... seal the bottom with 2 part epoxy. The epoxy is very cheap ( $60, for a gallon-will cover aprox 300sq ft as aposed to $35 per frp sheet) and available at the orange box.



The trick is to prime the wood with a p.v.a type primer or any cheap flat paint you may have around,let dry of course, then mix up your epoxy and go- and forget the silly paint chips they give you for looks.



Since you mention the chips, I assume you mean the various garage floor epoxy paints available nowadays?



If so, could you clarify if you recommend the solvent-based varieties or the waterborne which are starting to show up.



If you mean solvent-based, can it be applied over a later based paint or PVA primer? The solvent based epoxy paints I used years ago would have lifted any waterborne paint, but the solvents were a lot nastier back then.



Another quick tip, don't use sillicone to seal the seams, the epoxy will not adhear to it, use latex painters caulk 35-50 year type.



Epoxy won't stick to silicone, but silicone will stick to epoxy, so one could always apply silicone after the fact. Or does silicone not stick to the epoxy you are recommending?
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