If the trailer flooring is plywood consider not painting it at all.
Painted plwood trailer floor vs staining.
It is just decking stain with a red tint to it.
Plywood is an amazingly versatile building material.
I will do that and the tarp is a good idea.
The quality of the preparation determines the finished quality of the.
My new trailer uses advantech and they specify an oil based primer with an oil or latex top coat or an oil based stain.
Staining the deck paint generally comes out as the more durable and colorfast finish lasting 10 years or longer before requiring re application.
Went about a foot up the walls and then used walmart brand heavy duty grey paint for the walls and its a major improvement altogether.
There s an optional aluminum floor but it doesn t feel as sturdy and it would be noisy on a gravel road and slippery when wet.
I am putting down sikkens cetol srd stain in a mahogany color.
I think it was like 35 bucks a gallon and i used a little over a gallon for my 6x12 enclosed.
G p may have particular specifications you might find them here.
But in a head to head of painting vs.
The haulmark trailer i m buying has a 3 4 marine plywood floor in natural finish.
It does not take paint well even if you use a premium deck paint.
Think that will be okay.
What stain do you uses or does it matter.
The trailer has drymax plywood floors moisture resistant osb and the dealer said that not many coatings will stick to it other than spray in bed liners.
An excellent alternative for plywood trailer floors is simply to use a deck stain instead of paint.
Georgia pacific drymax high performance osb.
How to get a really good paint finish on plywood.
That is more than i would like to spend.
Because it is made of thin strips of wood glued together with adhesive it is a very efficient product to produce and is thus inexpensive.
The problem with the spray in liner is that the quote i received from rhino liner was 2200 to do the floor ramp door and one foot up the walls.
It goes on smooth and resists any chipping scuffing or abrasions for a long lasting finish.
Plywood just like any other wood requires preparation before painting.
I have some left over stain from the playhouse in my backyard.
So stain it every year before winter with the wood on the trailer.
What do you guys do about staining or painting or tiling the floor so it doesn t turn brown with mud and crud with usage.
Much better than paint or a stain imo and the anti skid is great.