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Fred Ellis:

Good Day One & All
Over the years we have tried out many ways to make a nonslip deck for our boats, we have used wet & dry paper, sand, nonslip paint and other items, some look O.K on a larger model but on a small model it can look out of place.

I got talking to an old friend (yes I do have one or two) who has his own garage, he also works on old motorcycles and at times he has to sandblast the odd frame or two, now this got me thinking how would it look if I sandblast the deck, would I get that nonslip look?

I took along some plastic sheet and tried it out, new grit would look O.K on a large deck but for a small model well used grit looks just right, on this I went along to my local Machinemart and got myself a Spotblast gun and some fine grit at a cost of £30, now to start on that nonslip deck.

I can also use it to clean up some old tools that I have.

Fred

Capt Podge:
Sounds a bit extreme to me Fred but, of course, you don't know if you don't try...


I'm intrigued by the possibility and would be grateful if you could let us know how it goes.


Hope it works anyway  :-)


Ray.

nemesis:
Lot to do before you use that gun, LOCK it away until you get the rest of the gear you need, like an airtight box, a good mask, goggles etc. You can reclaim your grit from the box, dont do it in the open as it gets everywhere and you use an awful lot of grit. Plenty of info on the web, nemesis

Umi_Ryuzuki:
I used a textured spray paint for the non slip areas.

Capt Podge:
Well, that certainly looks the business - good of you to put this one up as another option, thanks Umi.  :-))


Ray.

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