Non-slip Painting

[wooster]

Hi

 

I want to change the colour of my tired out non-slip areas of decking. I'm trying to avoid massive preparation requirements. Is there anything I can paint on after just scuffing the existing areas? I'm not sure what is on at the moment. It's sort of rasied a little and might be something stuck on or it might just be painted on with a roller. It has a sort of leathery look. Sorry to by so vague.

 

Thanks

 

 

[BrundallNavy]

You could paint on Interdeck after degreasing the area and masking up but I would go for a darker colour as white is a real pain to keep clean. Ask me how I know. 

[RumPunch]

I love Kiwigrip - water based and easily coloured with dye. Goes on with a textured roller

[BroadAmbition]

You could paint on Interdeck after degreasing the area and masking up but I would go for a darker colour as white is a real pain to keep clean. Ask me how I know. 

A big ditto on that one

Griff

[wooster]

Thank you for your advice I will look into these. So with all these I'd just degrease the existing anti slio, tape off p, and apply with no need for sanding?

[Cheesey69]

I put kiln dried sand into boat paint to make a rougher surface

[dom]

8 minutes ago, Cheesey69 said:

I put kiln dried sand into boat paint to make a rougher surface

We always used to do this with old wooden boats. Done properly, I think it's probably one of the most effective surfaces in terms of grip. Can be a bit less than forgiving on flesh though!

[wooster]

So just to be clear, I can just clean up the old non-slip bits with degreasing agent and apply new paint without grinding or sanding or anything like that?

[BrundallNavy]

2 hours ago, wooster said:

So just to be clear, I can just clean up the old non-slip bits with degreasing agent and apply new paint without grinding or sanding or anything like that?

That would depend on what state of the current paint surface. I would at the very least scotch pad the area to key it up. 

[wooster]

Sorry to return to this, but having examined the existing nonslip paint in question, it resembles the striking area on a box of safety matches in texture - ie smoother than sandpaper and not much grit in evidence.

Does this mean I can paint straight into it or do I still need to sand it smooth first?

[ZimbiIV]

I re-painted our old boat without any sanding, just wiped some solvent over the areas to be painted. 5 years later when we sold it, it still looked good.

paul

Ps if any flies land on the wet paint just let the paint dry then brush them off.

The legs just add to the non-slip!

[Smoggy]

It's not about the surface roughness for repainting for non slip it's about wether the new paint will react with the old unknown paint, try a small bit first and see what happens. 

[wooster]

Thank you, I  thought it was because the roughness  of the new paint cover up the roughness of the old paint. So maybs a light sanding then paint  over it?