Old World Craftsmanship Meet New World Technology

Thought I post a few photos showing that old school and new school can live in harmony. We coated the interior of this 18ft drift boat built by master guide Grant Rillette.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Don Hanson on November 17, 2012 at 9:57am

  Yeah, I know about MEK.    I really do not like to use it but sometimes I do.   I put some on the pieces I am trying to get the Plasti coat off....it does soften it up some.  I managed to scrape a small area clear of the coating after soaking it for about 10mins in MEK and then using a scraper....Since the shapes of a motorcycle fairing are quite intricate and never flat....this will take forever to scrape off.  Since I began by sanding, thinking I was dealing with normal paint...the stuff is not going to peel off like I've seen it said it should.   Maybe off a car roof or hood, or the outside of a dory it might....

   This stuff might be really good on a dory, I am thinking,  now that I have been working with it a little.  It held up on my motorcycle almost perfectly, and I wasn't gentle when I was recently doing major component swapping....thinking I was going to paint the thing anyhow..... It certainly is tenacious and tough...

  So far, MEK softens it some, so does Acetone.   Laq thinner, too, to a lesser extent.   Tried lots of other solvents without much luck....Crap!  I wasn't counting on this coating when I bought this older ugly 'painted' bike....

Permalink Reply by Tom Anderson on November 17, 2012 at 10:27am

I just checked out the link.  I assume you're talking about the 'plastidip'?  Didn't see a plasti-coat.  I've used the plastidip on tool handles before . . . just dip it in.  They sell it at Tum-A-Lum in Hood River.  Seems like it was more of a rubbery coating, though, than plastic and might be kind of 'sticky' on the bottom of a boat?.

Permalink Reply by Don Hanson on November 17, 2012 at 12:16pm

  Actually I am speaking about Plasti Coat.   I didn't really check the link I posted, maybe that link is for the parent company or something. There are a lot of variations of the product on there...haven't gone over that carefully.  Plasti Coat (Google that, you will find many posts about using it as a surface paint) IS slightly rubbery, now that I think back on riding this motorcycle I was talking about, the bike that has been finished with flat black Plasti Coat.  When you see one of those lowered Hondas with with coffee can exhaust pipe that looks all primered, or one of those pickups jacked up in the air and painted camoflage?.....those are likely coated with Plasti Coat as paint...they sell a camo-paint kit.

  I don't have the same concern with a bottom being 'slippery' that some on here seem to have.   I've never had a problem with any boat 'not' sliding off a rock...the rocks themselves are pretty slippery enough, it seems.


  I am not  actually advocating the use of this crap on a dory but I am merely pointing out that it might be an option, another product that it seems similar to the other various bed liner-type coatings that some are saying are super great in a dory....It may be worthwhile...it's certainly tough stuff.

Permalink Reply by Chris Patterson on November 19, 2012 at 5:37pm
Permalink Reply by Dan Hooper on November 20, 2012 at 7:57am

I used Raptor Bed Liner on the interior of my boat.  I rolled it on.  Cost about $125.00 for the kit .  I'm happy the way it came out & after a years use, haven't had any problems.  It does get hot though if left sitting out in the sun.  If I were to do it again I would get the tintable to make it a lighter color.

Permalink Reply by Dave Z on November 24, 2012 at 7:38pm

Interesting.  Not sure I could live with the looks of that.  I'm sure it is durable, however.

Permalink Reply by Duane Doran on November 25, 2012 at 10:37am

The looks?  It looks freakin awesome!

Permalink Reply by Don Hanson on November 29, 2012 at 6:41am

  Follow up on Plasti Coat, mentioned back in this thead.

  I had the stuff on a motorcycle and was wanting to get it off to paint.   Well, after trying all kinds of solvents I found it wouldn't come off.  Mechanically, you could remove it with a lot of sanding. but nothing really cleanly dissolves this stuff.


  So I decided to paint over it and see what happened.   I used an poly highbuild primer after sanding to just 150 girt to get the paint gripping.   It seems to hold paint just fine after putting on my top coats...

  I am guessing this plasticoat and related products might be useful to us boat people, too.

  Don Hanson

Permalink Reply by tungsten on November 29, 2012 at 5:42pm

i understood that this plasicoat was similar to rubberized undercoating?I tested some UC and found after its dry you can see little popped air bubbles,im assuming these will just hold water not sure.on lighter colors dirt also sticks in so good it cant be cleaned off.

any idea if this plasi stuff drys harder then undercoating?

Permalink Reply by Don Hanson on November 29, 2012 at 9:13pm

  Yes, the stuff I found on my bike and that the Import Tuner crowd seems to like using on their Honda, Mitsu and Subie wheels and tops, and that the rednecks use to camo-out their road hunting monster trucks....This stuff is sort of hard...it feels a bit like polyethelene...It doesn't hold any dirt....I was washing chain oil and grease off this bike with simple green and it came totally clean.   It didn't seem to scratch at all....I've scratched other bikes putting my legs over the seat...the zippers leave marks, but this stuff....no marks.

    I'd be tempted to use it same as you would paint or bed liner....seems more durable than normal paint, thick like bedliner and not so expensive....if I recall....I wasn't paying much attention when I went on line about the price, only how to get rid of the stuff.   When put on a car, over a smooth finish, they say you can soak it in Goo Gone and then carefully peel it off in a big sheet....Not the case with the stuff I found....it was ON There!

Permalink Reply by tungsten on November 30, 2012 at 5:30am

Thanks Don,i;ll try and track down a can.I see they have quite a few different colors.

Permalink Reply by Andrew on November 30, 2012 at 7:12am

There are a couple of different products that may be confused here.  Plasti-dip is the removable stuff that I think Don was trying to use for a removable product.   It is all the rage with the Car guys.  Mike, IPP in Calgary has tons of colours. http://www.plastidip.com/

The more permanent option is Durabak.  http://www.durabakcompany.com .  They make a bed liner that is flat and does not have texture.  Mike, I have talked to the company and you cant get it in Canada, so you would have to have it shipped to Sweetgrass MT and pick it up. 

Andrew

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