Painting milking parlor

grass

We are putting in a new parlor in January. We are thinking of painting the walls which were poured mid Dec. Any advice on paint or should we do it ?
A few lads have said if they had there day back they would not paint.
Any advice welcomed

Mooooo

Going painting pit walls and under the mangers white with rubberized paint, stuff used for road markings. Hopefully will be able to withstand the power washer. Makes the working area brighter I think.

_Brian

Owltral oil is good on precast concrete to get paints to adhere well.

No paints really withstand the pressure washer very well. My recommendation is a high flow washer used every milking to keep the place clean, it’s easier on paint and tends to splash dirt about much much less.

alps

Tiled pit here in 2003 and still like new. Tiles only cost €100, and are probably 12 in square. Cover ground quickly and easily when applying and spray with chlorus a couple of times a year and they come up spotless..

Don't know how they would fare out if stock are rubbing off them while exiting though..

Rows Grower

I've seen a couple of them tiled, very practical, looks great and the farmers are well pleased with the job years later.

One lad even pipes Lyric FM into the parlor, he reckons it relaxes the cattle and he gets a higher milk yield.

_Brian

Rows Grower wrote: »

I've seen a couple of them tiled, very practical, looks great and the farmers are well pleased with the job years later.

One lad even pipes Lyric FM into the parlor, he reckons it relaxes the cattle and he gets a higher milk yield.

Music and chat shows in tie prlour is good for man and beast.

Nothing as bad as going into a parlour where cows aren’t desensitised to sounds and strange voices, your hit with an avalanche of Shiite.

Mooooo

Have a radio here, dad used to have it for matches and the like, was normally on county sound. When that broke took an old hifi and but the speakers in the parlour and radio part in the machine room.

The Rabbi

Paint it.Get someone that is used to painting to do it.The finish will be far better than a job rushed in between the other things you have to do. Hire out a space heater to dry the walls and it makes the painting easier.The old parlor was painted 40 years ago,one wall still remains and gets a wash daily and with the PTO washer a few times a year.Still shines up perfect.Sh.t really sticks to dry concrete,it is impossible to keep the walls damp when they are not painted.White is good to brighten up the place.Just get it done right or you will be one of those lads saying painting is a bad job.