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New vans due this week. I was just in the pub with a roofer friend of mine searching for the cheapest option for a 4L tin of protectakote. He said to me he would recommend using roof seal instead. This van is a little larger in the back than the last one so I could end up needing 2 x 4L tins of protectakote at approx £70 a pop. The stuff he has recommended is £25 a tin and they use it on flat roofs. It bonds nicely to wood with no primer and the van will be ply lined so this seemed like a good idea. Anyone tried it or got any advice on it?

 
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New vans due this week. I was just in the pub with a roofer friend of mine searching for the cheapest option for a 4L tin of protectakote. He said to me he would recommend using roof seal instead. This van is a little larger in the back than the last one so I could end up needing 2 x 4L tins of protectakote at approx £70 a pop. The stuff he has recommended is £25 a tin and they use it on flat roofs. It bonds nicely to wood with no primer and the van will be ply lined so this seemed like a good idea. Anyone tried it or got any advice on it?
Personally I've used protectacote as it is used for metal, rather than other roof based stuff.

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Personally I've used protectacote as it is used for metal, rather than other roof based stuff.

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I've got protectakote in the current van, its alright but it is pretty expensive. I've also got the problem that it takes a day to dry (maybe a little less in this weather) which puts the van out of action for a while. I don't personally believe the van should need a coating but I did it last time to play safe and I guess i'm doing the same again. This stuff is available in Screwfix for £27 and would water proof the ply I guess, just interested to see if anyone else has used it.

 
If I were you id rip out all the wood and coat the bare metal, my van has speed liner and before I had it done I made sure everything was removed. 

Wood and water don't mix and what if later down the line your protector of choice gets a crack or unbinds, you'll be left with rotting wood.

 
I Protectakoted my first Citroen Relay swb van. I put 2 coats on with a paint brush and still had slightly less than 1/2 a 4 liter tin left. (I estimated that I only needed just over 2 liters of paint, but ordering 1 x 4 liter tin was cheaper than 3 x 1 liter tins.) I also put 2 coats of Protectakote on my son's first Peugeot Partner van using the remainder and still had a bit left over which dried out in the tin.)

I have now purchased a newer Peugeot Boxer van and have again ordered a single 4 liter tin of Protectakote. The van belonged to a kitchen cabinet installer and had a ply floor. I have no idea what the previous owner did but the ply in the rear corners is all rotten because of water damage. He also managed to get lots of saw dust under the ply and was soaking wet.

So for me I would remove the ply floor and store it to be returned to the van if you decide the sell it at a later date.

I chose to Protectakote the floor without the ply as I have seen how much water gets trapped under the ply and the damage it can cause to the van floor. I also know how slippery a painted floor is when wet. New vans don't come with plyling - its fitted by the dealer when the van is sold. I climbed into the back of a new van and slipped. I ended up on my back with my feet in the van and my head on the road. I hurt myself very badly.

I have also removed the plyling from the sides of the 'new' van and undecided whether to put the ply back once I've painted the floor or not. I'm toying with putting upholstery carpeting on the side panels instead although the ply is an insulator in winter.

Preparing and painting the floor and letting it dry is probably a weekend job (it was the last time I did it) so you shouldn't loose too much work time.

Specialised paint coating are rather expensive in this country. But I paid slightly less for this tin of ProtectaKote than I did for the same tin 10 years ago when I did my first van with it.

ProtectaKote also is non slip which helps things from sliding around.

My son's current van is a Citroen Berlingo. We chose to fiberglass the floor of that. Its a car derived van so the cargo floor is higher than the footwells. We formed the fiberglass into a 'tub' so the only way out for any spilt water is through the rear doors. We used a non slip top coat, but ProtectaKote is better than the top coat we used.

 
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You are better to use protectakote right at the start, the moment you get a new van. If you don't and load the van then its a lot of hassle. If you do it at the start then the van is empty and makes life a lot easier. :1f609:

 
I used a roofing paint on mine last time. Isoflex liquid rubber. Covers very well with one coat. It's very grippy, will stick to practically anything and very hard wearing. Had it in my last van for 3 years with no problems. Fairly cheap too (cheaper at Bunnings if there's one near you).

Only issue is it takes 2-3 days to fully cure.

 
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I think perhaps i've been too hasty trine drop Protectakote. I'm gonna go with it again. The ply lining is being supplied by the lease company as an extra so I think i'm gonna paint straight on to that. The aim is gonna be not to flood this van. Looks like i'm working from a car for a couple of days while it drys.

 
I think perhaps i've been too hasty trine drop Protectakote. I'm gonna go with it again. The ply lining is being supplied by the lease company as an extra so I think i'm gonna paint straight on to that. The aim is gonna be not to flood this van. Looks like i'm working from a car for a couple of days while it drys.
I used protectacote on my van last winter, give it a first coat on Friday afternoon after work, and second coat Saturday put my oil filled radiator in over the weekend and it had dried by Monday and ready for work, so I didn't miss out on any graft.

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I used protectacote on my van last winter, give it a first coat on Friday afternoon after work, and second coat Saturday put my oil filled radiator in over the weekend and it had dried by Monday and ready for work, so I didn't miss out on any graft.
The vans due this Thursday, I am straight off to Nottingham to grab an IBC I've been promising @Green Pro Clean Ltd I would collect since god was a kid, got a couple of customers in Friday and a mornings work on Saturday so I'll probably try and smash it Saturday and Sunday, hope the heat keeps up and it might well be ready to go for Monday morning ?

 
I just got line x in my Peugeot partner.  Very happy with it!

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Got a local metal workshop to make a barrier so the water doesn't run into the footwells.

Installed the kit today and will try it out tomorrow. 

 
New vans due this week. I was just in the pub with a roofer friend of mine searching for the cheapest option for a 4L tin of protectakote. He said to me he would recommend using roof seal instead. This van is a little larger in the back than the last one so I could end up needing 2 x 4L tins of protectakote at approx £70 a pop. The stuff he has recommended is £25 a tin and they use it on flat roofs. It bonds nicely to wood with no primer and the van will be ply lined so this seemed like a good idea. Anyone tried it or got any advice on it?






If you are buying a new van why not do not do the job properly and have it done with speedliner or similar two pack product I did my old van with protectacoat it was compleatly useless it wore through very quickly scraped off easily my new van was done with speedliner brilliant stuff it’s nearly 4 years old and looks like the day it was done no damage or pealing , another option is to fibreglass it that’s also a very good way to protect the floor area but both of these methods will cost far more than £27 but the old adage is true you get what you pay for 

 
Me being a joiner, then I would remove the ply lining from the floor and then bond it. If you do it the other way round then the water will end up trapped and rot the floor. You could replace the ply floor after its bonded. Wi it being a new van then you should be taking professional action so it lasts for years, I would think.

 
I love the idea of x-line and speed liner but unfortunately they are a little pricey. I would prefer to take the floor out and store it I reckon, I agree it would be better to paint directly onto the bed. It's a lease van so gotta be a little careful what changes I make to it though too.

 
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