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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: CLEANCARE WC on April 20, 2015, 04:26:46 pm

Title: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on April 20, 2015, 04:26:46 pm
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/281657398019?NAV=HOME

I have ordered a ply lining kit for my old dispatch and thinking of buying the above to waterproof the ply before installing. ..

Thoughts please?
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: johnny bravo on April 20, 2015, 05:30:02 pm
states for concrete, no mention of wood.
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: cgh window cleaning on April 20, 2015, 05:56:02 pm
If you have a half decent van and you want to prolong and maintain the life of it then I can't recommend getting it speedlinered more highly.
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: duncan h on April 20, 2015, 06:05:58 pm
how much water do you guys spill lol :)
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on April 20, 2015, 06:29:16 pm
how much water do you guys spill lol :)

  ;D tbh  it's not REALLY for the waterproofing.  Just ordered a new ply lining kit and just want to perhaps coat the floor to keep it clean as the ply would soon start looking shabby.
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: jk999 on April 20, 2015, 11:58:55 pm
I was looking at a site other day for ply lining kits , its a place in bolton and they did a floor kit that was allready water proofed , if you go to there premises aswell they fit the ply line kits free off charge
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on April 21, 2015, 07:40:54 am
I was looking at a site other day for ply lining kits , its a place in bolton and they did a floor kit that was allready water proofed , if you go to there premises aswell they fit the ply line kits free off charge

That's where I have ordered it from

THE VAN LINERS but that pre treated kit is only the floor & I want side panels etc too.  I'm getting it delivered Bolton is a long long way from me.
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: Spruce on April 21, 2015, 06:09:51 pm
My advice is not to put ply down on the floor; paint it with Protectakote or speed line it (more expensive). Water will get under the ply and it will go soggy. It will also start to rot the floor.

One of the local lads couldn't believe the state of his floor when he removed wet ply wood from his van's floor. He Protectakoted over the ply - a waste of time.
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: johnny bravo on April 21, 2015, 09:57:07 pm
im looking for them large rubber mats they have in stables, hoping to get some cheap,   there about 6ft  /  3 ft.,  just trim to fit corners.
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: CleanClear on April 21, 2015, 11:33:57 pm
states for concrete, no mention of wood.

If you  "mouse over" the ebay picture the literature on the tin says its suitable for ..wood ,metal, concrete.

TBH i'd say its as good as protectacote. Everyones Protectacote nuts............its no better or worse than these other alternatives but its quadruple the price. Ok, i know its got sandy gritty bits in it for grip, but people are putting it down on Berlingo and Combo floors ? Jesus, get a grip. And when i humped reels in and out of a tranny they smoothed it off and back to bare metal in no time. Its paint, simple, a barrier between water and your floor. Gloss paint would do the same job. Waste your money on protectacote or don't, fit a wooden floor in an old van that probably doesn;t need it or don;t !!!  ;D
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: richard groves on April 22, 2015, 11:14:19 am
I got one of these to put over the floor space in my van, the ply floor was removed and protectakoted, the mat helps stop the floor from getting chipped and scratched.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151317621549?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

sorry its not that relevant to the op

Tbh though if I were to do it all again with a newish van that I hoped to keep a few years, I would leave the ply in and buy a diy fiberglass roof kit ( £70 ish ) cover and seal all the floor and a foot up and round the sides, neat , hard wearing and waterproof.
Title: Re: Van floor/ply lining paint
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on April 22, 2015, 03:48:51 pm
I got one of these to put over the floor space in my van, the ply floor was removed and protectakoted, the mat helps stop the floor from getting chipped and scratched.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151317621549?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

sorry its not that relevant to the op

Tbh though if I were to do it all again with a newish van that I hoped to keep a few years, I would leave the ply in and buy a diy fiberglass roof kit ( £70 ish ) cover and seal all the floor and a foot up and round the sides, neat , hard wearing and waterproof.

This is exactly what I plan to do.