Covered trailer

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

I bought this trailer 2 years ago and started working on it and then had other projects and it got pushed in the corner of the shed. Now I'm going to finish it. I want to paint the floor a darker grey but it has some oil stains about the size of a loaf of bread on it. I bought a bunch of latex to paint the inside of a semi trailer and was going to mix some gray powder I bought but am sure the oil stains will show through the gray latex. I don't want to power wash the floor for it will get everything wet for a long time--anybody have any ideas? Thanks---Tee

4520BW · Jan 5, 2019

Stop hauling the driptroit Oliver and you won't have the oil problem...or Harleys for that matter! You might try to paint it with kilz primer first

kcm.MN · Jan 5, 2019

What do you want to use the trailer for now? If not hauling vehicles, you might consider 2' x 2' carpet squares. We bought some mismatched ones online real cheap. Very high quality, and they work well in the mudroom. They come with a bit of double-stick tape on the back to keep them in place yer allow for easy removal. We added a small piece of carpet tape on each corner as well.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0198QHAKY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Any time you might want to haul an oil dripper, could always simply remove the tiles, then replace later.

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

Are there different primers/sealers for different types of paint? It is to haul a Case 500---Tee

BillinCentralMO · Jan 5, 2019

Don't think latex paint will stick on oil anything. Use oil paint ? Or put oil dry on it and see if that can suck it all out of the wood. Not sure you'll get it all out. Water isn't going to wash out an oil stain. Don't think that's worth attempting even. Maybe solvent. Good luck.

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

Never thought about carpet-I have seen car trailers with tiled floors like a checkerboard-usually black and white like a finish line flag--now you got me thinking! Thanks---Tee

BillinCentralMO · Jan 5, 2019

I don't think your problem is the stain showing through. Two coats fixes that. Problem is the latex isn't likely to adhere sufficiently to an oiled surface.

504 · Jan 5, 2019

try oil dry on the spots,work it in with your foot. it works good on concrete, but I never tried it on wood. After that use oil base paint or stain.

JD Seller · Jan 5, 2019

BigTee. I have used the Kitz Oil based primer sealer on oil stains with pretty good luck. I did take paint thinner and a rag then wiped the oils stains before painting over then. Not soak them just wet the rags and rub them. It seems to get the oil off the surface so the primmer/sealer can get some bite.

https://www.kilz.com/primer/kilz-complete
Link to KITZ oil based primer/sealer

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

If I use that spray carb cleaner and work it into the stains and let it dry and then a oil based porch paint or?????? Do I still want to give it a coat of sealer-primer---Tee

Scott 730 · Jan 5, 2019

Carpet tile is an excellent idea. If 1 gets stained too badly, just replace it. Otherwise I would just screw a layer of 3/8" plywood over what is there. Then you have a new surface to paint.

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

Thanks-I've painted a lot of stuff in my day but never a oily floor. I will see if my local Farm Fleet carries Kilz---Tee

4520BW · Jan 5, 2019

Kilz covers up stains. JD seller posted about it too. I like the carpet idea. Outdoor carpet would look good.

kcm.MN · Jan 5, 2019

Some of the carpet tiles are quite dark. You could work them in where any oil might drip, or maybe add a little cardboard under the tractor when hauling.

The "mudroom" where we have our tiles is unheated, so most other tiles curl up at the corners or slide around during the cold season. We've been very pleased with these! They're commercial grade, low nap pieces. When researching this company, this woman who started her own carpet store had all these leftover pieces from commercial jobs that historically just got thrown away. She decided to try this, and it really took off -- so much so that the demand outran supply and they started cutting carpet up intentionally to sell as squares. Seems it caught on, as most every carpet place sells them now. But these I can tell you, are high quality.

By the way, I used to install carpet flooring for a while. ...Won't catch me admitting to that very often! *lol* Hated that job....or more like, the crooks I worked for.

kcm.MN · Jan 5, 2019

If I remember correctly, Kilz comes in both latex and oil-based. You would need the oil-based if you went that route. Wife tried the Kilz on some paint here and it took several coats before the stains stopped showing through. We're guessing the stains might have been oil-based, while our Kilz was latex.

Crazy Horse · Jan 5, 2019

Floor looks good as it is to me. Sometimes painting a floor is something you eventually might regret. If you are set on painting it, I would go with an oil-based penetrating stain, something like you might use on a wooden deck.

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

You good people have me thinking--I googled race car trailer flooring and a lot of "stuff' game up. I like the chrome deck plate look--but a 8ft x 22ft roll is $450. That is about $400 more than I wanted to spend-but it pretty---Tee

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

You are not far away and are experienced--are you for hire?---Tee

fixerupper · Jan 5, 2019

Wet carpet won’t dry well if you get rain in the door. Carpet might hold leaked in water under the door and rot the floor. If you do use carpet keep it at least a foot away from the doors.

Ellis Kinney · Jan 5, 2019

I have used rags and lacquer thinner to good advantage to remove oil stains. Flatten out a rag and pour the lacquer thinner saturating the rag and step on it. Then let it dry and the oil will leach into the towel up out of the wood. Repeat several times. Ellis

jeffcat · Jan 5, 2019

Just me but I wouldn't use latex. Only oil base enamel. Here is another thought. The small trailer I put new exterior plywood pannels on. Used a very high quality product called Penofin. Not cheep but the stuff is an oil penetration product with rosewood oil in it. Absolutely beautiful finish. UV protection, water repellant, if you scratch things up just a dab on a paper towel and it looks new. For that size floor you just might be able to get away with one gallon. Store like Sherwin Williams can order it. I used the red seal log cabin lite tan stuff. " Transparent cedar" Beauty.

pcsaw · Jan 5, 2019

Don?t know where your located but in Columbus Ohio there?s a place that sells surplus metal and they usually have diamond plate aluminum pretty reasonable

Leroy · Jan 5, 2019

I don't know about the farm store but Lowes carries it. Never tried the oil based or on oil stains but Wife tried on ceiling tile where ther was a water leak. Took forever to dry and still did not do much to help with the covering of the spot from the leak. When She was living She sold it at Lowes.

Steve@Advance · Jan 5, 2019

Not sure what you will be using the trailer for, sounds like it will have a fairly easy clean life.

Would the interlocking garage floor tile be an option?

They are supposed to be tough and low maintenance, and if for any reason one or all needed to come out it would be doable.

old-9 · Jan 5, 2019

Looks like you have several good options suggested here, just remember that you are adding weight to the trailer. And don't forget the tie downs, the YTDOT will get you. joe

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

Its that a form of varnish?-won't the oil stains show through? I never thought of Varnish-Thanks---Tee

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

Ok---Tee

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

N.E. Iowa-Thanks---Tee

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

The wife has them on the kitchen floor-I carried them in-thought they were heavy-Thanks---Tee

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

Thanks---Tee

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

Thanks-lots of good comments---Tee

big tee · Jan 5, 2019

Not a bad idea-more weight, but not that much-Thanks---Tee

OliverGuy · Jan 5, 2019

I have several cargo trailers at work and we just use a deck stain/sealer. Use a dark one if you need to hide more. Ours has oil stains to.

kcm.MN · Jan 5, 2019

You 'could' simply lay another layer of 1/4" plywood down over the old decking. Then you'd have a fresh surface to paint on.

You could make it one color on one side, and a different color on the other -- change it for the season, or your mood. *lol*

grizz02 · Jan 5, 2019

pick up bed spay liner , tough stuff

big tee · Jan 6, 2019

Another idea-Thanks---Tee

caterpillar guy · Jan 7, 2019

Paint with old oil with some fuel oil mixed in and it would match closely.

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