To paint or not to paint a trailer floor

[ronn]

Mot, bedliner could be pretty pricey. Also not as easy to wipe up as epoxy or latex.

You are right though, would probably last longer then the trailer.

[denis4x4]

A couple of drops of oil is nothing compared to horse urine and poop that is the byproduct of trailering horses! I used rubber trailer/stall mats from Big R and Tractor Supply. About $50 for 4' X 6' X 3/4'. In fact, I have put them down through my entire shop as they are easy to walk on and impervious to oil.

[Big John]

A few yrs back, i was at a car show in midland , mi....the guy has a nice old bujck in an enclosed trailer and the floor was covered with carpet with the buick logos on it... like you might have found in an old dealers showroom many years ago...... very neat....

[elklake]

I purchased a used 20' 2012 enclosed trailer this year and the previous owner applied the roll on bed liner.

I works great! - Easy to clean, durable and good traction. I would recommend it.

[Chris H]

Not a trailer, but when I built my shed for storing lawn mowers and such, I sealed the pressure treated plywood with "Kilz", then 2 coats of acrylic porrch and deck paint. That was over 10 years ago. With some leaking gasoline and motor oil, and who knows what else, it has held up very well. There are black tire marks, but no signs of peeling or lifting of the paint. Granted, it almost never sees any water, but would think the oil and gas would be harder on the finish. I would rather have used a good oil based deck paint, but it just isn't available around here.

[Ron in Quincy]

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Dean,

Look into Rustoleum 10X, it comes in a large varieties of colors, it is applied with a roller, it is for horizontal surfaces, is 10 times thicker than paint, has a rough surface when dry, takes 48 hours to dry, must be 50 to 90 degrees when applied, actually made to restore old wood decks.

Ron

They also make a 2X which is for vertical surfaces, can be applied with a brush or roller, twice as thick as paint, needs to be applied at 50 to 90 degrees, comes in the same colors.

[29Cabriolet]

FWIW, My Cabriolet lives in a pre-fab garage with pressure treated plywood floors. I was concerned about oil and grease too. So I painted the floor with gray deck stain. Grease and oil "droppings" do not soak in as they would on bare treated plywood and is easy to clean up.

[majohnson00]

My 20 footer has three coats of Pollyeurathane, looks great and wipes any oil or tire marks easily.

[TerryH]

Several years ago I had an enclosed trailer, and a friend suggested using inexpensive self stick vinyl flooring that came in squares. This worked extremely well.....very easy to sweep out or wipe up oil drips.

[hazelhoff]

Try Owatrol which is an oldfashion protection for yaught decks. Will do for outside usage.

[ronn]

so everyone has an opinion- in the end, doesnt really matter what you treat it with-will be better off
for treating it, rather then not..............