Rhino type bed liners on boats???
Is it a good idea to coat the bottom of a steel hull houseboat
with a bed liner like Rhino Tuff Stuff, or something like it? One person told me they start to peel off after a few years, but I would think there are products of different quality, as well as possible improvements in products of years ago which may be the ones peeling (or whatever) today. Do those type coatings come in different colors? It seems to me that if they would work well in a truck bed, something like that ought to be great for the roof of a houseboat which gets similar traffic and things dragged around on it, etc....that is, if the stuff is available in white. |
Rhino type bed liners on boats???
From what I gather over the years, the inside if a steal hull boat
should be left accessable for maintenance. Doug s/v Callista wrote in message ... Is it a good idea to coat the bottom of a steel hull houseboat with a bed liner like Rhino Tuff Stuff, or something like it? One person told me they start to peel off after a few years, but I would think there are products of different quality, as well as possible improvements in products of years ago which may be the ones peeling (or whatever) today. Do those type coatings come in different colors? It seems to me that if they would work well in a truck bed, something like that ought to be great for the roof of a houseboat which gets similar traffic and things dragged around on it, etc....that is, if the stuff is available in white. |
Rhino type bed liners on boats???
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:08:41 -0400, "Doug Dotson" wrote:
From what I gather over the years, the inside if a steal hull boat should be left accessable for maintenance. Doug s/v Callista I'm talking about the outside, not the inside. Several boaters around here (fresh water) have done so. wrote in message .. . Is it a good idea to coat the bottom of a steel hull houseboat with a bed liner like Rhino Tuff Stuff, or something like it? One person told me they start to peel off after a few years, but I would think there are products of different quality, as well as possible improvements in products of years ago which may be the ones peeling (or whatever) today. Do those type coatings come in different colors? It seems to me that if they would work well in a truck bed, something like that ought to be great for the roof of a houseboat which gets similar traffic and things dragged around on it, etc....that is, if the stuff is available in white. |
Rhino type bed liners on boats???
I had a similar idea for lining the anchor chain locker.
Same reservations though, I couldn't get it out (in one piece anyway) to check behind it... Mark. "Doug Dotson" wrote in message ... From what I gather over the years, the inside if a steal hull boat should be left accessable for maintenance. Doug s/v Callista wrote in message ... Is it a good idea to coat the bottom of a steel hull houseboat with a bed liner like Rhino Tuff Stuff, or something like it? One person told me they start to peel off after a few years, but I would think there are products of different quality, as well as possible improvements in products of years ago which may be the ones peeling (or whatever) today. Do those type coatings come in different colors? It seems to me that if they would work well in a truck bed, something like that ought to be great for the roof of a houseboat which gets similar traffic and things dragged around on it, etc....that is, if the stuff is available in white. |
Rhino type bed liners on boats???
I don't know about bottoms, but I have been selling companies on using it
for a deck coating for several years now. Non skid from hell and zero maint. One work boat out there I just re-visited, 6 years on the fordeck, no signs of damage or steel deterioration beneath. wrote in message ... Is it a good idea to coat the bottom of a steel hull houseboat with a bed liner like Rhino Tuff Stuff, or something like it? One person told me they start to peel off after a few years, but I would think there are products of different quality, as well as possible improvements in products of years ago which may be the ones peeling (or whatever) today. Do those type coatings come in different colors? It seems to me that if they would work well in a truck bed, something like that ought to be great for the roof of a houseboat which gets similar traffic and things dragged around on it, etc....that is, if the stuff is available in white. |
Rhino type bed liners on boats???
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Rhino type bed liners on boats???
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:17:44 GMT, "HLAviation" wrote:
I don't know about bottoms, but I have been selling companies on using it for a deck coating for several years now. Non skid from hell and zero maint. One work boat out there I just re-visited, 6 years on the fordeck, no signs of damage or steel deterioration beneath. What would be good for a roof? Is it available in white? Where to get it and how to apply it? |
Rhino type bed liners on boats???
Matt,
I wonder if the right kind of ruff might not be better. From what I've read some of the speed swimmers are using a type of body suit that mimics a fish's skin, reducing drag. Paul "Matt Lang" wrote in message om... wrote in message . .. On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:08:41 -0400, "Doug Dotson" wrote: From what I gather over the years, the inside if a steal hull boat should be left accessable for maintenance. Doug s/v Callista I'm talking about the outside, not the inside. Several boaters around here (fresh water) have done so. This Rhino stuff although very tough is very rough .. I would be concerned it increases drag of the boat in the water significantly ... Matt |
Rhino type bed liners on boats???
HL,
What do you mean by "steel deterioration beneath"? Beneath the coating? How do you tell if the bonding is complete and there is no moisture intrusion. It would seem that by the time you seen damage to the steel deck, from below decks, the deck would be almost gone. Paul "HLAviation" wrote in message ink.net... I don't know about bottoms, but I have been selling companies on using it for a deck coating for several years now. Non skid from hell and zero maint. One work boat out there I just re-visited, 6 years on the fordeck, no signs of damage or steel deterioration beneath. wrote in message ... Is it a good idea to coat the bottom of a steel hull houseboat with a bed liner like Rhino Tuff Stuff, or something like it? One person told me they start to peel off after a few years, but I would think there are products of different quality, as well as possible improvements in products of years ago which may be the ones peeling (or whatever) today. Do those type coatings come in different colors? It seems to me that if they would work well in a truck bed, something like that ought to be great for the roof of a houseboat which gets similar traffic and things dragged around on it, etc....that is, if the stuff is available in white. |
Rhino type bed liners on boats???
There's rough, and there's random rough....
Some guy was telling me a story about local fishermen, in a place long forgotten, who smear 5200 on the outside like they were plastering a wall. I've no idea how well it works. On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:11:53 -0400, "Paul Schilter" paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote: Matt, I wonder if the right kind of ruff might not be better. From what I've read some of the speed swimmers are using a type of body suit that mimics a fish's skin, reducing drag. Paul "Matt Lang" wrote in message . com... wrote in message ... On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:08:41 -0400, "Doug Dotson" wrote: From what I gather over the years, the inside if a steal hull boat should be left accessable for maintenance. Doug s/v Callista I'm talking about the outside, not the inside. Several boaters around here (fresh water) have done so. This Rhino stuff although very tough is very rough .. I would be concerned it increases drag of the boat in the water significantly ... Matt |
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