I'm picking up a new fiberglass boat at about half it's retail price.  The interior was painted a fairly dark green and is too hot for the Georgia heat.  I'm going to have to repaint it either light grey or tan.

I've found a couple options so far and wondering what the best option would be for durability.

Right now I'm looking at either Duraliner bedliner in grey or Rustoleum garage flooring two part epoxy with added shark bite for traction.

Any comments or suggestions welcome.

Thank you,

Dave

i don't think that eighter of those would work properly...the concrete paint is for very porous surfaces and the bed liner will soften the paint on the bed to adhere,what ever you use the boat will need to be sanded very well and cleaned with a wax and grease remover before appying any thing to remove the release agent that they use on fiberglass molds....good luck..and of i can suggest maybe a splatter paint that is used for the inside of trunks of cars or a product called zolotone from a local auto paint supplier.

Just paint the fiberglass white. You should be able to get a white fiberglass paint at some kind of boating supply store. Then if your worried about slipping, you can find non slip sticker type things at a hardware store. or even the kind for a home bathtub.

IF YOU PAINT IT WHITE YOU WILL BE BLIND BY THE END OF THE DAY...NOT TO MENTION BURNT TO A CRISP :-[

Glad to hear that about the white.

I've been fishing out of my white Javelin R20 DC for about threee years in the GA sun, I guess I had better stop using it before I get sunburned and go blind. Guess all them white boats on the Florida coast are useless on sunny days also. Not sure where the logic of that statement comes from since white is probably the one most popular color used in sunny areas, on all size boats.

There are not may paints or other coatings that's going to stay on gel coat for extended periods of time. They will usually start chipping or peeling off. There are a couple that somewhat work pretty good, but are extrememly expensive.

The is a basic rule of thumb when it comes to painting a fiberglass boat. If you're going to sell it and want it to look good, paint it. If you're going to keep it and want it to look good, gel coat it.

Actually, in my case, GA Bass hunter is right.  At the end of the day, my fair skinned self would be blind and burnt to a crisp.  I like white boats and would love a white interior, but I'd be fried if I did that.  Hence the light grey or tan.

Dave

The reflections you get off the water are going to be far, far greater than anything you will ever get off a white boat. I've fished out of colored and white, give me white any day of the week. Any shiney surface is going to be reflective, white to black but heat generated/reflected having to fish out of them, the white is by far the cooler.

My Stratos had dark blue carpet and you would sweat you butt off during the summer sun. Only took two trips of hot summer sun for me to rip that dark blue out and put a light blue in. Just to keep things from being confusing about the boats, I have a Stratos 285 Pro and a Javelin R20, plus a Stratos 169V and a couple of other boats.

If concerned about reflected rays, have a flatner put in it or wet sand it with 2000 grit to take the shine off.

Anyway, for you question on paints, this is one that works about as good as any I've seen on gel coat, but it is pricey http://www.awlgrip.com/awlgrip_pages/about.htm

This would be the product line you would use http://www.awlgrip.com/awlgrip_pages/product_systems_awlgrip.htm#fiber

This is a supply source  http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/search.do?freeText=awlgrip&page=GRID&history=&engine=adwords!6456&keyword=awlgrip+paint&match_type=