Paper Bag Floor Over Particle Board

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Paper bag floor over particle board.

Hammer down any errant nails or staples or pull them out. Building paper is a catchall term for single ply sheathing paper manufactured in various thicknesses. Press out air bubbles as you smooth the paper pieces on the floor layering the pieces in an overlapping pattern to generate the desired random look. Simply tear and crumple a new piece of brown paper to cover the area to be fixed.

The paper comes in rolls typically 3 feet wide. Let dry and repeat for the number of coats you d like. Take off the high points or swelled seams until you can sweep a straightedge over the particleboard and it stays in contact with the floor. Paper bag flooring application after the floor is prepped tear and crumple 6 to 8 inch paper wads from a roll of brown craft paper the material used in brown paper lunch bags.

Crumple for texture and dip in a bowl of 50 50 elmer s glue and water. Spread on the floor and smooth out any air bubbles. Building paper between layers of flooring. Tear brown paper bags or painter roll and make sure edges are torn not cut.

Use poly only and brush the floor with it lay the new piece on the area and brush more poly over the top.