[C320-list] Slippery deck and cockpit

[argates2nd at comcast.net]

15 years ago when we had a Catalina Capri 26 our non-skid deck areas wore to a slippery state, probably from scrubbing bird crap from our MA mooring. 
I used an Interlux or Petit deck paint with their additive grit mixed in for non skid. One coat did the trick and I went over all of the non-skid area including the cockpit with a 3" wide roller and a brush, having masked off the non skid. 
The only down side, apart from the sore back, was that when I went to sell that boat there were a lot of questions about why the non skid was repainted it was apparent because the color was not a match for the normal grey. Rollie #182 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: jpmesa at aol.com 
To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com 
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 7:35:46 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [C320-list] Slippery deck and cockpit 



It was blowing 20+ this weekend and I found the cockpit was very slippery even with my good deck shoes (boat only). Being a 1994 with a lot of use the deck & cockpit need some roughing up. I'm not a big fan of the tape. I was thinking about sand or the walnut shell which is about half of the weight of sand. Ships store said I did not have to use epoxy, just good paint. One coat down then cover with sand or walnut, dry and vacuum excess and then another coat over the top. I was going to do some testing on plywood before doing the boat. Has anyone in the club done this before or another way? Thank, John Holokai 2