Boat deck resurfacing

[PeterMac]

Hey boatowners,

I want to resurface the old vinal clad plywood that is the current deck on my old boat. I am wondering if there is a paint material that would work for this? The current surface is not smooth, so the right material may adhere well.

Anything like that rhino coating? or the texture enhanced latex? or ??????

Thanks a bunch!! images/icons/smile.gif

PeterMac

[Pilar]

Petermac, a few years ago I got a remnant of vinyl flooring for my boat at a carpet shop. It's blue and looks like diamond tread. The problem was the slick fiberglass deck made it impossible to stand up in my boat. This vinyl is nonskid and easy to clean. I didn't even glue it down so I can pull it out and blast it at the pressure wash.

I'll never go back to carpet, it stinks and you can't wash it.

Just a thought....

[AuntyM]

We have mats (cut to fit) covering our boat deck. These are the type used in restuarants that are non skid, anti-fatigue and meant to keep your feet above wet areas. Fish blood and guts fall through the honeycomb shape holes and don't become hazards while fishing! Easy to remove and hose the deck down later. Costco carries them.

[fishbait]

If you end up stripping and painting that plywood deck and want to add some traction, add some aluminum oxide dust/shavings to you paint. It's like walnut shells only lasts longer and will make it non slip.

[mike5097]

I believe Evercoat makes a rubberized non skid paint. It is available at (gasp) GI JOES and Fishermans Marine.
I would be careful painting this plywood though if the vinyl was glued down. The old glue may interfere with the paint adhesion.
Fishermans Marine sells Nautolex Floor Vinyl. (West marine sells the adhesivefor it.)The vinyl is expensive though...about 22 bucks a yard.
If you go to www.defenderus.com (http://www.defenderus.com) and look at their online catalog you can find it significantly cheaper. You also get a choice of 56" of 72" width, and more colors.
I bought 10 yards of 72" width there for around 150.00 bucks including shipping. Good folks to deal with.
Se Ya!

[PeterMac]

Thanks for the help on this! I am thinking that the Evercoat paint may work well, as the old nautolex surface is in good shape and not coming up at all. I could probably clean it real well and go right over the top of it.

Thanks again images/icons/smile.gif

PeterMac

[Killertraylor]

If you plan on removing the floorboards first, you should call Rhino, Line-X, etc. and see what they would charge to spray them for you. I know a guide that did this on the Rogue about 4 years ago and they turned out real nice and have weathered very well. His floorboards were aluminum though. He said it was relatively cheap since there was no masking, etc. and it was a nice even application with the spray gun.

[Master Baiter]

Most auto parts stores sell a bedliner paint that you apply with a roller. Throw a thin layer of sand on the final coat. Probably cheaper than Line X or Rhino, if that matters! Cabelas has flooring material also.

Thomas

[ 06-21-2001: Message edited by: Master Baiter ]

[mike5097]

I tried that spray on bedliner stuff. I was not pleased with the results. I used it on a test piece of 2 foot by 6 foot epoxy coated plywood. It gets dirty quick (black shows dirt real fast) it gets hot, (cause it's black-keep it out of the sun until it cures or it will bubble) and although it was fairly easy to apply with the spray can I thought the brush on stuff was better. The test piece has been sitting outside for a couple months, and although it shows no degradation yet, I wasn't impressed enough with the spray stuff to commit to doing the entire floor of my boat with it, so I re-vinyled it. It probably works better on metal than wood or vinyl anyway!