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I was just contacted by the local school district, they are building a new gym and want me to do the artwork on the basket ball court... Here is the question, can I use One shot or do i have to use their specified paints? I forgot the brand name but I did read up on it and it stated that it was dry to the touch in 24 hours and fully cured in 2 weeks and clean up mineral spirits, sounds an awful lot like One shot to me... The floor will have a polyurethane clear finish when completed ... Any one out there one of these if so, got any tips? thanks!!!!!!
-------------------- Gonzalo Curiel Peewee Signs & designs Oroville Ca 95965
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Sorry, I've never done one, can't help there. But if you do a search on the board (in the little menu next to the Letterville logo) "gym floor" brings up a bunch of posts about it
-------------------- Compulsive, Neurotic, Anti-social and Paranoid ... but basically Happy Posts: 2677 | From: Rochester, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I painted a logo on the basketball court at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. One Shot was my choice and it worked as it should. It sat for three days before coating with the urethane. Make sure you charge well!!!!!! The chiropracter bills will eat up half of your profit!!!
-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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I'll have to agree with Tony...Oh my back and knees! Make sure to get some knee pads. I can't really comment on the paint selection but I can tell you my process. The Boys and Girls Club in our area built a new gym and I did the prep for the painters on the floor. I had to mask it off for the painters. I used the paint-mask vinyl and it worked great. The logo ended up being about 15' in diameter in the center and along the sides and ends were letters about 2' tall. Everything had to be reverse masked to make a positve letter when painted. The painter's applied their paint and removed the mask. The edges were very sharp no bleeding. Afterwards the clear was applied and the colors just popped with a very vibrant sheen. Just passing this suggestion along. Hope it helps someone.
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-------------------- Steve Simpson Applical Decal Company 10017 Hill Road Knoxville, Tn 37938 Posts: 40 | From: knoxville,tn | Registered: Sep 2002
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One shot will work fine, most of the ones I have painted provided some of the same paint that they will use for the lines and such. It is usually an enamel paint much like One shot or Ronan. Let the floor company apply the clear!!!!
-------------------- Michael Clanton Clanton Graphics/ Blackberry 19 Studio 1933 Blackberry Conway AR 72034 501-505-6794 clantongraphics@yahoo.com Posts: 1736 | From: Conway Arkansas | Registered: Oct 2001
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this post reminded me of a "LUCY and ETHEL " job that jillbean and i did on the museum floor where i worked. hahaha. they wanted a map of a certain area depicting the three rivers , an historical thing. Jill sketched it out, she was pregnant at the time, and i helped fill it in.the building was built in the 1800's. the floor was quite imperfect.it turned out good, but we left the clear coating to the men. it still looks pretty darn good.it is at least 9-10 years old! we had more paint on us, we laughed so much. here we were ,laying on the floor..too much fun! :fyi:this museum is haunted!!!
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One Shot is fine. Come back after it dries and pickle it with salt water for a good tooth to accept the urethane. Rinse clean after the salt water treatment.
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-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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I've done over a dozen floors including the Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, and the Florida Gators. We mostly used a urethane paint from the clear coat manufacturer because they could provide us with any PMS color. But the Boston Celtic job required metalic gold. I researched this pretty thoroughly and found most flooring contractors use One Shot WITH hardner.
I use paint mask or pounced patterns, whichever worked best for the particular job. When using One Shot with 10% hardner, I would give it 24 hours to dry, then scuff with a 3M maroon pad. Wipe up the scuffing dust with a towel damped with water. If you use mineral spirits, you can make the sanding dust into stain and ruin your graphics. The floor is now ready for the clear coat.
The floor manufacturer was under a tight timeline on the Celtics floor. They applied the polyurethane finish within 48 hours of painting. After the season, part of center court was returned for some changes. The One Shot gold grabbed the polyurethane topcoat better than their own urethane paint.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5400 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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I heard when the Celtics left the Boston Garden and moved over to the Fleet Center, the "lucky leprechaun that lived in the floor" didn't make the trip across town.
That explains the last few Celtics seasons...
Hey, with the "Curse of the Bambino" hanging over us here in the Boston area, we can make up all kinds of excuses for our teams.....lol Rapid
-------------------- Ray Rheaume Rapidfire Design 543 Brushwood Road North Haverhill, NH 03774 rapidfiredesign@hotmail.com 603-787-6803
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Ray, the metalic gold was in the leprechauns vest. I did my best to carry the magic from one floor to the other.
Some fun facts on that floor: I personally drilled over 9 hundred holes in the new court. We glued in 1" bolts so that it was an exact duplicate of the old floor which had the bolts countersunk in the surface. The new court didn't need the bolts but the Celtics wanted the old court duplicated.
They returned part of center court so that we could put some of the wood from the old court into the new one. That's where we learned of the holding power of the polyurethane clear coat on the One Shot.
I put in 19 hours the first day, one hour sleep, then 29 straight hours after that. I arrived to paint the graphics but they didn't even have the floor assembled let alone sanded flat. I ended up helping with the construction.
I figured the celtics would be hot on the new floor. We set it on fire! Sanding dust from the seal coat self combusted in the bag of the vacuum. We were eating lunch when one of the guys saw the flames. They had to sand the scorched area a little more.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5400 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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Sanding dust from the seal coat self combusted in the bag of the vacuum. We were eating lunch when one of the guys saw the flames. They had to sand the scorched area a little more.
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