Truck Bed Liner

[Cap Erict3]

Was speaking to a fellow doing a refit and he said that he planned to use bed liner for his non-skid.

I have some of the abuse this stuff will take in a truck. Pretty tough.






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[HappyMdRSailor]

Originally Posted by Cap Erict3

Was speaking to a fellow doing a refit and he said that he planned to use bed liner for his non-skid.

I have some of the abuse this stuff will take in a truck. Pretty tough.

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I've previously thought of a few applications it might be great for... I never had the cajones to brush some on a deck.... Fearing the ungodly removal procedure should things not work out!!!

Not familiar with it... but they do use a type of "rubberized" deck paint on some steel decks???

[Ocean Girl]

My friend coated his boat with that stuff. I thought he was nuts but so far (4-5 years later) he still loves it. This guy sailed RTW solo prior to doing this.

[ghostrider]

Originally Posted by Cap Erict3

Was speaking to a fellow doing a refit and he said that he planned to use bed liner for his non-skid.

I had RhinoLiner installed on my 3500 truck bed - and it's superior to others because it doesn't wear out and won't damage your knees when crawling around on it. I put it on the front leading edges of our horse trailers too.

[a64pilot]

It can bet hot as He'll in the Sun though. Rhino liner is the most rubbery linex and others can be more like slick plastic. Never seen any that came in a can that was very good

[Orchidius]

Mythbusters unleashed some explosives on the stuff and it held up fine, I think if you can get over the aesthetical aspect and make it stick good to the surface of your boat you've got a major winner!

The big cargo-boats that use the inland waterways here in Belgium/Holland obviously can't afford to use fancy-shmancy antifouling on the massive piece of real-estate they have below the waterline. For decades they used a bittumen based paint which is similar. Takes abuse very, very well, impossible to get off, patch-ups are invisible, works the same as antifouling,... And it cost virtually nothing.

Nowadays it's banned because of environmental issues, and the alternatives are scheiss, but I think stuff like that is the way to go if you're not too concerned about looks. Or resale value

[reefhunter]

Originally Posted by Ocean Girl

My friend coated his boat with that stuff. I thought he was nuts but so far (4-5 years later) he still loves it. This guy sailed RTW solo prior to doing this.

I painted on all the skid surfaces of the tug - 3 yrs ago. So far, so good.

[ghostrider]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

It can bet hot as He'll in the Sun though. Rhino liner is the most rubbery linex and others can be more like slick plastic. Never seen any that came in a can that was very good

Linex is really sand-paper like and tough on the knees, plus is scrapes on just about anything it comes in contact with. That's the major reason we went to Rhino.

[reefhunter]

Originally Posted by Orchidius

For decades they used a bittumen based paint which is similar. Takes abuse very, very well, impossible to get off, patch-ups are invisible, works the same as antifouling,... And it cost virtually nothing.

That would be tar - we have it on our hulls

[a64pilot]

I've got two spearguns that come from the factory covered in Rhinoliner

[HappyMdRSailor]

I'm definitely going to try it on something with all of these glowing endorsements!!! I mean... Something I don't care is covered in it... and doesn't need to come off...

[Cap Erict3]

Originally Posted by Cap Erict3

Was speaking to a fellow doing a refit and he said that he planned to use bed liner for his non-skid.

I have some of the abuse this stuff will take in a truck. Pretty tough.






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From what he was saying color match is as dealing with any paint.


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[AnchorageGuy]

We have redone the non-skids on both of our boats with Tuffcoat and the decks have held up very well for years and we do abuse them. Here is a blog post we did on the application, The Trawler Beach House: Transforming The Non Skid Decks . We have been extremely happy with how well it holds up, how easy it is to clean, and most importantly, how it is truly non-skid in any conditions. Chuck

[IdoraKeeper]

Rhino Liner is also UL listed as flame retardant. It is usually sprayed on. Gets a nice orange peel look. I use it on amplifier cases..... Cool stuff.

[jenny2]

Line-X is supposed to be the best same Mythbusters used. Good for heat and sound insulators, and very durable can be mixed to just about any color also soft to the feet.