Canvas/tb2 then bed liner

[birddog24]

Has anyone had any experience using poor man's fiberglass to waterproof and strengthen the wood. Then choosing with a bedliner material? Can you see the texture through the bedliner?

[birddog24]

Then coating with bedliner, not choosing

[dales133]

Rhino liner or similar is pretty thick stuff, I doubt you'd see canvas texture through it

[oldsloane]

I just looked into covering with Armorthane but the cost is astronomical $2800 for red and silver would be close to $3000 (Canadian).

[dales133]

Yea it's not cheap.
I looked at getting some done recently it was about 230 plus tax m2 australian.
Have a look on ebay you can buy some kits on there, still pricy but alot cheaper

[birddog24]

I guess my only concern would be the bedliner not sticking to the glue/canvas very well...... I think a phone call to some of these manufacture's is in my near future

[S. Heisley]

Has anyone had any experience using poor man's fiberglass to waterproof and strengthen the wood. Then choosing with a bedliner material? Can you see the texture through the bedliner?

Not bed liner but rather paint.... Below is some information that may help you.

Taken from here: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=58701
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Re: Yall are stirring up trouble on the Boat Builder site
by angib » Sun Jan 26, 2014 12:33 pm
I believe two places canvas was historically used in boat-building (excluding sails!) are:
1) As a waterproofer for decks and cabin tops when set in paint (usually old left-over paint) over planking. I believe this is because the 'conventional' technique of caulking a planking seam works on a hull that is always immersed but not on a deck or cabin top that wets and dries out.
2) As a glued (and painted) layer between the skins on double diagonal planked hulls. Again the canvas was a waterproofing layer.

So it's not a new idea -though using it on foam is.

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The black part of this teardrop was created using the boat method. This teardrop has been around a few years and is doing just fine:

[robfisher]

I saw one at the Lamay Car Show about 10-12 or so years ago. It looked great. I'm not in touch with the owner so I can't help you further. Maybe someone else knows where it is.