before?

See the completed porch HERE!

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  6. Chelsea says

    Wow, Jenna!!! The floors turned out great! And what patience – 7 days!! That’s tough but it looks like it was SO worth it! The black, white, green is so you! Love it.

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  13. Joyce T. says

    Did you do anything special to clean the floor? or just soap & water?

    I am pulling up indoor/outdoor carpet (apparently the previous owners enjoyed vacuuming their front porch!!) so I am dealing with some adhesive as well, but I was going to scrub it really well and leave it to weather this summer hoping to paint in the fall.

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  15. chris aka monkey says

    looks fantastic and i an proud of you for waiting lol….. this floor screams jenna so don’t let it scare you xx

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  16. Patty says

    I love the color combo you used, it is just gorgeous. I’m going to stain my porch floor, but I will have to do a lot of concrete repair first, it is in really bad shape, cracks and craters everywhere (really bad concrete job). I want to do a simple pattern using different colors. Our home is red brick and I can’t come up with a color combo that will work for the hubs, he is so afraid of color. I know I want black and after seeing yours I’m thinking that just might work. Our Patio is covered and it is really big, about 40′ long and 16′ wide, so I was thinking of making it look like two large area rugs rather than an all over pattern. Any suggestions?

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      With as big as yours is, I think I would do wide stripes – you definitely don’t want too much pattern going on. My house is red brick too! I think the black and white combo can go with just about anything! You could also do rectangles within rectangles – but big ones, not too many ones where there is lots going on – does that make sense??

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  17. JaneEllen says

    Makes me wish we had a nice concrete porch floor. We have back wood deck and small front porch which both need painting, desperately. Your floor looks fantastic, love it so much with 3 colors, awesome girl. How did you keep your little one from going out on it? So nice being screened in on top of it. Your wall decoration is awesome also, love the colors. Brava, senora.
    Our son and sil were supposed to help hubs put pergola on our back deck but they’re always too busy, uh huh but quick to ask hubs to do things for them. Hubs can’t be getting up on ladder to put boards across pergola since his stroke. I can’t do it either, don’t have strength to wrestle with boards. Besides I’m declaring myself just too blank old to be doing things like that, (will be 74 in July).
    Back of our house faces west so it’s hotter than blazes on summer afternoons out there. Would be so nice to be able to work out there on projects with a fan going also.
    Hope you’re having a great summer beginning so far. Been having any fun? Sure hope so. Happy days

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      Hey JaneEllen! You SO need a pergola out there- that would be awesome! I love, love, love them – I wish I had one of my own! Our summer is going great so far – lots of fun little activities going on here! How has yours been? I hope you are enjoying it!

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  21. Krista @ the happy housie says

    Your floor looks A-MAZE-ing Jenna!! Awesome tip about the frog tape textured line painting product- what a fab product. Such a transformation, totally changed the whole space- and I LOVE the colors you chose. Pinning and sharing!

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  23. Dad says

    Honey, How would something like this work in my garage? Is this something like a lot of folks are doing now putting down non-slip, oil-resistant surfaces on concrete floors like the one I have in my garage? Could a logo or some other sort of artwork be included? You did an amazing job on yours & I look forward to seeing them. Love you! Dad

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      This is just regular exterior paint, Dad, not non-slip or anything. We could make some sort of painted design / pattern in your garage though and use a more heavy duty paint since you park cars and motorcycles in there.

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