My
current theatre is pine planking. Very worn, very 1975. Very bright.
other than completely replacing the entire floor, could someone offer a suggestion for a cost effective solution?
My first thought is to
cover it in
Masonite and paint it black. But I don't know enough about flooring to trust this idea.
thanks for any help
Lucas
We had old yellow pine in rather worn condition.
There were no plans for the school district to replace it.
We filled the low spots with a cement-base floor filler.
Stapled down a layer of 30 pound building paper (asphalt-treated felt, tar-paper)
Laid 1/4 "
masonite with a screw counter-sunk about every square
foot and about 3/16" space between sheets.
Painted with exterior
flat latex.
We typically touch up the paint before opening a show, and do a full re-coat once a year.
Years later, it is holding up very well.
I changed to a medium gloss exterior latex paint. It holds up better, does not collect dust.
The spaces between sheets have allowed for changes in humidity, but dust and crap collect under the
masonite and can billow out when walking on the surface.
I am considering taping all the seams with 2 inch black
gaffer's tape, folowed by two coats of the exterior latex (McCormick exterior Lustre)
When securing set pieces to the floor, we use 8d or 16d
scaffold nails (Double-headed nails).
They do very little damage to the surface.
