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Re: Coating a bass boat with spray in bed liner?
[Re: Liebers Dad]
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02/09/21 07:15 PM
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Lone_Wolf
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that looks hot...as is REALLY Hot to fish from in a Texas summer! It sure would be, we put a bedliner in a small 2 man we used for bow fishing, I'm telling you now that black coating and a mid July day in Texas was not a good combination, it was awful in fact.
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Re: Coating a bass boat with spray in bed liner?
[Re: Chris_K]
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02/09/21 08:34 PM
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SoonerDG
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I considered going this route but decided to give the wet sand/polish a try. I was AMAZED at the results. Wet sand with 800, 1000, 1500 and 2000 grits. Polish with Meguire's heavy cut and then their polish/cleaner. Coat of Meguire's wax and then buff. Shines up nice. I won't kid you though, it's WORK!
It's not perfect by any means but it's a 26 year old boat so i'm pretty happy with it.
"Life is a matter of luck and the odds of success are in no way enhanced by extreme caution." - Erich Topp, German U-boat Commander, 1943.
When in doubt, set the hook.
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Re: Coating a bass boat with spray in bed liner?
[Re: Chris_K]
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02/09/21 09:30 PM
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Bass Buster1
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I have a 92 Javelin and you know I don't even notice when i rub a tree or bump a rock. I have the means to buy a new boat any time, but I kinda like fishing from an ugly, old, payed for boat, the fish never seem to mind. The Line X or other tough coating like that looks like a great idea. I would definitely go with the suggestion above and find one you can tint a light color, no black boats or trucks for me. It is not cheap, I had an old 4 runner I was going to Line X and they wanted about $4000. I would think a boat would cost most of that to do it right.
See you on the lake and have a great day!
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Re: Coating a bass boat with spray in bed liner?
[Re: Liebers Dad]
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02/09/21 09:43 PM
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Fishinfellow
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that looks hot...as is REALLY Hot to fish from in a Texas summer! My Thoughts exactly. I'd use either plastidip or some other kind of spray sealer but not black and not bedliner.
Thats my money fish Kris Winhold
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Re: Coating a bass boat with spray in bed liner?
[Re: Chris_K]
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02/10/21 12:34 AM
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ezbassin
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I would never do that to my boat.
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Re: Coating a bass boat with spray in bed liner?
[Re: SoonerDG]
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02/10/21 02:24 AM
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Lone_Wolf
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I considered going this route but decided to give the wet sand/polish a try. I was AMAZED at the results. Wet sand with 800, 1000, 1500 and 2000 grits. Polish with Meguire's heavy cut and then their polish/cleaner. Coat of Meguire's wax and then buff. Shines up nice. I won't kid you though, it's WORK!
It's not perfect by any means but it's a 26 year old boat so i'm pretty happy with it. I agree this is the way to go but he said the glitter is already coming off, that means no more gel coat to sand.
Last edited by Lone_Wolf; 02/10/21 02:25 AM.
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Re: Coating a bass boat with spray in bed liner?
[Re: Chris_K]
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02/10/21 03:01 AM
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lakeforkfisherman
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Spray bed loner will add a BUNCH of weight. I did the entire inside of a 10†Jon boat. Made it VERY heavy to the point the rear is too close to water when sitting in back with a troller and batt.
LET’S GO BRANDON!!!
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