Tired Treadmaster

[samwise]

The beige Treadmaster covering on our cockpit sole is looking very drab and tired. Does anyone have a sovereign remedy to refresh the appearance without destroying the material?

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[Dipper]

Treadmaster make a special paint called Treadcote for renovating tired Treadmaster. You can find details on their web site <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tiflex.co.uk/marine/treadcote/treadcote.html>here</A>. I don’t have any experience of it myself.

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[Cantata]

We had a Sadler 29 as well, and I guess you are looking at the covering on the companionway steps. Treadmaster make paint, matching colours, for recoating this material. It looks quite good afterwards but is rather expensive, about £30 I think. I have a nearly full pot of the beige available (I got it half price in a sale!) here in East Kent if you happen to come this way.


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[Rabbie]

I've just painted mine with Blakes deck-paint. It looks great. I don't see why it shouldn't last at a fraction of the price of the Treadmaster stuff.

<hr width=100% size=1>A day not spent on my boat is a day in my life wasted.

 

[capt_courageous]

We had the same problem but with blue treadmaster. I gave it a good covering of swarfega, left it for a while the gave it the once over with a scrubbing brush. It is not as good as new but certainly got rid of the grubbiness.

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[Georgio]

try washing with a high-pressure washer, you will be surprised as the results!

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[Gordonmc]

You might want to try painting the treadmaster, then sanding off the surface of the diamonds. I used the same deck paint as on the rest of the floors and the texture gives a nice contrast.
Of course... you can only do this a finite number of times before the profile of the raised bits is reduced.

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