Renewing Deck anti slip

[rogerthebodger]

I have removed the old treadmaster that I fitted to my boat in 2008 as the sun had disintegrated it.

I am now considering painting the deck with a UV resistant white roof paint on top of the exciting epoxy undercoat that is still OK.

What anti slip topping would the team use sprinkled onto the wet paint.

I had read about using fine sand, Rubber flakes , sugar or even cause salt to give a rough surface followed with a second coat of paint.

Any other possible material I could use considering I am not in the UK so anything imported would be expensive

 

[rotrax]

I would use the excellent - in my direct experience - Kiwigrip, in the grey finish.

Easy to mask your existing patches and re-do.

You could, of course, choose a different colour from their range.

 

[Poignard]

International Interdeck

 

[Humblebee]

I found these folk good to deal with and competitive on price. You will see they offer an anti slip additive. Probably best to use an additive made by your chosen paint manufacturer, that way you know it will be compatible.

Marine Deck Paint | Boat Deck Paint | Hardtop HB | Jotafloor Rapid Dry

 

[fisherman]

B&Q playpit sand

 

[fredrussell]

International sell an additive ‘powder’ to add to paint to make it non-slip. Not expensive and works well.

 

[srm]

Just a comment on your choice of white decks.
A previous boat came with white decks. I found it very bright and uncomfortable on the eyes so next season overpainted with grey none slip used on fishing boats. This made the steel decks too hot for bare feet in the sun, even in west Norway.
So the following spring overpainted again with cream International one pot deck paint. A traditional colour that was kind to both eyes and feet.
Am in the process of removing the sun degraded none slip from my GRP decks, then will paint with epoxy primer and cream deck paint.

 

[rogerthebodger]

Just a comment on your choice of white decks.
A previous boat came with white decks. I found it very bright and uncomfortable on the eyes so next season overpainted with grey none slip used on fishing boats. This made the steel decks too hot for bare feet in the sun, even in west Norway.
So the following spring overpainted again with cream International one pot deck paint. A traditional colour that was kind to both eyes and feet.
Am in the process of removing the sun degraded none slip from my GRP decks, then will paint with epoxy primer and cream deck paint.

Yes I agree white can be very bright

My previous was grey treadmaster that worked very well so I may use a light gray roof paint to cut the brightness.

 

[rotrax]

Just a comment on your choice of white decks.
A previous boat came with white decks. I found it very bright and uncomfortable on the eyes so next season overpainted with grey none slip used on fishing boats. This made the steel decks too hot for bare feet in the sun, even in west Norway.
So the following spring overpainted again with cream International one pot deck paint. A traditional colour that was kind to both eyes and feet.
Am in the process of removing the sun degraded none slip from my GRP decks, then will paint with epoxy primer and cream deck paint.

One of the reasons Island Packet use the cream colour. They found a bright white was hard on the eyes through glare but the softer cream allowed good vision at night on deck without too much heat absorbtion during bright sun in the tropics.

 

[Kelpie]

I'm a fan of interdeck, but it's a pretty subtle level of grit.
I recently did some non-slip on the cockpit floor where more grip was required. I added some extra granules to the interdeck, and it certainly achieved the result but it was hard to avoid streaks and lumps.

 

[rogerthebodger]

I'm a fan of interdeck, but it's a pretty subtle level of grit.
but it was hard to avoid streaks and lumps.

This is why I am looking at paint thn eprate anti slip applied when paint is still wet to get an even spread of anti slip.

I like the idea of play pit sand as I can buy that local in bags of dry sand

I have found some grey roof paint in my garage so I could mix that with white roof paint to get a light grey colour

 

[KAM]

I renewed my deck paint with a single coat of Interdeck 12 years ago. Still looks like new and very happy with the grip at high angles of heel and rough wet conditions. Very easy to touch in damaged areas too.

 

[srm]

I have found some grey roof paint in my garage so I could mix that with white roof paint to get a light grey colour

How resistant is your roof paint going to be to wear?
I have used roof paint on my house and it claims a seven year life but comes with a warning to the effect that it can only be lightly walked on occasionally.

 

[14K478]

Got grey deck paint flaking off and will be scraping it and repainting but does anyone know if there is an easy test for compatibility?

I can understand that it’s probably chlorinated rubber

 

[fisherman]

On my FV I used flocoat with playpit sand, very tough, And obs sticks to GRP better than some paints. On ply decks I use floor paint.

 

[B27]

Yes I agree white can be very bright

My previous was grey treadmaster that worked very well so I may use a light gray roof paint to cut the brightness.

I recall being barefoot on a boat with white and grey areas to its decks.
In hot sun, I could only walk on the white bits.

 

[Poignard]

A friend of mine is to have part of his foot amputated tomorrow after an encounter with a cleat. The cleat won.

I used to like going barefoot but from now on I am a convert to wearing proper footwear on my boat!

 

[rogerthebodger]

I recall being barefoot on a boat with white and grey areas to its decks.
In hot sun, I could only walk on the white bits.

Where I am even any white deck is so hot in summer you burn jour feet when walking outside

Passibly due to the steel deck but the gray will be very light just to cut the glare from pure white

 

[rogerthebodger]

A friend of mine is to have part of his foot amputated tomorrow after an encounter with a cleat. The cleat won.

I used to like going barefoot but from now on I am a convert to wearing proper footwear on my boat!

I dont ware shoes in th cockpit of below but on deck you have to wa=ear shoes as the deck is too hot to go without

 

[rogerthebodger]

How resistant is your roof paint going to be to wear?
I have used roof paint on my house and it claims a seven year life but comes with a warning to the effect that it can only be lightly walked on occasionally.

Yes that is a question I have hence the post.

I know it's very UV resistant but I don't know about foot traffic.

I did paint a ferro boat with roof paint and the sun did not affect the roof paint too much