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.

From what I gather over the years, the inside if a steal hull boat
should be left accessable for maintenance.

Doug
s/v Callista

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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.

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.

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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.

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
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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
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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.

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
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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.

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?

You might just use white trailer house roof paint. THAT oughta get the
neighbors talking!

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Keith
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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?

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
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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.

You would be able to tell if you had rust under the coating on steel, It
would be a mound that would keep growing. Just like you would tell if your
car had a pinhole in the paint and it was rusting underneath. If the metal
is prepped correctly and applied the same it works well because it has some
flexibility and is resistant to chipping not allowing water to get
underneath.
I had the stuff sprayed on my pickup truck bed and it's great. My friend in
the construction business had it sprayed in his truck and beats it up good
and has a diesel tank in the bed that gets spills and it hasn't been
bothered in 4 years.
I don't know that I would use it underneath. How would you clean such a
rough surface?

"Paul Schilter" paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote in message
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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

With the rino-liner I would worry about 2 things:

1) weight - I think that stuff is pretty heavy
2) getting it in white - black would be too hot to walk on.

I just posted this on another thread, but SeaDek might work for you.
It comes in 5mm and 3mm thickness, it relatively soft, comes in
several colors, and is relatively cheap as far as decking goes. Here
are some pictures that I took of some samples:

http://www.boatbuildercentral.com/help/SeaDek.htm

Joel