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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Easyclean Windows on November 20, 2006, 10:46:25 pm
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Can someone who has coated their own van floor for wfp please help with my predicament
I have just had my van written off this evening so will have to lease one pretty quick...I have had my own van done by speedliner but know it can be done diy. Can you please let me know if you have done your own and at what prices
thanks
steve
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Sorry about your van, mate.
I've seen Ian_Giles's van; he speedlined his with a kit (I believe) he purchased from Aquatech (Peter Fogwill).
Hopefully he'll reply to this post tomorrow, once he's recovered from the thrashing I gave him this evening in the squash court.
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Hi Easy,
I done mine with Protectacote, very good stuff. alot of wfp suppliers sell it, try cleantech ;)
ProPole
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Hi Steve
I did mine in feb. I bought it from a motorist centre in Abingdon for £80. Easy to do,
give me a call and I will talk you through it.
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Correction - It was £75. Just had a look at Protectakote.co.uk for stockists in Banbury but unfortunately there is none but they have listed lots of other stockists to help you shop around.
Let me know if you want want directions to the Abingdon shop and feel free to give me a call if you need advice on application.
Tel 07792 624572.
Sorry to hear about your accident, Hope you are ok and you get sorted quick
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Protectacote i've now done 2 vans great stuff. if you have some left over dont bother keeping it it WILL go off mine did twice 1st time lost 2 litres :'( its easy and i quite4 enjoyed doing it.
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Ok chaps thanks for that another question i have a tucker pole system and have been told i cant fit it myself as i needs to be positioned correctly have you all fitted your own.
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hi
we are in Kent can refit system and speed line we are an outlet for speedliner .
and can deal direct with insurance company if required
tony 07944 227635
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Hi tony i bought my microbore from you this year for now im hopefully getting a courtesy van but im only having a small 400 upright tank strapped in for a few weeks but i know where you are if i need you thanks mate
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I protekoted my van a year ago, Fiat ducato, I bought a 4ltr tin and I had loads left.
I just protekoted my sons van 2 weeks ago. A fiat Doblo van, I used 2 ltrs, great stuff. I think if you have it speedlined you are a mug or have money to burn.
2ltrs of protecakote cost me £30 +vat from reachandclean. The stuff stinks mind you, You have to do a good job of rubbing the van floor down, thats the key, You want to remove all the glossy paintwork, If you leave it Glossy the paint finds it hard to stick to it.
Just use a 2" brush, dab it on dont try and paint it on. Use the wifes food mixer to stir the paint and wear a mask when doing it. Blacks the best colour.
Nel.
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hi neil
i was thinking of doing my fiat doblo van. do you take up the plastic sheet that comes with the van and paint straight onto the van floor
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Speedliner is considered the tops, but it is by far the most expensive option and is best done by those that know what they are doing.
Protectakote is ok, easy to do DIY but is nothing like as hardwaring as Speedliner.
There is a third option, which is the one I took.
Prior to speedliner, the method considered the best was Fibreglass.
As Tosh said I go my kit off Peter fogwill...I think it was around about the £100 ,mark.
Easy enough to do DIY and it is VERY hardwaring.
Downside of it is that using fibreglass is real messy and the stink has to be believed, your van will pong of the bloody stuff for weeks (I got to quite like it ;D)
I'd sure as heck recommend it though.
Ian.
PS,
Ask Tosh who was the one who'd open the door to see if it was time to finish...and who also crawled off court with 5 minutes still to go...was it the short, fat, 50 year old with knackered knees, or the Jap guy 15 years his junior ? ;D ;D ;D
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Protectakote is ok, easy to do DIY but is nothing like as hardwaring as Speedliner. Quote Ian Giles
I dont think that is the case, I have spoken to people who have paid for someone to Proffesionally speedline their vans. The hose reels have fallen over when doing an emergency stop and cracked the speedliner floor.
They started to use protectakote as a cheaper alternative and they have found it to be more hardwearing then speedliner.
I am not an authority on the subject, but just relaying some information I came across when researching what to put down on my van floor last year.
I put protecakote on my van floor and its as good as new after a year. In fact I claened out the van last weekend and inspected the van floor in great detail, It looks the same as a year ago no wear and tear at all.
In the unlikley event of a repair haveing to be made, its very cheap. Rub down the area that needs to be repaired and paint. £15 for a ltr tin. Cheap enough.
Protecakote is a no brainer for me.
Nel
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Nel, there are always exceptions that probe the rule ;)
I see by your photos that your gear is all clipped in place, wear and tear for you is relatively minimal.
I know a husband and wife team who have a full van mount system, but also use a pair of Omnitrolleys for most of their work, and the rolling around getting them in and out wore through the protectakote in several places.
Speedliner is I think arguably the hardest wearing, followed by fibreglass.
Repairing fibreglass is also a very easy job.
If you have heavy stuff rolling around in your van, or are using trolleys and so on, then go for something that will take heavy punishment.
If, like Nel, your van is going to be well organised, hose reels clamped in place and so on, then go for the easier and cheaper option of Protectakote.
It all depends on what you need ;)
Ian
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Good point about the trolley and stuff being thrown around and wearing out the surface.
The floor lining that came with my box trailer system didn't last two weeks - I don't knowwhat it was because the promised replacement tin never arrived.
Have now scraped it all off and painted car underseal with waxoil all over the floor.Does the job and only £2-£3 a tin.Its more durable but has still worn away where trolley sits.
Might stick some sort of metal plate or something on top of the undersealed floor.
Filllllll.
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I bow to your reasoning Ian.
My hose reels are fastened to the van floor, Nothing moves or slides around at all in the van. I have a backpack, but that never moves in the van because of how its positioned.
I only stand on the van floor when I open the side door so I can take my ladder clamp off if I need my ladders. Thats as much greif as my van floor gets.
I suffer the Misapprehension that I think everyone uses there van the same as me.
Granted some will give the van floor far more grief then what I do, So I should not use my floor as a good example of a hard wearing floor.
I often commenent on my own experince or from what I have heard.
Nel.