[the red carpet]

Hi all,
Just after some advice, im getting my van boarded out in the next week or so ready for my t/m
And i wanna use some sort of paint or something on the boards to.

A. waterproof it

B. make it look the part

Sometrhing like the "all dry lining" Alltec do would be great, but without the £500 or so price tag.

Any ideas what i can use.

[StrakerCCP]

www.protectakote.co.uk 

[PaulKing]

linex works for me it's waterproof and none slip got wo vans done in it now and think it's the dogs bits

[the red carpet]

Paul.
Were from?
How much?

Please

[the red carpet]

Cheers Chris, looks dear, have you got it?

[craigp]

you could put the blue astro turf on floor like hydramaster do before fitting there TMs, if your plylining the sides put some foam insulation behind help protect against frost in winter, i've seen Dave s (lionhona) and hes insulated his so well he does not need a heater in winter.

[StrakerCCP]

Daniel,
No i dont have it but was reading about it in What Van the other day  :

[PaulKing]

line-x.com

[John Kelly]

Protektacote is similar stuff to Linex. Basically a Polyurethane coating which is non slip and resists water and chemicals. The Linex and Speedliner systems are sprayed on after the application of a primer coat. This gives a perfect seamless coating which prevents water ingress beneath the ply which can lead to decay and rust. You would need to find a local applicator and compare the price to doing it yourself with the Protektacote.

[the red carpet]

Thanks for the help.
Both look really good but still seem a little out of my price range, the protectakote is £75 to do the floor of a pickup and i wanna do a whole citreon relay.

Could end up being some carpet on the floor, and a bit of paint over the ply then :

Will be insulating first though to avoid problems.

[craigp]

mines just ply on floor, i dont think you need to water proof it, unless your very careless.

[John Kelly]

Whatever you do don't put carpet on the floor. No matter how well you try you will have spillages everyday. Over time this will make the van stink. Go see a local contract flooring company and see if they have any offcuts of safety flooring, if your're lucky they might even give you the adhesive. This comes in different designs and if it is well glued down and siliconed round the edges it will give a degree of water proofing and easy to clean.

[stevegunn]

Why not just get it lined with line-x half way up then ply the top half

[Liahona]

Red, for what its worth I fitted my floor with 4mm anti-slip altro vinyl. I also cap and coved it. The walls I insulated and then used 3 layers of 6mm marine ply so to get the shape of the van. I tried 18mm ply but surprise surprise it wouldnt form. I painted the walls with about 6 coats of concrete paint. I am sure there was better stuff to use but I cleaned a mates rug for him and he got me the paint for free in return. I re-enforced the roof so that it would take my hose reel upside down and so saving a lot of space. I need a lot of space on the floor as I clean a lot of rugs and when I can, try to roll them and not fold them. Also with a stronger roof I have my spare wand, all brushes and my SX-12 fitted to it. I do add at this point that with all the extras, water storage, water pumps, fuel tanks etcetera etcetera I spent about £3,000 to kit it out. A lot but money well spent as I get work from designers on just how the van looks, anyway, best, Dave.

[Liahona]

John, just saw your reply.... Thats sort of what I did with my floor. Red, I have all the adhesive you would need and may, may be able to get you the vinyl. Best, Dave.

[Adam Young]

Red,

If you want to do a cheap but durable job. My van was ply lined when I got it, I vinyled the floor with a grey off cut from Carpet right stuck down with contact adhesive and siliconed round edges. I painted the wheelarch boxes and side panels with grey garage floor paint goes on great with a gloss roller.

Cost= vinyl 24 quid, end of rool heavy duty kitchen stuff.
 Floor paint £16 Wickes.

All matching, heavy duty and chem resistant for £40 

Adam.

[PaulKing]

Here's mine sprayed in grey you don't lose any space and a year on it is showing no signs of wear, if it's a new van you should really get it done and steve gunn is spot on you can even have it just lipped 2 inchs up the wal to make it waterproof and even have a drain fitted and sprayed in!

[Liahona]

Paul, nice looking van but one question, is it insulated? If not do you have problems with it freezing up in the winter. I know it doesnt get that cold but I was advised to insulate mine for the reason of the cold. In southern California I didnt need insulation but I also worked in Nevada and northern California, both places that I also needed the van to be insulated. Best, Dave.