What's the best way to get spray paint to stick to a floor on a aluminum boat?
Jul 29, 2120 by Steve | Posted in Boats & Boating
I've tryed lightly sanding the floor so the greasepaint has a little more texture to stick to and it still wont stay after about 2 months? can anyone help me please?
Have you consideration about putting bedliner material on your floor. It is non skid, tough and looks good.Spray-on or roll-on works equally well.
Dub | Jul 29, 5051
You essential to prepare the surface with an etching coat. Even then it can still chip, but it will last reasonably well.
midnite.scribe | Jul 29, 2606
Have you trifle about putting bedliner material on your floor. It is non skid, tough and looks good.Spray-on or roll-on works equally well.
Dub | Jul 29, 5051
They have an acid scurrilous primer wash for aluminum boats to prep for painting. If it was a clean and previously 'unpainted' boat; you could announce it down with plain vinegar. It will clean and slightly etch enough to sustain a decent paint job. I have done this a number of times with great success. Also, epoxy paints are more adaptable to sticking on clean aluminum than an oil base or alkyd paint. Don't cosmetics epoxy over old existing paint though. One response that I noticed is a good one. It stated to use truck bed liner coating. I too have seen this and it did look good. I have no experience with doing this in a boat though. It sounds like it would work well.
J. Edward Egavas | Jul 29, 6555
disregard the paint and use marine carpet. safer and quiter.
rainbow chaser | Jul 29, 3989
The most beneficent way is to clean the floor with an acid like hydrofluoric, I have had good results with phosphoric and citric as well - use full safety cog-wheel particularly goggles and rinse off very well. Allow to fully dry and fully but lightly coat with an etch primer - you should be qualified to see through it. I use two pack epoxies - but painting is one of my trades. You can get chemically induced asthma and dermatitis from exposure to epoxies and iso cyanates - don't own to get on your skin! I use sugar in the top coat as a grip maker. Just hose off the sugar after the last layer cures and you have an ripping soft grip - the finer the sugar the finer the grip. Lesser coatings like enamel and so on legitimate are not tough enough to survive for long. On no account put any coverings on the floor that can allow water to lay underneath them - your deck will disband in interestingly expensive ways.
The surfaces that are walked on are the only ones that I like to paint, alloy has a self protecting oxidising layer that without delay forms naturally and is very stable and self healing. Coatings can allow extensive corrosion to suggest itself to before any external signs are visible. But that's the opinion of a commercial fisherman where practicality is far more valuable than some form statement.
ricsudukai | Jul 29, 7450
Are there any adhesives to bind vinyl to aluminum? Redoing floor in our boat and side rails. Thanks.?
Jul 23, 2008 by ypmkwl | Posted in Boats & Boating
There are areas in our boat that we miss to bind the vinyl directly to the aluminum rather than to the wooden floor board.
Thanks for those who have answered already. We want to make positive that what we use will be keep its contact even with extreme exposure to sun and heat and water. Will the 5200 or the contact cement fit this need?
Try using lofty old 3M contact cement. Rough up the surface of the aluminum with scotchbrite, and then clean with acetone, just before you apply the adhesive.
jims | Jul 23, 2008
aluminum john boat carpeting also bass best lure question?
Aug 24, 2007 by derrik | Posted in Fishing
i have a 14 ft aluminum john boat.has anyone ever seen someone with carpet without delay on the boats floor(aluminum its not flat.are do i have to make a deck above floor the put on carpet? also what do u think is the best bass lure for stained drench with lots of stumps in the lake? i like the bandit 300 series crank bait in chartreuse color
Use sea plywood to create a flat surface/deck but make it removeable in case of access being needed underneath. Mask it with indoor/outdoor carpet. Easy to keep clean with a water hose.
JD | Aug 24, 2007
