Sealant for shed floor

RatLabGuy

RatLabGuy

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Looking for a good but easy application sealer/cover for my shed flooring. It's Advantech OSB, which frankly I'm pretty damn impressed how well its held up after nearly a year of weather exposure before I got the doors and gable end windows on ;-).
I've read that Advantech needs an oil-based coat...?
Its mostly just for storage and light wordwork, pretty much just want to protect the flooring for wet lawn mower, yard tools, boots, whatever
 
Of the stuff they say you can use on their site I'd go with garage floor epoxy.
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2 part epoxy should self-level, which is good to give you a nice smooth surface. But if your floor has any give, it will probably crack. Personally, I'd go with the deck paint they have at Home Depot/Lowes. It's thicker than standard paint, but is a little flexible.
 
ManglerYJ said:
2 part epoxy should self-level, which is good to give you a nice smooth surface. But if your floor has any give, it will probably crack. Personally, I'd go with the deck paint they have at Home Depot/Lowes. It's thicker than standard paint, but is a little flexible.
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Yeah I've been kind of thinking about that potential problem. I fully expected it is going to sag and shift over time. The other thing is a lot of epoxies end up being fairly slick unless you add extra stuff to them and frankly I just don't feel like dealing with all that.
I was hoping for something I could just slap on and go. I don't care much that it looks fantastic.
May just have to be an oil polyurethane.
I can smell it already!
 
awheelterd said:
Glue down some cheap linoleum?
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ha, interesting thought.
There's also the cheap-ass sticky-back vinyl tiles, but I suspect it wouldn't take long for them to come right back up.
 
ManglerYJ said:
2 part epoxy should self-level, which is good to give you a nice smooth surface. But if your floor has any give, it will probably crack. Personally, I'd go with the deck paint they have at Home Depot/Lowes. It's thicker than standard paint, but is a little flexible.
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That's what I used in my shed. It's at the five year Mark and doing great. I used a good primer and then a couple coats of grey deck paint.
 
I'm starting to think seriously about LVT peal-and-stick tiles. Found some clearanced Armstrongs for $.69 sq ft.
A single sheet would be the most logical, but I really loath dealing with that glue and cutting to fit etc.
Southern_Transplant said:
That's what I used in my shed. It's at the five year Mark and doing great. I used a good primer and then a couple coats of grey deck paint.
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what did you use? Is it slippery when wet?
 
ehh, just do a oil change in what ever. Pour out used oil on floor mop in with disposable unit of preference and call it done...


I had a wood shed for a storage do all fab place for a good bit. Between oops and everything else I might as well have followed this advice.

Stain sealer would be my choice. No sense in churching up a disposable floor.
 
I used the same Advantech OSB when I built my shed floor. It got rained on many times, and even snowed on once during my long shed build. I can’t remember, but I think I just used exterior paint when I painted the floor of my shed. That was several years ago now, and it has held up great. I brushed it off with a broom, then blew it off really good with my leaf blower before painting. I used an extra wide 18” paint roller.
 
RatLabGuy said:
I'm starting to think seriously about LVT peal-and-stick tiles. Found some clearanced Armstrongs for $.69 sq ft.
A single sheet would be the most logical, but I really loath dealing with that glue and cutting to fit etc.

what did you use? Is it slippery when wet?
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They make some "grit" additive for floors. Basically sand. Just roll the paint on thick, and sprinkle on the sand. When it dries, sweep away the loose stuff.

for something like this, I would just use a deck paint or oil based exterior paint. Whatever oil based that you can find cheap. I feel like the peel & stick tiles will let moisture underneath to rot out the floor, unless you paint it first.
 
CasterTroy said:
I mean..it worked for the ford assembly plant :rockon:
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I used to work for a company in Detroit that was using an old 100+ year old stamping plant as a headquarters for a chemical manufacturer. At one point, the owner of the company bought the building and decided to clean the concrete floor with the degreaser we manufactured. The oil was caked on in a 1" thick layer. We spilled about 2000 gallons of undiluted product in about a 60,000 square foot open area and let it soak over the weekend. We even placed rubber "dams" in front of the doors to keep it contained to let it soak in. When we came in the following Monday, he had rented two large factory Tennant sweepers to scrub the floors and vacuum up the product/oil sludge. No lie, the floor was almost bleach-white. Even the owner couldn't believe how well it worked. He expected to have to do this over several weekends, but was done in one.
 
ManglerYJ said:
I used to work for a company in Detroit that was using an old 100+ year old stamping plant as a headquarters for a chemical manufacturer. At one point, the owner of the company bought the building and decided to clean the concrete floor with the degreaser we manufactured. The oil was caked on in a 1" thick layer. We spilled about 2000 gallons of undiluted product in about a 60,000 square foot open area and let it soak over the weekend. We even placed rubber "dams" in front of the doors to keep it contained to let it soak in. When we came in the following Monday, he had rented two large factory Tennant sweepers to scrub the floors and vacuum up the product/oil sludge. No lie, the floor was almost bleach-white. Even the owner couldn't believe how well it worked. He expected to have to do this over several weekends, but was done in one.
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And now the entire site is a brownfield
 
CasterTroy said:
I mean..it worked for the ford assembly plant :rockon:
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You talking about the one in Charlotte? Entire factory with wood "bricks" for floor. I was almost as impressed with the floor as I was with the Van Gogh exhibit I went there to see.
 
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