T&T: Bed liner for boats

[Charles & Pat Culotta]

Bob,

Some good info in your post.

Mine is now 7 yrs old and doing great.

When mine was applied by a commercial applicator with heavy duty high pressure
air compressor I specified a thick coating, infact abt 1/8 inch + thick. Prep
by me was thorough , as I stated.  Any cracks in the deck were filled with
Thiokol along with all the holes drilled to inject cpes. There  has been no
delaminating fr the wood, no stickiness ever.

I have seen a few non professional applications that were of poor quality. But
that is like any do it yourself project-- some are good and others well , not
so good.

One of the main things is to not let the deck and core go too long. Then the
core must be torn out-------ouch.

CCC
M/V CC RIDER
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CHARLES C. JR. and PAT CULOTTA
PATTERSON, LA.
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I have had no small amount of experience using these materials, on boats and
vehicles, in severe environments and mundane. My sons and I built an offroad
4wd hummer type truck from a kit and covered the entire thing top to bottom
inside and underside, with Gator Liner. That was 5 years ago, it has NEVER
been washed and has been ran through the worst imaginable terrain from south
Texas to South Dakota, mud, sand, gravel, you name it, you can walk on the
hood and not leave a scratch, it's tuff. It's also difficult to apply and
any nonporous surface must be VERY rough and etched or it will peel. I have
used Sanitred on my boats with great success, it looks good and is easy to
apply. It is a little rougher than some like if you use there rubber
granules. If you use course sand or ground walnut shells it's not so
aggressive. If applied over plywood or a pourose surface it sticks like baby
s#$t to a blanket. It will not fix deck cracks or leaks on a long term
basis, as it will eventually crack along with the substrate, in other words,
it is not a fixall method, no matter what the sales person says. It will get
nasty looking after a few years but just pour a few gallons of styrene or
acetone on it then rinse and it looks like brand new. Regular washing with
tsp will keep it from getting grungy looking. It is a close to no
maintenance as you can get, even Bonita blood won't stick to it. It ain't
cheap.