The THUNDER FLOOR

Locate a fella who has a pick-up with a bed of 8 feet in length. This guy should be about 6' tall and have a good back. He must have one other requirement. He has to have 4 or 5 friends who look kind of like him. They can be men or women.
You should also ask him if he has a biscuit cutter. Now-if you're a woman don't be alarmed about this. A biscuit cutter is a machine that cuts slots in the side of a board that wood biscuits are stuck into.
Ask him to take his truck down to the lumberyard. You may have to take your car too, because his four or five friends are going to want to go too. They will want to do this because you tell them they've never seen anything like this before.
When you're at the yard put the 2-12' 2"x4"s in the truck first and lay the Duraflake sheets on top of them. The fork lift will do most of the work, and the 4 or 5 guys will do the rest; mainly just watching. You can call ahead and ask the clerk if they would bag all the small stuff up so you won't have to hunt for it when you get there. [You know; if the fella with truck has a biscuit cutter he no doubt has a 3/8" drill motor you could use too.] Load the urethane sheets on next and then the 2-10' 2"x4"s over the top. Put the Fabalon on over the sheets too. The extra weight will keep the urethane sheets from flying out of the truck.

Head for home.

At home you need to have a place ready for your new THUNDER FLOOR DANCE FLOOR. Get this done before you get the fella with the truck and his friends.

First put down the urethane sheets of insulation. Here's where the muscle power comes in. If its hot weather these guys will gladly take off their shirts and display their rippling muscles as they lightly carry these Dureaflake sheets into the house. Now-let me warn you. These sheets are heavy, but they can break. Don't tell the fellas these sheets are heavy, but tell them the sheets will break if handled rough. Have them lay the sheets of Duraflake over the urethane insulation but far enough away from each other to be able to cut slots in the length of each one on the side facing the other.
Keep the area clean with a vacuum sweeper. This is so much more pleasant to work in.

After the slots are cut put urethane glue on the biscuits and insert them into the slots about 6" apart and have your helpers slide the two sheets of Duraflake together. Your helpers are now finished. They can leave. Thank them a lot.

Cut the two 10' 2"x4"s to 8'7" in length. The four 2"x4"s are going to be laid flat side down. With the flat bit drill about 2" into the 8'7" 2"x4". You can stand the 2x4 on the narrow side to do this operation. Drill 1 hole 2" from each end and one about 2' from each end. Drill the ones that are 2" from each end in first. Lay one 2x4 down flat side with a 1/8" shim under it. Like a piece of the yardstick that you dog chewed the end off 6 years ago. You know the one in the corner of the pantry. Before you insert the 10x2 1/2" mounting screws you need to take the small drill bit and drill the rest of the way through the 2x4 and into the Duraflake sheets about 2". Next attach the 12' 2"x4"s the same way, but use only 3 screws on each.

SWEEP ALL THE DUST UP NOW!

Put a couple of heavy duty fans in place, both on one end of the room facing outside. Open up the opposite doors and windows.

Put the cover and the handle onto the roller cage. Dump the Fabalon into the 5 gal pail. Hook the grid onto the inside of the pail. If you have a cartridge mask to wear it would be a big help. The fumes are really something else. A cartridge mask is different than a white dust mask. Get a cartridge mask. Incidentally, the fella with the truck might have one of these you could borrow. Wash it with some warm mild soapy water before you use it. Don't put the cartridge itself in to the water.

I hope you have brought the cover to the 5 gal pail along. You will need it. Dip into the pail and liberally roll the Fabalon onto the Duraflake. Also roll some onto the 2"x4"s. After the 1st coat is on take the handle off the cage and stick the cage down into the material. Put the grid down into the pail also. Put the pail cover on and put the rag [saturated with water] over it and stick the pail into the garage for about 1 hour. After the first coating is dry, sand with 100 grit sand paper attached to a drywall pole sander that you borrowed from your friend with the truck or your brother-in-law. Suck up all the dust with the vacuum sweeper.

Do this coating 6 more times, but only wait about an hour and a half between coats so you don't have to sand. The drying time will depend on temperature and humidity. Put the handle back onto your mop at home. Take the drill motor back to your friend with the truck. Take the roller cover off the cage with piece of plastic bag so you won't get the coating on your hands. Throw away the cover. Save the grid-cage-pail. Take the lacquer thinner back if you didn't use it or you can use it later to clean your taps and shoes after you have been clogging on someone else's dirty floor. Your want to keep your THUNDER FLOOR DANCE FLOOR nice. You will be amazed at how long you can dance on this floor before you get tired. Get this made before you need it.

You can use a good floor epoxy (gloss) that is a part (A) and a part (B) instead of fabalon. Also over the fabalon or epoxy, you can apply three coats of Castlegaurd over the epoxy. Don't worry. This stuff doesn't smell. You can mop it on and get three coats on in an evening. This makes a really good dance floor finish that gives slide but no slip. It will cost about 28.00 a gallon and 2 gallons will cover a 24'X30' floor with 3 coats. I have never danced on a surface like this and our Flatfooter shoes really perform on this dance floor finish. All our students rant and rave about our floor