bed liner on the floor of my boat instead of carpet

[utfisherman]

has anyone used spray on bed liner on the floor of their boat instead of carpet or vinyl? I need to re-carpet my 83 sea nymph used mostly for fishing. any ideas
Thanks

 

[Scott Danforth]

many of the CC boats down here are Line-X'd and Rhino-Lined for fishing.

some do just the floor, many do everything but the floor and use SeaDeck on the floor

get white, yellow, or light grey. Dont do black is way too hot and you cant walk on it in the florida sun.

 

[utfisherman]

thanks white or a lighter color was what I was thinking. when wet it shouldn't be slippery to walk on. thanks

 

[Scott Danforth]

And dont use the stuff in a can or the DIY stuff. You need the cross-linked professionally applied stuff.

Expect to pay between $400 and $600 for the average fishing boat

 

[alldodge]

While not a fan of bed liner stuff on a boat, many have used it, and does work. There are several non-skid paints out there and have been used for many years. I would recommend a paint before bed liner, only because there were designed for different purposes. The key to all applications is the prep work. Use to paint the decks in the service, just mask off, paint a real think coat of paint, then throw sand all over it. Once dry, hose it off, it looked great, and would last a few years before needing to do it again, but this was also a steel ship.

I wonder if anyone has ever tried mixing silica with 2 part epoxy paint. Once the surface is prepped, the epoxy will bond and last.

 

[Boisebiker]

What about gelcoat? It would be thicker than paint and I would believe one could add texture to it.

 

[82rude]

Just for your info dupli-color sells a transparent bedliner thats pretty darn tuff and has antislip.Can be applied to metal and wood.Used it on the wood floor of my ss160 but cannot report on much as i just did it.

 

[mickyryan]

I am about to use raptor on my boat floor, i have read and heard great things from others who have used it on their work boats.