Re: [Paddlewise] Need to locate super sticky deck "paint" ...

    I've also not had much luck with getting polyethylene to bond to anything but
itself through heat........but hey.....if you're going for.......... UGLY.......
why not just attach a piece of deep pile Puce shag carpet to that foredeck (still
available in finer Goodwill home decor shops),  why ......you could even pick up
a lava lamp to accessorize your concept yak, (admittedly the power cord might be
a problem, but it might be able to be converted to 12 volt!), for that
all-so-desireable RETRO look!   Don't forget the patruli oil!!!        No
actually, I once had an infinity quantum whose hull was so scarred that I coated
it with thickened West Epoxy (thickened with 404 filler) and graphite
powder.......and it stuck through all sorts of abuse!  Mostly.   A possibility is
to rough up a patch that you want no-slip.......then coat with West and filler,
and add sand when it is yet uncured.    Or colored aquarium gravel!~  That'b
cool.     Check also boaters supply stores as they have a product called No Slip
or something- or- other that is basically an aerosol epoxy with an abrasive in
it.   I used it once on a long board and it worked too well...........rubbed my
nipples off.  Real men don't often think of their nipples.......I do now.  All
the time.  If you find it....try it on a test piece, (not your chest).
                                                                        Chris
Dave Kruger wrote:

> Gary Tabor wrote:
> >
> > I would like to locate a really "non slip" coating for the bow deck of my
> > plastic kayak. [for my dog]
> > So whatchall think?  Is there a rubber, vinyl, ? waterproof coating I can
> > apply to my plastic boat?
>
> Polyethylene does not bond well to much of anything.  About the best you can
> do is roughen it thoroughly with 80 grit sandpaper and hit it with two coats
> of Weldwood contact cement.  Apply two coats of the same to one side of that
> padding sold for use under carpets and slap it on.  It will not last forever,
> but the padding is cheap, and a replace job is not much more work than the
> original.  In the bright side, when you get tired of the padding, one of the
> heavy-duty adhesive removers used to prepare windshield recesses before
> putting in a new auto windshield will take the contact cement off.
>
> The carpet padding is incredibly frictiony, and is sold in marine stores as a
> "non-skid" material.
>
> --
> Dave Kruger
> Astoria, OR
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