The saying is necessity is the mother of invention and so it was when I wanted to apply a none slip surface to a boat I was working on.I have used some stuff from cans,its sort of ok,lasts a few years,then it needs a re coat,more money of course.
In this case the idea was a failure,the cockpit seats lasted only nine years,I missed a trick when I applied the top coats,in the case of the rest of the boat and after about forteen years we are spot on and the process was and still is a success.
Three cockpit seats worth of none slip finish,the beers were not a part of the process! I should not have been able to strip the polyurethane top coats from the Intergard primer surface.What had happened was some years of foot traffic in the cockpit and prior to the application of the none slip,there must have been a dirt build up,its that which stopped a 100% bond.
The same cockpit,better prepared and properly sanded,washed down with fresh water and Teepol (not fairy liquid) then given two coats of International Paints Intergard epoxy primer.The none slip system comes next,watch the next blog for details,materials to the system are available ex stock.
How hard can this be?
R McB
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