Wood Coating for Dry Vans

Not what you're asking for, but have you tried unscented Febreeze? http://www.walmart.com/msharbor/ip/...741&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=63707408701&veh=mweb:sem

I use it before picking up loads specifying "no odor"

 

It made my floors slick as snot. Very high humidity or any kind of dampness just made it worse. Can't recall the name of the product but it was specifically for trailer floors and even had a sort of sand component in it to give the floor some texture - didn't work, still slick. On one trailer (I did two), there were a few smallish metal slivers in/on the floor that I missed before sealing it. Shippers at food grade facilities would reject the trailer as contaminated even though the slivers were totally sealed. I won't be doing it again, but I will say the stuff was very durable.

 

Linseed Oil. Varathanes will get you high.. After the linseed Oil through some old coffee grounds in there sweep them around.

 

It's called floor restore.

It can be slippery. It's an epoxy coating. We have done probably 100 of them. Like everything, results may vary. Prep is everything. It's natural to want to put it on thick. However, this is not one of those more is better products. If it looks like a bowing alley, you're gonna bust your ##### when it's wet.

 

Only used boiled linseed oil. if you use raw it wail take a very long time to dry and it will form a dark and sticky surface. Boiled mixed with some turps is a good finish.

 

If I were you, anticipating hauling more stinky loads, I would purchase a commercial ozone generator. The same high-power models that non-smoking hotels use to get rid of the smoke smell in rooms where someone broke the rule.

Alternatively, there is Ona Gel and Ona Breeze Odor controllers, which is what some savvy entrepreneurs in the MMJ business use to mask their stinky operations I would put a couple of Gel holders high up on the walls and replace the gel every few months.


The only reason I personally would go this route as opposed to sealing the floors, is OSHA. You mentioned having acquired a plural amount of trailers, which leads me to believe you possibly have company drivers? I would just personally want to mitigate any risk associated with a claim. Someone (driver?) could easily claim that the company knew or should have known that an aftermarket clear epoxy coating, not specifically intended for the floor of a trailer, would or could cause a workplace accident...

But if I had no choice but to use a coating, It would have a heavy sand/texture additive and a warning sign visible at the trailer entrance.

 

Would Thompsons deck sealer work ?