Paint before floors are installed are afterwards?

susanlynn2012

17 years ago

I will cross paint this to the decorating forum also. I need pictures but I can't find my software to download the pictures from my camera since I had to buy a new hard drive.

The painter from 2 years ago never painted behind my home office 42" wide 5-drawer putty cabinets and also painted around books (I did not realize he did this since I helped him move a 4-drawer 42" file cabinet after we emptied the drawers and he told me his helper would be there soon to move the others with him. The time I came back from my client, he told me his helper had left and he was just painting in other areas of the room) and missed some hidden walls and trim. My prior paint color was an off-white whiter than the BM Linen White color now. I have bright white gloss trim and a flat white ceiling.

Would it hurt the wood to paint and air out the room with windows open before installing or should I put off painting for another time? It would be so much easier to paint with the cabinets out of the room.

I would like a paint color a little bit warmer than the Linen White now that I am getting Brazilian Cherry floors. Any suggestions? In my family room and kitchen that flow into this room blocked by file cabinets, I have a beautiful BM Bone white that appears to be a creamy light tan. Would that work or would it be too dark in a room with no overhead lights but now I have four 400 watt day-light fluorescent touchier lamps in the room. Only one side of the room has windows that I only lower the tops and open the bottoms of the double honeycomb blinds. The long combined 2 room home office cherry furniture and putty cabinets. The adjoining family room has a taupe sofa and recliner and glass tables with cherry legs. This family room has a wall of windows with sheer champagne color horizontal blinds that I also keep closed most of the time since enough light comes in.

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floorguy
17 years ago
Painting is considered a "wet trade" Latex paint has water in it. As you paint, the humidity levels inside the dwelling will build up.

Don't even start the acclimation process, until a few days after the painting is done, and the humidity levels come back down to normal living conditions.
susanlynn2012
Original Author
17 years ago
Thank you Floorguy. I thought I would have to allow more days for the wood to then acclimate which will hold me up from working unless I find a place for my computer upstairs to work.
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floorguy
17 years ago
Don't know how long, if any you need to acclimate more???

What is your quality moisture meter reading.

A wrist watch and a calendar are not tools used for acclimation.
susanlynn2012
Original Author
17 years ago
Thank you Floorguy for replying.

Right now I always know the moisture in the air in my rooms since I dislike it when the air quality is too dry or too much moisture, so I guess I can use that to see if the moisture goes up. I can also ask my friend to bring his professional moisture meter again to test the floors. The wood will be acclimating in the family room but only the two room home office will be painted.

I am feeling I should use Natura or Aura since I am very chemically sensitive and both dry fast also. Will I have to prime if I use Natura despite the walls now being BM Linen White in a Pearl finish that was painted only 2.5 years ago? I know I primed last time. Which do you recommend? I will most likely being using a paint color that is a little bit darker than linen white, like BM Bone White or BM Palace White or Ralph Lauren Cozy Cottage mixed in a BM Paint. I am also going to get some Affinity paint chips to see if they have a similar color I like. I want my room to stay neutral and not be dark since I do not have much light but I want a little more color on the wall and I want the areas not paint to be painted. The prior color was some kind of lighter off-white than linen white so it is not the most noticeable thing that the painter just felt I would not notice but he would be paid anyway. I bought all the supplies last time and only paid him for his labor.

Thank you Floorguy for letting me know it is not time but quality moisture meter readings that determine when the wood is acclimated enough.