Any one use a truck bed coating on their boats?

[MichiganHunter]

I thought I would ask on here to see if I could get any answers.

I have a 12ft flat bottom boat I was considering putting a truck bed coating on the bottom, since it is in and out of my truck bed and on and off boat launch pavement and since I do alot of bow fishing out of it it's rubbing on rocks, trees and the bottom in shallow water, this last year it has really started to take a beating in that area. I was also going to put some on the standing area of the boat.

I was wondering if anyone has done this or has seen it done. Thanks

[Dawg]

I've seen it on the inside of a boat that my buddy had but never have seen it done on the hull.

[Texan_Til_I_Die]

Yep, I've seen it on both the inside and on the hull. If you're going to expose it to saltwater, make sure the compound you use is rated for that. Line-X is the best I've seen.

[MichiganHunter]

Yep, I've seen it on both the inside and on the hull. If you're going to expose it to saltwater, make sure the compound you use is rated for that. Line-X is the best I've seen.

ya dont have to worry about salt water ever...well not wile I own it but line-x is pretty expensive or I would be using them. I will have to do the do it your self stuff.

[The_Kat]

I used some bed liner to seal a patch job on my ole john boat and liked how it looked, so I painted the entire thing in it. It worked just fine, but if your going to be using a decent sized engine on yours, I'd think the rough surface would cause a lot of drag??? Maybe not, but logic tells me it may.

[MichiganHunter]

I used some bed liner to seal a patch job on my ole john boat and liked how it looked, so I painted the entire thing in it. It worked just fine, but if your going to be using a decent sized engine on yours, I'd think the rough surface would cause a lot of drag??? Maybe not, but logic tells me it may.

well sharks move threw the water fast because they have rough skin, but it's not the heavy of a boat and I only run a 6horse on it and I typically have only an electric motor on it when bow fishing, I just want to help protect the bottom alot more, I'm glad someone has used it to their benefit.

[The_Kat]

Ya, I'm not even sure on my logic bud....I was just thinking out loud. I know they wax alot of boat surfaces so I was thinking slick equals fast, rough equals slow/drag. Could be completely opposite. As far as just using a 6hp and drag problems......well I don't think you'd get enough speed to notice any real resisitance if the rough surface even caused resisitance. Does that makes sense?

[stevebeilgard]

i've had rhino liner on my truck bed and the new truck has line x. line x is much better. as for the bottom of the boat i'm thinking inside on the bottom is great but outside i'm just not sure. i'll bet it would work fine.

[The Bug House]

I'm currently restoring a 13' Boston Whaler and the website I've been using for referwnce shows a rubberized liner sprayed on the deck. It's on the continouswave website, I'll post a link when I get home from work.