Hello all,
I have a porch floor that is covered by a ceiling.
I sanded and washed the entire porch 4 years ago and spot primed with a coat of tredplex followed by 1 topcoat as per the recommendation of the SW rep.
There is failure on 40% of the joints of the flooring. (tongue and groove, not sure of the species of wood)
The Sherwin Williams rep told me that it was likely because the underside wasn't back primed. The porch has a 6 foot crawl space with a dirt floor without any kind of ventilation.
SW rep told me this was the problem and it is now a maintenance issue.
I believe the original coating was likely oil base.
This is actually a customers porch and I don't really want to give them this kind of news, as the original coating seemed to hold up much better than the tredplex..
Should I be looking at a different product? a different approach?
By the way, I asked the SW rep about the SW floor enamel and he literally said it was garbage!!
OK, thanks for any input
Randy Rohe
Bothers' Painting
I have a porch floor that is covered by a ceiling.
I sanded and washed the entire porch 4 years ago and spot primed with a coat of tredplex followed by 1 topcoat as per the recommendation of the SW rep.
There is failure on 40% of the joints of the flooring. (tongue and groove, not sure of the species of wood)
The Sherwin Williams rep told me that it was likely because the underside wasn't back primed. The porch has a 6 foot crawl space with a dirt floor without any kind of ventilation.
SW rep told me this was the problem and it is now a maintenance issue.
I believe the original coating was likely oil base.
This is actually a customers porch and I don't really want to give them this kind of news, as the original coating seemed to hold up much better than the tredplex..
Should I be looking at a different product? a different approach?
By the way, I asked the SW rep about the SW floor enamel and he literally said it was garbage!!
OK, thanks for any input
Randy Rohe
Bothers' Painting