I painted vinyl floors in a previous home. First I sanded lightly, then primed and 2 coats of porch paint. Finally sealed with 2 coats of poly. It worked great and held up well. I didnt have a problem with wear or scratches. The good thing is you can always repaint it when your tired of it.
daisy

I painted vinyl floors in a previous home. First I sanded lightly, then primed and 2 coats of porch paint. Finally sealed with 2 coats of poly. It worked great and held up well. I didnt have a problem with wear or scratches. The good thing is you can always repaint it when your tired of it.
daisy

Of course you can paint. I remember reading that Martha
Stewart did this 100 years ago when she could not afford
to replace the tile. Go for it.

Look for a paint that is designed to go over plastic
or metal or cement. I agree lightly sand it so that paint
has something to adhere to. Then use a primer or a primer
paint combo. You might need to put a sealer on the floors
after all is said and done. One that does not yellow.
Good luck
~boxer

Here is a link that might be useful: Ask the builder talks about painting vinyl floors

I'm very interested in this prospect as well, and would love it if you'd share any website links etc that you might find during your searching.

I never thought of painting the floor (mine is also a vinyl/lineoleum type) but that's a great idea!!!

HMMM, wonder if you could do a faux acid stain look, like what people do for concrete, that would be way cool.

Be sure the linoleum does not contain asbestos before you go sanding it!

I love painted floors. Did you have a pattern/texture in mind?

Here are some links that might help.

DIY network
http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/how-to-paint-vinyl-flooring/index.html

Home Envy
http://www.homeenvy.com/db/9/449.html

Here is a link that might be useful: Elledecor the painted floor

I don't have any specific ideas, just a general concept.
You have all given me plenty of food for thought!
Thanks so much for the encouragement.

Oh you all have given me hope. We're redoing the kitchen and DH won't budge on replacing the dirt magnet white ceramic with black grout floor.

I painted an old vinyl floor that date back to about 1950's. I used floor polish stripper and then rinsed really really well. I used black enamel and painted and kind of ragged some of it off (but I used plastic baggs and "sponged" the paint off). It allowed some white to brown flecks appear to help keep some texture and hide dirt. Then 3 coats of poly over top. Since that time I have done some maintenance coats of floor polish about once a year. There is one spot that we scraped something along the floor (we are remodelling much of our house)and took some off the paint off, but otherwise it has held up really well. And we do not baby it either. I think it has been like that for 6+ years now.