Bed liner application

[Uncle Dave]

Greetings,<br /><br />I am wanting to apply a bedliner to the hull of my 21' Sylvan (Rivited Alum). The present paint is fine except for repaired areas (small). Question is does the paint have to be removed? Or would light sanding work okay?<br /><br />Thanks

 

[PurpleDragon]

Re: Bed liner application

My father & Brother both have pickups that have the "spray-in" bedliner from the dealerships.<br /><br />As part of the prep, the guys at the bedliner shop do in fact take the paint & primer down to bare metal before installing them. (at least in these two particular instances)<br /><br />I've been thinking about doing the same with my old 1965 Sears 14' aluminum boat... I can tell that the inside of the boat *used* to have a primered bottom, so I'll just do a quick sand-job before spraying in the bedliner stuff.<br /><br />One thing to think about: Get a light-colored material, as a black or dark bedliner will sure make it hot out there on the water!<br /><br />Rex S.

 

[JasonJ]

Re: Bed liner application

I always chime in when the bed liner question comes up. There are products designed for marine use that work better than bedliners and cost about half as much. I used Evercoat No-skid, it works great, comes in different colors (I used light grey), helps to seal screws that are ran into the floor and cost about $40 a gallon. It is rubberized, has non-skid niblets in it, and only required a good sanding with 60 grid followed by a good cleaning with acetone.

 

[Uncle Dave]

Re: Bed liner application

Thanks P.D and Jason, but<br /><br />I'm putting this on the out side bottom. This will be for bottom protection and preventing leaks present or hopefully leak in the future. Paint removal would be a major undertaking.

 

[JasonJ]

Re: Bed liner application

OOOHHH....I see. All I envision is poor planing performance, poor economy, and if it does get on plane, the force of the water peeling the liner right off. I have seen folks use Gluvit on the interior to prevent leaks, they seemed to like it. The other alternative it to put water in the boat, find, and repair any leaking rivets. Good luck.....

 

[cimmaronjim]

Re: Bed liner application

I've never tried it but there are many bedliner products that are available in a smooth finish.<br />That would seem to negate the "drag effect" one might get from a textured product.<br />Many folks swear they are excellent on aluminum boats.

 

[DJ]

Re: Bed liner application

Mr. Fitz,<br /><br />If you have leaks, nothing will work better than Gluv It to fix them. You apply it from the inside and it's easy.<br /><br />You can get it here.<br /><br />www.westmarine.com

 

[johndezman]

Re: Bed liner application

had an old 21' starcraft that leaked like a seive.<br /><br />didn't have work space to remove interior to access from inside.<br /><br />ended up glassing the outside. had to sandblast first, but it worked