jayvee
Well-Known Member
Hi folks,
At the beginning of this school year a new layer of maso was installed on my stage. I was assured it would be tempered and pre-painted, etc. We are into the school year now and any kind of tape peels the paint off the floor, down to fuzzy fibers. This started with our first production rehearsal in September and I brought it to the attention of my Plant supervisor who, in turn, had the installers out to look. They were shocked and amazed and said they've never run into anything like it before and could I just only use blue painter's tape from now on and maybe a few more layers of paint and they would look into additives or other solutions. Now, I've been a few places and seen a few things, but I have not had a stage floor that would not accept spike tape. I said as much and was met with Shock and Disbelief. I got mansplained to about paint and tape and hardboard.
We had to lay a dance floor for our winter dance concert and it's time to take up the dance floor. As you may have guessed it's taped down with gaff and, sure enough, it has peeled up in my test spots. I've called my supervisor and am awaiting a response from him and, subsequently, the installers.
I suppose my question is this: should the floor be oil tempered hardboard or is regular heat treated, which I suspect is what they've laid, robust enough? Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Additionally, any suggestions to mitigate/solve/repair this situation are more than welcome.
Best,
Jayvee
At the beginning of this school year a new layer of maso was installed on my stage. I was assured it would be tempered and pre-painted, etc. We are into the school year now and any kind of tape peels the paint off the floor, down to fuzzy fibers. This started with our first production rehearsal in September and I brought it to the attention of my Plant supervisor who, in turn, had the installers out to look. They were shocked and amazed and said they've never run into anything like it before and could I just only use blue painter's tape from now on and maybe a few more layers of paint and they would look into additives or other solutions. Now, I've been a few places and seen a few things, but I have not had a stage floor that would not accept spike tape. I said as much and was met with Shock and Disbelief. I got mansplained to about paint and tape and hardboard.
We had to lay a dance floor for our winter dance concert and it's time to take up the dance floor. As you may have guessed it's taped down with gaff and, sure enough, it has peeled up in my test spots. I've called my supervisor and am awaiting a response from him and, subsequently, the installers.
I suppose my question is this: should the floor be oil tempered hardboard or is regular heat treated, which I suspect is what they've laid, robust enough? Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Additionally, any suggestions to mitigate/solve/repair this situation are more than welcome.
Best,
Jayvee