Aircraft non skid

[benlaud87]

My friend has a few gallons of non skid paint used inside of helicopters and suggested we use some on my now rusty roof rack after hitting it with a wire wheel. After starting the rack, we went crazy with the paint and started on some other things

I put a some on the top of my sliders as grip for short people, the fake air louvre things on the hood, gas tank door, and the plastic top cover of the rear bumper.

Anyone who's taken a knee on this stuff before in a chinook or blackhawk knows it's pretty rough and sharp so we sprayed some rubber undercoating over it. It reminds me of concrete paint I recently used.

 

[benlaud87]

Put some of the pieces back on this morning. This stuff is extremely textured. I like it, but I'm sure it's too much for many.

 

[Mb30sdl]

:holymoly Why?

 

[benlaud87]

Don't want anyone slipping

 

[LagunaH1]

If you like it, then that's all that matters Congrats on a completed project, always fun to tinker with our trucks.

 

[benlaud87]

The rack turned out great. It was bright orange before with rust. I wish I would have taken a before shot, I'm sure I have one somewhere

 

[Dixie_Flatline]

That is some pretty wild stuff. Does it tend to peel much?

 

[benlaud87]

Doesn't look like it. I got some on the end of my brush guard and it dried there like concrete in a few hours.

 

[Dixie_Flatline]

Curious how the stuff is applied. In the picture with your rack on the cardboard it appears there is overspray. Is it sprayed or applied by brush?

 

[benlaud87]

It's applied using a brush more or less dabbing and spreading. We sprayed rubber undercoating on top of it

 

[rsc]

The aircraft non-skid doesn't tend to peel up, it sticks like paint does. Give it a decent surface prep and its g2g. The large chunks tend to break off and then show a lighter color underneath. Its some fairly strong and grippy stuff!

 

[DJinCO]

I'll just say "ouch."

I have 24 years experience with that stuff.
No thanks for me.

 

[alrock]

Don't want anyone slipping

If anyone's stepping on your hood, they deserve to slip . But I can see how it would be helpful on the roof rack.

 

[rsc]

It definitely is aggressive.

 

[evldave]

I'm curious how it has changed the noise on the freeway...when I did my roof w/bedliner it made quite a bit more noise...and also had a small impact on gas mileage on the freeway (I was tracking it closely at the time). Would be good if you could report back after some time with it on your rig.

 

[benlaud87]

I've been 80mph and haven't noticed any noise.

Edit: as far as the roof rack goes, the non skid and rubberized undercoating seem to have eliminated the noise I used to hear from the expanded metal "rattling"