Gymnasium floor

[laserman70]

Have a request to do large graphics on a gym floor.
Anyone ever do these?
If so what material have you used with success?
THanks for the help

 

[splizaat]

We use 3651 with oraguard laminate. BUT, if it's a lacquered wood floor, the adhesive on 3651 may be too aggressive and take the laquer off on removal.

 

[fresh]

Our biggest customer installs gym floors, and we provide the graphics... All the logos, center court, etc are painted on the floor using stencils. There is a specific type of paint, but the name eludes me.

 

[Gino]

Only ever did a few, but ours too, were painted. After painting, it was shellacked or cleared with several coats to protect it for years to come. Never could an edge be felt. It was a safety issue years back, I don't know about more recent times with laying vinyl down. I would imagine that could really hurt someone.

 

[TammieH]

We did about half a dozen back in the late 90's paint mask and large rollers, did a few with detail painting of mascots...mainly for high schools

 

[Mike Paul]

I've done a few and always painted them with 1-Shot.
This is done during the refinishing process.
Floor guy comes back the next day and applies a few coats of Poly...


Last one I did was about 5 years ago for an elementary school.
It was the alphabet the length of the gym floor in 12 in. uppercase letters on one side and lowercase on the other side.

There was also some circular panels, striping and such that the floor guy was handling.
I was curious and asked him how he was going to go about it and he said he would tape everything out and the Boy Scouts would come in and paint it for free to earn credits, badges or something like...

I was surprised and when I came in after they painted it looked pretty nice; no spilt paint between the planks, and no fingerprints or footprints around the floor...

 

[Si Allen]

Be sure to add the cost of a couple of visits to your Chiropractor ... you will need them!