Wall Materials For a Dog Daycare7
Choosing the Right Wall Materials For Your Dog Daycare.
More than just painting the walls the actual surface of the walls needs to be strengthened in order to withstand dogs slamming into them, Balls and Kongs bouncing off of them, Hard Plastic Jolly Balls crashing into them and repetitive clawing. This is another area where it is going to be a matter of what are you willing to spend.
Tiled Walls
Ideally you would have a thick smooth face ceramic tile over cement board or concrete block, laid diagonally, with minimal grout space, running 6 feet up from the floor and grouted where the wall meets the floor to create a water tight (urine tight) seam. Then going back over all the grout lines with a commercial grade epoxy grout sealer to seal out germs and dirt. This would provide durability, clean ability, and a pleasant professional appearance, but with a cost of around $8.00 per sq/ft installed this can get pricey in a hurry..
Let go with a 800 sq/ft big dog play area, which for the this example is a perfect rectangle measuring 40 feet x 20 feet. To get the cost for the above you would take 40 feet and multiply it by 2 (Two Walls) and multiply that by 6 feet (the height from the ground that we would like the tile to extend to.. You would do the same with the 20 Foot long walls as well, then add these two figures together. You should have end up with 720 sq/ft of installed tile needed to complete the job.
720sq/ft of tile x $8.00 per sq/ft installed gives a total job cost of $5,760.00
There will be variations of course around the entrances, etc.. and 800 sq/ft really is not a very big play area for large dogs but the above was soley intended to give you an idea of what the costs would be.
Reinforced Drywall
If your the walls in your play area are currently drywall, don't fret their is a way to make it work, without having to tear out all the walls, or cover them in cement board, plywood or some other hard paneling.
You do this by coating the walls in a 1/8 inch layer of 50% stucco cement and 50% concrete re-surfacer and painting them with Sherwin Williams Water Based Catalyzed Epoxy. The process is not nearly as complicated as it sounds and you can easily do it yourself with a minimal cost and effort.
The Tools that you will Need
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A small compressor & drywall Hopper
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(both of which can be rented for under $40.00 or purchased for under $200)
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a power drill with a mixing paddle
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2 empty five gallon buckets
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a sponge, a smooth face trowel
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a roller
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a paintbrush
The Materials that you will Need
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Stucco Finish Coat (White) $14.00-$19.00 per bag
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Concrete Re-surfacer with Polymer Additives $22.00 per bag
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(Both are available at your local home improvement store)
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Stucco primer (available at Sherwin Williams as Hot Stucco Primer).
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Sherwin Williams Water Based Catalyzed Epoxy
The first step is to mix the stucco cement with the concrete resurfacer at a ratio of 1 part cement to 1 part re-surfacer. The easiest way to accomplish this is to fill one of the buckets a quarter of the way full with water, and add the cement and stucco while another individual uses the drill with paddle to keep it agitated. It makes no difference which one you add first or if you add both at the same time as the end result will be the same. You want to get this to a consistency that is similar to a milkshake but still easy to pour. You will use this to fill your hopper roughly one half of the way full, and then you simply spray on the coating from left to right, top to bottom, to a thickness of 1/8th of an inch. Then you simpley let it dry and cure for two days. At this time apply stucco primer with a roller and brush to the areas that you coated using the hopper.
Allow to dry for 24 hours and then apply your Water Based Epoxy. Once complete you will have a surface that is easily cleanable, non porous, and germ resistant, as well as being impervious to scratches, nicks and abrasions. It should last a minimum of a year between touch up’s. The stucco cement and concrete re-surfacer can be purchased at your local home improvement store.
Product Specifics
WATER BASED CATALYZED EPOXY
PART A B70 SERIES
PART B B60V15 GLOSS HARDENER
WATER BASED CATALYZED EPOXY is a two-component water based, catalyzed, epoxy resin coating formulated for high performance use in industrial and commercial environments.
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Corrosion and chemical resistant
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Impact and abrasion resistant
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Flash rust resistant
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Suitable for use in USDA inspected facilities
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Low odor/nonflammable
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Low VOC
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Tested for nuclear irradiation and decontamination, Level II
Recommended Uses
For use over prepared substrates such as steel, aluminum, and concrete in industrial environments.
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Tile-like wall coating
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Interior institutional/commercial high maintenance areas
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Upgrade surfaces painted with conventional coatings to a high performance protection system without lifting and bleeding
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Low odor/no shutdown sanitary coating system
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Hospitals
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Schools
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Pharmaceutical houses
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Exterior storage tanks
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Institutional kitchens
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Manufacturing equipment
The Rest of Your Dog Daycare
As for the rest of your facility, to include offices and lobby areas, you should use an exterior paint such as Sherwin Williams Super Paint in a Semi Gloss. It has superior resistance to everyday dirt and grime, dries harder than your standard interior paints and maintains a good appearance over a long period of time.
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