How to Paint a Wood Porch Floor 

so glad I found this video! I'm prepping to repaint my porch as well and there are so many different takes on things. glad I found a video that distilled it all down!❤

This man knows what he is talking about

I just want to say THANK YOU for your chapters. This is so seriously appreciated. I wish more people would add chapters to videos like this!

A remote controlled shop-vac!! Now I've seen everything!! Gotta get me one of those. 👍

Great video. I love how you just got straight to the point and didnt add a lot of fluff at all. Very helpful 🙂

Great video, Thank you for posting this. This will.help.me with my porch floor.

Thank you so much for your clear instructions. I have a large front porch and I have been sanding like crazy, but am now following your process.

Perfect video. I am getting ready to paint the interior very old wooden cold porch and cellar stairs. I appreciated the thorough prep job that you did as well as the small area edging, rolling and smoothing out with the brush. I subscribed to your videos as this house is almost two hundred years old and there is always something to fix, paint and repair. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge!

Great video! Thank you for doing it. I'm painting my front porch this week. Your video is right on time.

Just about to start my porch painting, thank you this streamlined my process!

Thank you for this, the editing was perfect.

Great video and beautiful job on the porch!

Thank you so much for this.

Great video. Exactly what I was hoping to see. Thank you!

Wow! Nice job!

This was very useful and informative as I renovate my 1930s home i need to restore the old tongue and groove deck and now i know how to do it!

I just finished painting my detached screen porch floor last weekend. Then found your video-should have searched. Ether before starting. But happy to report I did all the things you suggested except filling in the gaps with putty. Not too Manaus and none dramatic so I think I’m ok. It was cool and dry in Charlotte last weekend so I figured it was a good time to get it done. Then the rains came and the air was hot and humid all week! It still feels a tad tacky (don’t we all?) but I went ahead and moved the Adirondack 13:15 chairs back in. I’ll take care not to slide them around! My cat is delighted to return to her favorite napping place and she loves the color-Benjamin Moore Hidden Falls.

Wow such a detailed explaination! You really did an amazing job here. I want to repaint my upper deck. This gave me some great pointers.

Nicely done!

Thanks for the great tips!

Nice and clear instructions 👌

Great video. Many thanks.

Very helpful thanks.

Fantastic. I'm a first time homeowner, young dad, and we've had this house about 4 years and the front wood porch needs a paint job, something I've never had to do. This video was really helpful and your front porch even has the same the color scheme as mine does (white and grey). Thank you!

That is a good porch. I have that same vertical rain douglas fir. It is old growth with tight grain. With the TSP, I rinse it.

Good job

Love the channel’s name! ❤️

Great video!

Don't forget to put a plastic tarp over any glass like on that nice door in your video, TSP etches glass even from light splash's while rinsing off after using the cleaner.

You did a good job with the prep...It's a shame so many people don't appreciate the hard work that goes into making a long lasting and well done project like this...30 + years of doing exterior woodwork renovations...:)...I could tell you some war stories...:)...Good health and freedom to you and yours!

Good for Home Work not for the Client washing part is important , on walking aerials Stain has more durability than Paint . Good luck 🤠

Great video I'm going to copy your technique. We just inherited a 100 year old house. The porch has been neglected for at least 60 years. Anything will be an improvement. Thanks for the info.

This is incredibly helpful. Thank you! I’m getting ready to scrape peeling paint, chip out wood rot, fill, prime, and paint my porch. I’ve got 2 more porches to work in after that.

Thank you

Great video and thanks for your help! For your prep, how long did you wait after using the TSP before starting on the primer?

What kind of filler did you use? And what kind of filler do you recommend for bigger gaps that may be walked on? 🚶‍♀️ I'm loving this video, I'm definitely a newbie and you explained everything so wonderful

This was very helpful, thank you! Do you do any regular maintenance on the porch columns to minimize those cracks around the base?

I just finished painting my hundred year old porch for the fifth time in 40 years. I tried a lot of crack fillers over the years that didn't last. This time I used Bondo Glass to fill the cracks and voids. I prewet the bared wood with carburator cleaner (acetone), laid down the Bondo and the sanded smooth. For large voids I inserted pieces of galvanized 1/2 x 1/2 inch wire fence material before Bondoing. A lot more work but it should last a lot longer.

I am so excited I found this video. May I ask what kind of roller you used?

Great Video! Question for you: when priming, does one prime ONLY on the wood, and do caulking in the cracks between?

You're only the second person I've heard say "holidays" in reference to a paint job. The first was my step dad back in the seventies. I've used it ever since whenever doing paint jobs throughout my working life, but only got quizzical looks...

Hi! Thank you for a very interesting and infor video. I plan on painting my backporch very similar to yours. Did I miss a portion of your video where you advise the brand and type of paint you used? I assume it is porch and deck paint, but is there a particular brand that you prefer to use? Thanks very much. 😇

Just some advise ,before I paint my porch .I power wash then take a car wash brush with handle and dawn dish soap and wash it down and hose off so I am never on my knees .I sand with electric sander were it needs it. .but I always prep the day before. Then just dust off porch and paint . everything is done with pole handles. Being on my knees at 54. Isn't possible .

Very thorough and helpful, thank you! May I ask what brand of primer and paint you recommend?

great job . nice detail can i use a paint &primer in one thak you

"Summer time, dry air". Once he said that I didn't need video to know he isn't in the North East. I could see the humidity in the air on many days this summer here in Columbia County NY, but that's par for the corse.

👍🏼

Great vid! Whats the best primer to use under INSL-X Tough Shield Floor and Patio Paint? Im dealing with some aged & weathered wood im trying to preserve.thanks!

Can you tell us the brand of caulking you used to fill the cracks? Thanks!

@itsfixable I am doing front steps. They get a lot of traffic and water. Is enamel the right latex finish? Want it to be hard but not slick. 2nd: thinking of tacking or glueing down some sort of tread after painting? Thoughts?

After waiting 24 hours to paint after priming and caulking, did you wash or clean the surface again?

What kind of brush did you use and what nap roller?

If I need to put down two coats, do I have to wait a week so I won't damage the first coat by walking on it?

Does this same rule apply if I want to change the color of the porch from what was there previously?

Good job, looks great. Question: if painting between wood decks is needed and you need to use a brush to do that and once you are on your knees already, would it be easier to just keep painting the whole deck with the same brush instead of using roller and then the brush afterwards? I am confused. Please advise. Need to stain a large deck and would like to know if should only use brush which will take forever or use roller and then brush like you did.

I have been following this guide almost to the letter for my first time painting an exterior front porch wood floor on my own home. This video is informative, straightforward, easy to follow and enjoyable to watch and listen to-many thanks from a neighbour to the north! One problem I encountered was related to the application of silicone caulking: I found that the residue of silicone left behind on the painted wood surface after the grooves were filled was tricky for me to clean up. This would potentially have compromised the next stage and layer of painting of the floor. One idea or solution might be to mask the wood surface on either side of each groove, preventing stubborn silicone residue from “hiding”’ on the surface to be painted. Something worth mentioning as well is that paint does not adhere at all to silicone caulk, which is by definition water resistant ( I now realise this helps explain the slightly defensive “Yes, I’m using caulking…” as silicone caulking has become notorious for being unpaintable, which I discovered after a few Google searches). I had a bit of a runaround trying to find the right product to remove silicone residue, and I had a devil of a time trying to see where some of the residue might still be lingering on the surface, as any of it will interfere with good paint adherence of my floor surface. Thank you again for a great video-Happy porch painting to everyone watching, and enjoy your holidays (both the regular kind and the painting variety, from the days of ship painting and caulking 😉😊 www.esppainting.com/holiday-its-not-what-you-think-it-is/#:~:text=But%20what%20does%20the%20word,color%20of%20paint%20shows%20through.)

We have 3" tongue & groove porch which was painted. But rather than repaint, we want to remove that paint. What would you recommend?

Would love to know the exact caulk and paint that you used?

What kind off caulk should I use ? Ty

What is your primer on this porch?

I appreciate all the work but anyone who has painted a lot of porches has long since given up on Benjamin Moore porch and floor it just doesn't hold up. Also DAP caulking is lousy Sherwin-Williams caulking is far superior especially the premium 55 here caulking

What color is the paint you used to paint your porch?

How much would you charge to do this today? Materials not included

🤗👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👍🏿👍🏿🤗

what color paint is that?

I'm unsure about the priming part, and I'm reading mostly things that say don't prime. I don't like the idea of paint over bare wood, but I also don't know if primer is made for walking and furniture. The shwerin williams can does say to sand, though. I will do that after TSP, and vacuum, wipe down a second time.

Why not replacing it with concrete?

I wouldn’t caulk it.

You’re painting over all that caulk? Isn’t it gonna just peel up?!

This dude is a moonbeam. Not only does he wash the wall, he assumes their is oil and greese on the porch. Add. for sure. Hope he is single.