Sports Lines Marking After Sanding

The commercial floors require special attention, experience and skills. This study case is a recent project we have worked on. The job included a renovation of the hardwood flooring and re-painting the sport marks in the gym of St Ignatius’ College.

The area was multifunctional so it included fields for playing basketball, volleyball, and badminton. We used distinct colours for every court as you can see from the images: red for basketball, green for volleyball and white for the badminton court. Our job was made easier because we could use the old and faded marks as guidance.

After a thorough inspection of the area, we made sure that there are only issues with the surface, so there was no need for any major repairs. The good thing about the surface imperfections is that they can be fixed easily with the traditional method of floor sanding. After a few rows with different sandpaper grits, the top layer of the flooring was smooth and levelled.

The interesting part of such projects is the finish. The sealant has to be extremely durable because such areas suffer from high foot traffic every day. Thankfully the big manufacturers like Bona and Junckers, have developed products specialised for sports. For this gym, our team used 'Junckers HP Sports'. For the coloured lines, we also have used specially designed paint from Junckers, which was applied after the second coat of lacquer and sealed with one final coat. It took 5 days for our team to finish the job.