The deck covering - where to get it, how much, is it worth it?

[luckydude]

Take a look here:

I've seen that dark deck covering before and I kinda like the look. If you have that stuff, does it make the deck look cleaner? The white deck means any dirt makes the deck look like crap.

How much does that cost?
Is it more or less grippy when you walk on it?
If I'm nuts enough to spend what I expect to be crazy money on it, where do I get it.

BTW, I love that video, at some point he is tossing the 228 around and says "and it is one fantastic looking boat". Yes it is.

 

[kirk a]

Looks like one of the versions of sea dek.

Not a fan personally. It is IMO crazy money. Would rather just have fiberglass deck. Some of it is beyond ugly, as well. THT had some advice on this a while back, and it seemed to all come down the the talent of the installer.

 

[amf282]

We put the Seadek in the helm area, but I don't think I would ever want it in the cockpit. Keeping the fiberglass deck clean is much easier especially after a good day of fishing. Having the Seadek in the helm is very nice.

 

[nuclear]

It looks nice and is supposed to clean up fairly well, but can get pricey for custom fits. Additionally, it doesn't last forever and removing is supposed to be a real pain.

 

[DennisG01]

It was hard to tell from what I could see in the video (unless I missed a better shot of it), but if it's SeaDek, I'm very, very familiar with that. It's fantastic stuff - easy to install. Removal, if necessary, isn't all that bad - a little heat is all you need. It's more grippy than the regular non-skid and cleans pretty easily - although certainly regular non-skid is easier, still. The teak lines, though, will collect more crap - so you'll be blasting each one of those lines with water. Very nice to walk on (or kneel), though! Reach out to SeaDek - they can send you a sample kit. If you've got some higher end recreational boat dealers around, their boats might be using SeaDek if you wanted to go look in person (Sea Ray, for example, uses it).

If you're looking for a new look, consider painting the existing non-skid area (leave the borders white). You can do anything from mild to wild - even adding an extra non-skid additive to the paint. I used Pettit Easypoxy with their non-skid additive in my boat. KiwiGrip is another one that I considered. The Pettit was just simpler - and future touch-ups are simple, as well. Typically, a light tan or grey color looks good. But of course you can do anything you want.

 

[grady33]

Guy at my marina had it done on large sportfish’r and although it looked nice, he probably wouldn’t do it again - at least for a boat that will be fished heavily. A tuna took a chunk out of it with its fin as did some nicks and dings. I would have to agree that I like a clean deck and using starbrite cleaner on nonskid comes out great. You can cover nicks with the touch up gel coat kit from Grady dealer.

If all I was doing is taking people on boat rides, might be worth having!

 

[luckydude]

Guy at my marina had it done on large sportfish’r and although it looked nice, he probably wouldn’t do it again - at least for a boat that will be fished heavily. A tuna took a chunk out of it with its fin as did some nicks and dings. I would have to agree that I like a clean deck and using starbrite cleaner on nonskid comes out great. You can cover nicks with the touch up gel coat kit from Grady dealer.

If all I was doing is taking people on boat rides, might be worth having!

I think this is the advice I was looking for. Thanks.

 

[blindmullet]

OceanGrip is local for me so I'm going with them to add to my swim platform. I'll probably replace the bolsters with the same material. The installer is the most important part as most of the big brands are very similar.