Paper bag flooring application.
Floors elmers glue and brown paper.
On a concrete floor you will need to use straight polyurethane to glue the paper down be sure to use a water based poly.
I ended up using my hands a lot.
I installed a floor made of brown paper and polyurethane in my boy s room last year read that post here and since then i have gotten a ton of questions about it the original tutorial post currently has 645 comments most of them questions that i have done my best to answer and keep up with.
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Then brush the glue onto your paper pieces and glue down there really is no right or wrong way to lay down the pattern it will be random and overlapping that is part of the charm of this awesome diy floor.
There are so many different ways you can do this different papers stains sealers they will all look different and.
Coating the underside of each piece with a 50 50 mix of water and elmer s white glue gwynne placed the larger stones strategically on the floorboards being careful that each piece lay smooth without overlapping any other.
1 2 inch x 36 yds.
All my floors are wood and i.
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I only use elmer s glue all for paper bag floor and i have successfully laid almost 1000 sq in my home.
And absorbed causes darker shades of brown.
I mixed elmers glue with water.
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.
It almost looks like there is a layer of spilt milk on the floor.
Many glue products are toxic and i m unsure that they will work.
We used brown carptenters paper from home deopt elmers glue water mixture minwax stain oil based special walnut and waterbased polyurethane made by pro finisher 12 layers any help would be much appreciated.
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I understand the brown paper and glue.
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Then mix your elmer s glue all with a small amount of water in your bucket until the mixture resembles a heavy cream consistency.
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I would mix it until it was good enough to have a little pull when i would run my hand through.
You can read my full tutorial here and my one year later post here but you basically rip up paper crumple it glue it to your floor using a elmers glue and water mixture stain optional and cover in a stinkload sealer.