Protective Coating for Gym Floor

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Author Message Dale Roberts CSI, CCPR, CTC, LEED Green Associate Senior Member Username: dale_roberts_csi Post Number: 115 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2014 - 11:34 pm:    Hi I am trying to help a client out. Does anyone have a recommendation for a protective coating (or a Rep in Arizona) for an existing wood floor (think Gymnasium floor) that is being repurposed to a biology laboratory? They would like to keep the wood floor looking like the original floor. Thanks in advance! J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 715 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 07:26 am:    What kind of lab? What kind of performance? Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1788 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 09:59 am:    I think it's impractical to have the floor remain. It's inviting contamination. A wood floor is designed to move as the wood reacts to the environment, so there are gaps at least at the edges. You don't want gaps in a lab floor, you want a completely sealed floor, impervious to microbes and cleaning agents, as well as to the traffic and equipment movement, and whatever they're planning to study in the lab. What kind of wash-down are they contemplating? Take it up carefully and store it for future use. John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1568 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Friday, April 11, 2014 - 02:20 pm:    If it's a high school lab, they probably are not really doing a wash down like you'd see in a commercial lab. However, they surely will mop, which will be hard on wood. I'd refinish with a good urethane gymnasium floor varnish. That's going to be about as resistant to damage as you can get for wood.