Painting Treadmaster?

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Until funds and time allow the laying of tek dek or similar, we thought the easiest way to spruce up the Treadmaster is to paint it with deck paint. It's "matured" into a variety of greeny brown shades and should look good uniform. Does it need a special paint or is Hempel's rubber based deckpaint the best thing? Will it cope with being painted? Last time we painted a deck we used textured masonry paint from B&Q and it worked a treat, would that stick onto Treadmaster? Thanks for tips and advice.
 
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Painting Treadmaster

I have not tried it but Treadcote is the paint the manufacturers themselves supply to rejuvenate faded Treadmaster. Advertised on the Treadmaster website - Treadmaster.co.uk

Cheers,
Robin
Pleiades of Birdham
MXWQ5
 
On a related note, my treadmaster is looking really tired and curling and lifting away at the edges. Does this mean it's kaput, or is it worth trying to stick it back down? It seems to have become quite brittle in places and a few chunks have fallen away at the edges.
Very tempted to scrape it all off...
 
Robwhelton said:
On a related note, my treadmaster is looking really tired and curling and lifting away at the edges. Does this mean it's kaput, or is it worth trying to stick it back down? It seems to have become quite brittle in places and a few chunks have fallen away at the edges.
Very tempted to scrape it all off...
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If it's not too bad, sticking the edges down and then painting it with treadcote will do a passable and long-lasting tidy-up with just a day or two of work. But stripping, and making good the surface afterwards, can be long and slow process.
 
Pleiades said:
I have not tried it but Treadcote is the paint the manufacturers themselves supply to rejuvenate faded Treadmaster. Advertised on the Treadmaster website - Treadmaster.co.uk

Cheers,
Robin
Pleiades of Birdham
MXWQ5
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I've got an unopened 1 litre bottle of Treadcote in Grey, which I intended to use on the TBS panels in my Dehler. As I painted them with Deck Paint last year, I was advised that applying Treadcote onto this would not be a good idea.

Cost me £37.23. £20 +p&p anyone?
 
Robwhelton said:
On a related note, my treadmaster is looking really tired and curling and lifting away at the edges. Does this mean it's kaput, or is it worth trying to stick it back down? It seems to have become quite brittle in places and a few chunks have fallen away at the edges.
Very tempted to scrape it all off...
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My GK29 deck was similar, the edges of the Treadmaster were very tatty and no amount of resticking and painting was going to make it look good. The main cause seemed to be that the previous owner had stuck it down with contact adhesive. We decided to take it all off, most of the foredeck being covered with it, which turned out to be a massive job taking several full weekends. If you can trim the edges back to straight, or patch in some additional pieces, you will find this a lot easier.
 
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My GK29 deck was similar, the edges of the Treadmaster were very tatty and no amount of resticking and painting was going to make it look good. The main cause seemed to be that the previous owner had stuck it down with contact adhesive. We decided to take it all off, most of the foredeck being covered with it, which turned out to be a massive job taking several full weekends. If you can trim the edges back to straight, or patch in some additional pieces, you will find this a lot easier.
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Knowing what you do now, would any of you have Treadmaster again?
 
Yes mine is 20 years old just begining to show wear in a couple of areas, it was obviously very well stuck down when the boat was built. Each year I wash it / soak it with a fungicide / herbicide from B&Q then pressure wash off it's now a tad faded and I have a litre of treadcoat to apply when I can get round to it but after 20 years thats not bad.
 
yes i'd go for it again.......normally the problem is getting the stuff off when its been appplied as original so peeling is not normally a problem. some edges did get a little proud on my old baot but not really enough to worry about and painting with tredcote restored it to a good finish.
 
Yes definitely. It's the best there is IMHO. Once we had replaced the old stuff with new, stuck down using the epoxy adhesive, it lasted very well. My companionway steps were covered with the smooth variety from new, 25 years now and still excellent.

I have laid TBS, one of the alternatives, on my cockpit floor and found it considerably inferior.
 
Treadmaster after 28 years.

My 1983 build westerly has it on companionway steps into saloon and outside on coamings and bridge deck as well as plain type as seating in cockpit. Still pretty good, a few chips on edges but nothing I feel needs any treatment. Colour is kind of "milk chocolate"
Never heard of Treadcote, sounds good. Has anyone got practical experience of using it for better still any pictures of it in my colour?
It has generally fared better than the various bits of teak on deck.
 
I would caution against using Treadcote on the SMOOTH Treadmaster. I have Treadmaster Smooth on my companionway steps. The large top step (which doubles as a kitchen work surface) had become worn and shabby.

After treating with Treadcote, they looked great, but became treacherous when wet. No solvent I tried would remove the stuff. The only way to remove the old Treadmaster would have been to grind it off with an angle grinder, so I simply applied a new layer over the top (with Treadmaster epoxy adhesive).

Vic
 
What is the colour density of Treadcote? I had heard that it's a thin paint with poor coverage, I have some old Treadmaster that I want to "renew".
 
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Colvic Watson said:
Until funds and time allow the laying of tek dek or similar, we thought the easiest way to spruce up the Treadmaster is to paint it with deck paint. It's "matured" into a variety of greeny brown shades and should look good uniform. Does it need a special paint or is Hempel's rubber based deckpaint the best thing? Will it cope with being painted? Last time we painted a deck we used textured masonry paint from B&Q and it worked a treat, would that stick onto Treadmaster? Thanks for tips and advice.
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Paint is usually unsuccessful when applied to a flexible surface.

You say B+Q masonary paint worked a treat. Any idea how long it lasted? I ask because mine badly needs painting and I don't like any of the colours available from Hempel or International (or their prices!)
 
Im considering replacing the Treadmaster on the coachroof and foredeck of my Fisher 25 as it has gone brittle and is lifting and breaking away at the edges - it has already been painted by previous owner
Got as far as making the templates and sending them to Treadmaster - quote was around £700 +vat, incl. adhesive and postage, or £500 for material, but not cut to shape
The Fisher has a LOT of Treadmaster

Im only put off by the amount of work to remove the existing stuff that appears to be well adhered, except at the edges - as once you start, you have to keep going to the bitter end!

Treadmaster have been extremely helpful and a pleasure to deal with
 
I used a "lookalike" treaded deck covering ('cos I'm a cheapskate). After only 10 years, it needs done again. My advice would be go the Treadmaster route or paint the deck. My boat's not worth a "TecDeck".
 
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