Your front porch is where your home makes its first impression says hannah yeo color marketing and development manager at benjamin moore.
Porch floor paint or stain.
A good deck paint should be long lasting easy to maintain and durable.
With the right color you can transform an ordinary entryway into a welcoming and inviting.
Oil and water based paints can cover up blemishes keep water on the surface and create aesthetics that truly stand out.
A quality professional paint job will last longer than a quality professional deck staining.
Your front porch sets the tone for how visitors will view the rest of your home that s why a fresh coat of paint can work wonders for the area as a whole.
This latex floor paint from kilz checks all of those boxes and more.
The wood itself is in great shape but the stain in a lot of areas looks pretty bad.
Before applying any type of stain to a brand new installation check for a moisture content of less than 12 percent in the wood.
If higher wait for several weeks and test again.
Add a touch of elegance by using the same dark brown stain on the balusters front door and wood floors.
Our screen porch floor could really use a good power washing and re staining painting.
Staining the deck.
A wooden front porch stained in a rich dark brown is a classic and for good reason.
The cons of staining your deck include.
Epoxy based paints provide high durability and stain resistance making them ideal for garage or patio floors.
Concrete porch and patio paints are frequently low luster acrylic latex paints designed to conceal imperfections and resist fading scuffing cracking and uv damage.
Stains on the other hand penetrates deep into the slab creating a colored concrete patio that lasts for years.
When your deck or porch is showing definite weathering a more deeply pigmented solid stain is recommended.
Whether your weather means freeze thaw cycles rain and high humidity or strong ultra violet exposure from the sun any paint on exterior flooring will fail.
It won t last for more than a few years on average decks need to be stained again every other year.
The kilz floor coating has a low luster finish that s perfect for sprucing up your deck porch or patio it s available in two neutral colors slate gray and silver gray and the finish is mildew resistant and super long lasting.
It s hard to tell in photos but in real life it looks distressed and not in a good way.
Both paint and stain deck finishes are prone to unique problems paint to chipping or peeling and stain to heat related discoloration.
Paint has always been the go to material for enhancing concrete patios.