Bed liner type materials for a boat?
 

I've checked out all the major brands of bedliner type material for recoating a boat. I'm leaning towards Herculiner, but has anyone else used it? I like the dura stuff but it seems rough to me. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

the durabak is kinda rough, I plan to put a coat of smooth durabak over the rough stuff next year. I figure I need to stop making holes in the boat some time, that will give me a chance to repair all the unwanted screw holes, then touch up with rough durabak, then top coat with smooth to take some of the bite out of it.

I have used Herculiner and it`s very good, but I have only seen Black color. Herculiner is a little rough for bare foot walking on it I think, but that stuff sticks SUPER good and it`s very lasting. I used it on one of my jeeps and I loved its quality.

Good thread...I gonna pull all the carpet outta the cuddy of the new-to-me-21 and was thinkin about using bedliner to coat that......didn't even know they made it w/out texture...but it's gotta be white no matter what...darker color gets TOO hot...

I used Durabak. Questioned how rough it would be but after fishing on it barefoot it's actually just fine for me. Don't find it hard on the feet.

Would note that I went with the light grey. Even a color as light as mine gets a little warm in the sun so if white would be an option go for it.

I redid my floor and the durabak helped hide any imperfections in the joint where the floor was joined.

Seems like the prices are close. Herculiner comes in other colors too. I was looking at blue but may go eith white after hearing what y'all said about the heat.

theres something different about the white, I think they send a hardner with it, had a friend that useed it, put it on too cold and it wouldn't harden, I don't know what teh deal is personaly, but its worth asking before you order

I used LIGHT grey Starboard for my floor hatch-lids...on hot, sunny days you can't stand on em barefooted, so I'm convinced any color darker than white in floor treatment is gonna be a mistake...

I'm going to try to go for white now... I really want to be able to not burn up on it..

There may be some materials darker than white that don't absorb heat like high density polymers do...wood comes to mind...if anybody knows a good marine environment resistant material that doesn't hold heat, let us know...:party:

I also used the3 duraback light gray and was always cool to me, also wears like iron, but i used the textured and i say its pretty sharp and ruff, if bare foot is your thing i would go with the smooth!!

the only problem with the smooth is it doesn't look that good

This reply may be a bit too simple, but it may bring some help.
I always sufered from a very slipery floor on my V20, it was way dangerous. Well, I actually bought a sand color epoxy floor paint with texture to eliminate the slipery deck. I started cleaning the floor with sandpaper ( light grit ) and paint thinner ( 1000 ). I could not paint the deck that same day, so I planned to paint next day. Next morning, when I went to continue on the paint job, the deck looked so clean and dull, that I decided to give it a try on the next ride to see how much grip it had then. Well, it works so good, that I decided not to paint it, what I do now is every once in a while, I soak a white small towel with thinner 1000 and wipe the deck, IT JUST SIMPLY WORKS !!!
I guess that the soap I use to wash my boat, which has Carnauba Wax, of course it does leave it looking good, but when this wax mixes with sea water, it becomes like soap. Now every time I wash the boat, at the end, I scrub the deck with Dawn Original Blue dishsoap, and when it dries, use the paint-thinner wipe. PROBLEM SOLVED.
I hope it can help someone.