Wondering about anti-skid refinishing

digger

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The 1988 C-Dory I bought has the anti-skid on the decks now showing a lot of black color event though it is now clean. It appears that the coloring is not throughout the skid material. Has anyone tried to put a gel color (looks like Roberts Grey) on the surface to try to freshen the appearance. I know that it won't have anything other than aesthetic improvement, but would like to do something to freshen the look. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you much, "Digger"
 
We are refinishing a boat with THIS right now . Ill report how it works . Its got rubber granules in a urethane base . Like Rhino Liner but one part and applied with a special roller .
More to follow .
Marc
 
I painted my garage floor last year with one of those G. .floor painting kits from the big home supply store, it's about the same color as the no slip stuff on the boat and tough as H@!!. A friend used the same stuff for the cockpit floor on his Uniflight several years back and it still looks good.
 
The antiskid I'm talking about is the little diamond pattern areas on the deck forward of the cabin and in front of the windshield area. The nubbies are still there, but the nice grey now has black showing on it. Wanting to just color that area up, and not necessarily add additional aggregate on it. Thanks, Ron
 
Spectrum color is the best source for gel coat in small quanities. It is possible that they have the exact gray, but maybe not. However, my own experience on non skid is that it is better to use two part painted on (rolled) lineal polyurethane--either Alwgrip (Alwcraft) or Sterling. Best to put a two part epoxy primer on first, and then put glass microbreads in the first coat, apply second coat without microbeads to seal the non skid beads in place)--this is the best way to go over wearing diamond molded in non skid. We used this technique on boats which were heavily used on a daily basis. I realize that it seems like more work. But putting on gel coat on just the tops will also be difficult--you might consider thickening up the gel coat with fumed silica, and dabbing it on just the tops--that might work. If the gel coat does not contain wax, you will have to spray with PVA to get it to set properly.

Just putting on the gel coat, will fill the groves of the diamond pattern and leave a less agressive nonskid, plus the peaks will probably wear off faster than before. Gel coat is relitatively soft, the paint is harder and more durable. You can match color in each.

Remember that almost all of color coats are backed with a darker coat, to decrease the light transmission thru the fiberglass laminate, and that is why the outer gel coat layer has worn, exposing black (the occlusive color) rather than the top of the peaks being all gel coat.
 
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