need advice on using a covering for plywood floor of coop

[Chipper Chicken]

Questions for everyone who's used the blackjack 57 please. I've figured out to use cheep, ahem, I mean cheap, brushes etc., but what about footwear? Throw aways? Wear Cheep, darn, did it again, cheap, goodwill shoes? Can you get this stuff off of slop overs (mostly on myself :/ )and with what? Water, solvent?
Anybody have leftovers they stored and used successfully later on? I know it's good for a couple years left sealed, but opened and resealed ....that's my question.
Hoping to get this (mostly) on the floor before the weather gets colder.
Thanks.

 

[WthrLady]

I used all mine on any wood that comes in contact with the ground, even though i used pressure treated lumber.

As for shoes, i just avoided stepping in it, but i was wearing my nasty lawn/garden sneakers anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered.

 

[Chipper Chicken]

I used all mine on any wood that comes in contact with the ground, even though i used pressure treated lumber.

As for shoes, i just avoided stepping in it, but i was wearing my nasty lawn/garden sneakers anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered.

thank you. Cruddy shoes it is....

 

[Latestarter]

A day later, but for what it's worth, it is water based and cleans up with warm water and soap. If you do get it on your clothes/shoes and it dries, it's rather permanent, but if you wash it immediately, it should come right out. Now, I say this with OUT having tried it myself (the washing the clothes thing) I just wore my old work clothes that are all stained anyway and an old pair of sneakers and got down to business.

I didn't really care if it got on me but didn't deliberately make a mess of/on myself either. I didn't try to save the paint brush or roller either...

As for the caulk floor sealant... Ahem... I don't think that's gonna turn out so good...

Caulk isn't really designed to cover vast tracks of wood... It's really meant to seal small cracks etc. I hope it doesn't go as bad as I envision, but best of luck. Worst part is painting over it won't "fix" the issue, only make it worse... sorry...

 

[Chipper Chicken]

A day later, but for what it's worth, it is water based and cleans up with warm water and soap. If you do get it on your clothes/shoes and it dries, it's rather permanent, but if you wash it immediately, it should come right out. Now, I say this with OUT having tried it myself (the washing the clothes thing) I just wore my old work clothes that are all stained anyway and an old pair of sneakers and got down to business.

I didn't really care if it got on me but didn't deliberately make a mess of/on myself either. I didn't try to save the paint brush or roller either... 

Thank you. I just want to be prepared in case I have an "issue"

 

[Chipper Chicken]

Ok, so I had a warm day, but not too warm, (and no rain) and managed to get my first coat of blackjack #57 down. It was really hard to mix, very thick at the bottom and watery on top, but after about 30 minutes or so it seemed to be about the consistency of a thick cake batter. I used a drill powered paint mixing paddle, it didn't have a round shaft, but it was small in diameter. It would no doubt have mixed better with a better paddle, but it was what I had. :/

I am lousy at painting a straight line, so I put masking tape on the walls where I wanted to go to. Had a bucket of water handy (and used it) 2 particulate masks (I'll get a migraine if I don't use them both) 2 pairs of gloves so I could still take one off to take pictures.....and old brushes and clothes. Thanks for the tips everyone.

I was, but barely, smart enough to start in the corner and work my way out the back. I had to stretch a bit to get to the wall over the first puddle I poured out.

Will come back in a day or two to put the second coat down. Other than the mixing, it wasn't bad to work with. It goes on thinner than I thought it would be tho. Maybe the second coat will make it seem more substantial.

 

[cluckcluckhens]

chipper chicken -- I just seen your thread. Glad this wasn't to hard to use, looks like a messy job to work with this. You're a neighbor here in our state somewhere. How many chickens do you have?

I'll tell you what hubby did for our flooring. He built our coop (palace) off the ground on cement slabs, the floor is chip board, then 2x6 on top of that then plastic. We didn't want the Hens wrecking the boards and it's very easy to clean. Most of the time he uses a shovel to clean it and it hasn't stuck to the plastic at all. On top of the plastic is straw.

 

[Chipper Chicken]

Cluck cluck,
No chickens yet. Had them years ago, and last year I had a neighbor chicken adopt me as her favorite treat dispenser and snuggler, but raccoons got all of them.

So. No chickens until coop and run are done and safe. Thanks for the tip, that sounds almost like the deep litter method on your coop floor. I'll be doing that, made the door sills high for it. Yes, the blackjack was a bit messy, but I should only have to do it once, well, actually twice, to make 2 coats. I want this coop to last a good long time!

 

[cluckcluckhens]

It's been about three weeks now. How is your floor in the chicken coop? The plastic that is on top of the floor actually has two layers of plastic. Your coop looks bigger than ours. It's 10x20 and since the girls have a run area he divided the palace (coop) in half. Half is the coop, other side has a wall that divides the sides with a door. On the back side of the palace he put up swing doors that open up and to keep them closed he's using a long piece of wood in the middle. This side is for his riding mower since it's taking up too much room in the garage. I'm sure you'll love your coop when you're done.

Haven't checked this until tonight. By the date of your last post is the date that I woke up in severe pain, 9 days with pain and starting to feel better after all the lab test and scan they are putting me through. One more to do and I should be done. I am back now to see what I've been missing out on.

 

[Chipper Chicken]

Aw jeez, that's no fun! But no prognosis yet on what caused all the pain? That's kinda scary....so sorry to hear. Glad you're back tho. things are looking ok. I put the second coat of blackjack on last week I think. I had to buy a little more as we needed to do something else too, and this time I was smart and had the paint dept. at lowes shake it up for me. Went on a lot better! I'm pretty happy with it. I know it will make cleaning a breeze!
Here's what it looks like before I started caulking all the oversized cracks, which means because I didn't (couldn't actually, but that's another story) caulk prior to this I'll have to do one more touch up.
My coop is 8' x 16', so smaller than yours a bit to start, and I will have it split down the middle with poultry wire as well so I can separate flocks if I want. Or I can always use it for storage too!