awlgrip nonskid anyone?????

[joeyleggz]

has anyone awlgrip nonskid their boat ? looking for advise and success stories thanks

 

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[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Check Andy out at Boat Works Today . Go to You Tube search boat works today awlgrip . He has a video on how to do it.[/FONT]

 

[Lazy Daze]

I haven't used Awlgrip for that purpose. But I used Easypoxy on my Grady when I rebuilt the floor. That's holding up very well. Awlgrip would be even more durable than Easypoxy.

 

[joeyleggz]

Ive seen his videos man has some skills looking to do exctly that

Check Andy out at Boat Works Today . Go to You Tube search boat works today awlgrip . He has a video on how to do it.

 

[joeyleggz]

I haven't used Awlgrip for that purpose. But I used Easypoxy on my Grady when I rebuilt the floor. That's holding up very well. Awlgrip would be even more durable than Easypoxy.

Thanks for the advice it just seems to me that the nonskid is really ineffective hard to maintain gets really dirty would love to recoat it but seem like it's obviously done different at the factory so no chance at matching that but did see some videos on using awl grip looks like a phenomenal job when is Done The older sea rays don't have the Diamond pattern and I think over time the sand based nonskid just eventually wears away

 

[Lazy Daze]

Yes, the "sand" (it's really just gel-coat globs, for lack of a better description) non-skid does tend to wear down faster than the diamond. Plus, when it wears, the tops of the "sand" sort of smooth over and becomes ineffective at a faster pace. The good thing about the sand non-skid is that it allows you to do what you want much easier than the diamond pattern. The Awlgrip is a better product than the Easypoxy (made by Pettit paints, by the way), no question about it. But the Easypoxy is no slouch. It's also quite a bit less expensive. For my Grady, I weighed both options, and quite honestly, was ready to use the Awlgrip. But I ended up with the Easypoxy and the thought that if it wore down, I could very easily just touch up the areas that needed it.

The cool thing about doing this process is that you can use a contrasting color for the non-skid, and leave the non-non-skid :smt101 just the way it is, white. Something like a light sand color, for example. Or, really, any color that you think matches up with your boat well. I would avoid bright purple. :lol:

 

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When I rebuilt my swim platform several years ago, I had to fix damage to the gelcoat on the surface of the platform and some old davit holes somebody drilled through the non skid. My old 89 300DA has the globs of gelcoat anti skid, which is incidentally called 'spackle'. I was going to try the sand method but a member, 88Dancer300, told me of a way he did his and I tried that method. After sanding the old gelcoat and cleaning up and masking off, I got a quart of Spectrum gelcoat that matched the arctic white of my boat and I used a four inch foam roller to apply several coats quickly. After each application, I took a dry ceiling texture roller and made two passes across the wet gelcoat at 90 degrees to each other. This pulled up the gelcoat into peaks which laid down some so as not to be sharp. I then let the gelcoat kick off. It took about three applications, with the final coat having the wax additive for curing, to get a nice texture that very closely resembled the factory 'spackle' pattern. Since I did the entire platform surface, there was no need to blend in and it looks great. I made my coating a bit more agressive than factory since it was on the swim platform and I wanted good traction. I did this in 2010 and the new surface has held up perfectly. At some point I'd like to do the entire cockpit sole as its getting a bit worn and is a bit slick in spots. I'd probably need about two gallons to do the entire thing and it would have to be done in stages due to the hatches etc.

Sorry for the hijack but I thought somebody may want to try this.
BTW I have pics of this in my photo album titled 'My boat'
Here is a link to the finished surface pic http://clubsearay.com/album.php?albumid=613&attachmentid=17913.

Here is a better pic http://clubsearay.com/album.php?albumid=613&attachmentid=17916

 

[joeyleggz]

thanks again for the input ill post in when job gets tackled

Yes, the "sand" (it's really just gel

 

[joeyleggz]

Job well done sir! thanks for sharing

When I rebuilt my swim platform several years ago, I had to fix damage to the gelcoat on the surface of the platform and some old davit holes somebody drilled through the non skid. My old 89 300DA has the globs of gelcoat anti skid, which is incidentally called 'spackle'. I was going to try the sand method but a member, 88Dancer300, told me of a way he did his and I tried that method. After sanding the old gelcoat and cleaning up and masking off, I got a quart of Spectrum gelcoat that matched the arctic white of my boat and I used a four inch foam roller to apply several coats quickly. After each application, I took a dry ceiling texture roller and made two passes across the wet gelcoat at 90 degrees to each other. This pulled up the gelcoat into peaks which laid down some so as not to be sharp. I then let the gelcoat kick off. It took about three applications, with the final coat having the wax additive for curing, to get a nice texture that very closely resembled the factory 'spackle' pattern. Since I did the entire platform surface, there was no need to blend in and it looks great. I made my coating a bit more agressive than factory since it was on the swim platform and I wanted good traction. I did this in 2010 and the new surface has held up perfectly. At some point I'd like to do the entire cockpit sole as its getting a bit worn and is a bit slick in spots. I'd probably need about two gallons to do the entire thing and it would have to be done in stages due to the hatches etc.

Sorry for the hijack but I thought somebody may want to try this.
BTW I have pics of this in my photo album titled 'My boat'
Here is a link to the finished surface pic http://clubsearay.com/album.php?albumid=613&attachmentid=17913.

Here is a better pic http://clubsearay.com/album.php?albumid=613&attachmentid=17916