Trailer Floor Treatment

[boondocker97]

I have an older enclosed trailer that the floor is starting to show some age in it. It is plywood and was originally painted grey. The wood is in good shape for the most part, but a lot of the paint has started to wear off and I'm looking for something to put back down over it. I've been looking into some of the deck and concrete restoring products, but a lot of the reviews say they start peeling up after about a year. I've heard of guys getting the floors done with spray-in bed liner. With a 8'X32' area plus the door I think that would get fairly expensive to do. What else have people done?

 

[n2otoofast4u]

Cheap paint, grout mixer on a drill, add sand, apply to floor.

 

[mountainhorse]

A friend of mine uses Horse-Stall matting... and it holds up to the carbides well too.


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[thebigtreeman]

I read about someone else using "Restore" brand paint from Rustoleum.

The horse stall mats are a good idea. I would probably paint the floors first and then use the stall mats. For reference, our stall mats are 4'x6' and 3/4" thick. I think I paid about $28-30 for each mat at our local feed store here in NM. Given the thickness of those mats, it would be a good insulator as well.

Tim

 

[SRXSRULE]

Ive seen a few sled decks done with the spray on bed liner and it did NOT hold up well at all. One of them was brand new, unused and was peeling off.

I used 2 part epoxy based garage floor coating with silica sand mixed in on an open 3 place trailer. It held up great for several years. Eric

 

[boondocker97]

I think the bedliner deal really depends on what brand of stuff you use and probably how thick it is applied. The stuff that was put in the bed of my truck before I bought it is really nice for everything but carbides. It gets cut immediately by them. One of my friends had some kind put in his trailer and it has held up for a few years and they don't even have ski glides in it. Whatever that stuff is, the carbides don't cut it up.

Currently there are no ski glides on the floor, and it is going to cost me $6-800 to install them. We've always just used dollies and the plastic ski boots in that trailer up to this point. I just found out that I have access to the equipment to spray a liner in, so If I can figure out what product they put in his trailer I might go that route and do the whole thing ourselves for under $1000 and not even need slides.

 

[LoudHandle]

The bed liner to use is Line-X if you want it to hold up to the abuse of the carbides. The Rhino brand is rubber based and will NOT hold up to carbides or anything else that can cut into it. As with anything that is applied to anything else proper preparation of the surface is the key.

I had indoor / outdoor carpet put in my inclosed 15 years ago and has held up really well and is just now finally in need of replacement, but then so is the plywood after that long.

FWIW