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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: MNWC on October 14, 2010, 08:27:13 pm

Title: Back of van !!
Post by: MNWC on October 14, 2010, 08:27:13 pm

Can Sandtex be used to waterproof the back of your van ??

Title: Re: Back of van !!
Post by: rg1 on October 14, 2010, 08:34:21 pm

I wouldn't have thought so cos Sandtex is a masonry paint

Title: Re: Back of van !!
Post by: prestige cleaners on October 14, 2010, 10:06:29 pm

lol, ive heard bitumen paint is good too  8)

Title: Re: Back of van !!
Post by: MNWC on October 14, 2010, 10:38:56 pm

whats the alternative to protectacote ?

Title: Re: Back of van !!
Post by: Dave Willis on October 14, 2010, 11:13:09 pm

speedliner

Don't think there are many alternatives. I found a paint that they use on the hulls of canal boats the other day but it only came in black and was bitumen based. Roof seal might be another but for a few more pounds I'd rather use the proper stuff.
I have nothing at all in my van at the moment. My drive is on a slope so the water tends to run out the back of the van.

I did read somewhere that boat owners have used masonry paint as an anti-slip coating with some success.

Title: Re: Back of van !!
Post by: DaveG on October 15, 2010, 08:35:14 am

I used roof seal (rubberised paint) £15 a tin from B and Q (because Im a tight git) and put rubber matting , also from B and Q, on top. Still ok 2 years later.