New 'Coat It' drift boat bottom

Back when all the rivers were hitting flood stage, I decided to do some boat maintenance instead of house maintenance. My drift boat had an old gluv-it bottom that was cracking in spots. I used 2 cans of Coat-It because it was easily available at Bi-mart. My boat is only 12' so the more common 16' would need more. I started by using a 60 grit flapper disc and angle grinder. If possible, do this outside... the dust is VERY bad. I ended up taking a hose to the garage and it is still awful. After the grinding was done I wiped the boat with acetone and taped up the edges. Its not recommended to coat the boat in cold temps so I put a oil radiator type heater under it even with the mild temps. Another recommendation is that the coat-it is THICK. Its not easy to spread but works best with a flat edge... a paintbrush will be difficult. It took a while to fully harden but now slides very well... hope this helps.

So you decided to not varnish over the paper... You could have been floating in true style my man.

GraphiteZen said:

So you decided to not varnish over the paper... You could have been floating in true style my man.

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:lol:

Im just waiting for the "tapout" drift boat graphic wraps to come out

haha nice...