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Postby Arne » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:18 pm

I don't recommend at least not painting the floor. It is the first thing I do. It keeps slivers down, and I work inside sliding around on one of those milk crates turned upside down.... saves the knees and I can move around pretty easily that way.
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Ilike the Vinyl flooring

Postby joe43952 » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:25 pm

I used Vinyl flooring on mine it cost a little more than paint but some how it makes me feel better that its under the mattress :? just weird I guess.
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Postby BrwBier » Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:00 pm

A buck is a buck and a pound is a pound. For a place that will never be seen I just painted. Keeps the cost and the weight down.
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Postby Lou Park » Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:35 am

Which weighs more, a gallon of paint or a box of self stick?
I've seen the self stick as low as $.11 sq. ft. Thats $3.52 for
a 4x8 trailer, how much is a gallon of paint?
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Postby hugh » Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:57 am

I have just finished building my frame and will be doing the floor over the next few days. To waterproof the 3/4 plywood on top any thoughts on using Thompsons water seal since the walls and ceiling won,t be installed for a while and I need to park my Jeep in the garage.
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Postby BrwBier » Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:19 am

Lou Park wrote:Which weighs more, a gallon of paint or a box of self stick?
I've seen the self stick as low as $.11 sq. ft. Thats $3.52 for
a 4x8 trailer, how much is a gallon of paint?
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I don't know if I would have the time or patients to use a gallon of paint in an area about 60"x80". I only used about 1/2 quart. And that was 2 coats.
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Postby Lou Park » Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:47 am

BrwBier wrote:
Lou Park wrote:Which weighs more, a gallon of paint or a box of self stick?
I've seen the self stick as low as $.11 sq. ft. Thats $3.52 for
a 4x8 trailer, how much is a gallon of paint?
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I don't know if I would have the time or patients to use a gallon of paint in an area about 60"x80". I only used about 1/2 quart. And that was 2 coats.


Thats true, not to mention most everyone has some leftover paint somewhere in the house.
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Postby Dean_A » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:29 pm

I used left over lino on the cabin floor and the galley floor. Mostly for looks, but also thought it would be useful in case of leaks.
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Postby NightCap » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:43 pm

I painted mine, but just because I had trap doors in my floor to get to the under floor storage. I would liked to have put vinyl or even some Akea wood flooring would be cool.
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Postby 2bits » Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:31 pm

I stained and put 3 coats of Helmsman Spar Urethane on it because it to fit the style of it, and you will see the floor in the Galley so I wanted it to fit in. Also, because it didn't have any real thickness to speak of, it didn't mess with my measurements.

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Postby NightCap » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:13 pm

2bits wrote:I stained and put 3 coats of Helmsman Spar Urethane on it because it to fit the style of it, and you will see the floor in the Galley so I wanted it to fit in. Also, because it didn't have any real thickness to speak of, it didn't mess with my measurements.



Looks good. You planning on more coats? BTW. Nice looking wheels.
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Postby 2bits » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:07 am

NightCap wrote:Looks good. You planning on more coats? BTW. Nice looking wheels.


Thanks! No other coats planned, here is pretty much how it looks now:

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Thanks about the wheels too, they match my truck ;)
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