bedliner question

[scotto6700]

Ok, just picked up a 14ft jon and I'm going to repaint it inside and out. Then plan on applying spray on bedliner to the bottom of the inside. Question is??? Has anyone done this yet?? If so, do I need to reprime the bottom of the boat before I apply??? Or will I be able to apply to the freshly painted surface??
Thanks,
Scott

[frenchriver1]

Couple of things I have heard about bedliner, but not from perssonal experience.

1. Don't use black as it allegedly will heat up and make life uncomfortable...
2. Walmart is supposed to have a product similar to applied bedliner that works as well, for about $40 a gallon, thought I can't remember the name.
3. I don't see why you couldn't apply it it directly over a painted surface, as long as it is is not just plain paint applied to an untreated aluminum surface. I understand you have to use a paint designed to bond specifically to aluminum and then you apply directly over that.

Working with a boat that was sprayed direclty over aluminum with auto paint and most of it is peeling off in big pieces...

[kbkrause]

Working with a boat that was sprayed direclty over aluminum with auto paint and most of it is peeling off in big pieces...

You can buy an aluminum primer, I picked mine up at Ace Hardware, and then paint over that. Make sure it is very clean b4 applying primer.

[waterfoul]

I have a good friend who owns a spray on bedliner buisness.... and buisness is good!! I talked to him about doing this very thing. He told me that in order for the material to stick to the aluminum it needs to be CLEAN and ROUGHED up. He uses a brillo pad like material to rough up the surface. Freshly painted aluminum will NOT hold onto the bedliner material. It's not like paint... it needs to stick to something that isn't flat... a roughed up surface gives the material thousands and thousands of little valley's and peaks to cling to.

So, based on what he told me, I wouldn't paint the area that I wanted to put the bedliner material on... I'd clean it thouroghly, rough it up (40 grit sand paper works well too he says), and then clean it again.

Hope this helps. You could always call one of the bedliner places and ask them for some advice... I'm sure they wouldn't mind.

[Brian S.Kroll]

I'm not a fan of Jon Boats, but when I did have one, I cut 3/4 inch wolmanized plywood to fit between the bench seats, and screwed it into the ribs below.
Benefit was that it provided a stable, level, uninterrupted surface to stand and walk on. It also firmed up the hull somewhat from "twist" in rough water.
I then mixed in that texture material with solid stain to provide a slip resistant surface.
My use was almost exclusively for waterfowling in nasty weather. On that count, the boat did well, but Skegemog will change character in five minutes when winds show up.
After a few close calls, I sold the Jon Boat, and got a Lund Alaskan side console,
Now I go through anything with it.
:lol:

[scotto6700]

Thanks guys, I'm gonna stick with the bedliner type substance for the bottom as I would like to keep weight down. This boat will be used primarily just for river fishing so I won't be out in the open very often. I appreciate the info, I would have been quite pissed off :bash: if I had the bedliner material peal right up from the paint. So looks like I'll mask of the floor and spray the rest.Thanks again everyone
scott