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On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:32:16 -0500, "MMC" wrote:

So I'm refurbing the decks on my old Morgan sailboat and need to add non
skid as the old is worn and with a few more coats of paint, won't be any
good at all.
Checked out Interlux version and it's $42/qt can and is kind of a powdery
"very fine polymeric spheres". Rustoleum offers a product called "Skidtex"
and 1 pound can goes for about $5. I opened the can and it's SAND. What a
scam!
I really don't see the purpose in using any fine material as I'm going to
be
putting down at least 1 coat of epoxy primer and 2 coats of polyurethane,
intending to use the broadcast method for adding the non skid to the wet
primer. I'm thinking something that won't disappear in the paint so maybe
crushed walnut shells as used in sandblasting or resin abrasive as used in
tumbling?
Anyone here have experience in using a other than West Marine type
additive?

You put the non skid in the top coat.

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To get the topcoat paint to flow out so that it is smooth it's got to be
pretty thin and this means coating over the non skid.
I used the enamel with the non skid in it when I was a young squid and
trying to get that stuff dispersed throughout the coat was friggin
impossible so I want to sprinkle the additive onto the wet paint.