Aluminum Diamond plate use in boat ?
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Aluminum Diamond plate use in boat ?
Hi guys, has anyone used aluminum diamond plate in your cabin or engine room? Does anyone know how to keep it looking shiny longer? Clearcoat possibly? Thanks in advance.
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just finnished doing my engine bay completely in checker plate. Shiny is easy. The floors are candy purple paint and everything else is powder coated snow white.. I went natural aluminum in my last boat and never again. clear chips off and it corrodes around the chip. Polishing it with metal polish is a pain in the ass so this time, paint and powder coat.
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I ripped up the carpet and installed polished diamond plate in my engine compartment two yrs ago, the polish went away pretty quickly but the dull aluminum still looks a lot better than carpet, i boat in salt water so fresh water might be better. i found some 1/8" x48" sheets on the internet and had a local metal shop bend them around my floorboards, turned out great.
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Not Right, do you have any pics of your engine compartment? I just got a 2000 280 Silencer and was thinking about replacing the carpet with diamond plating. How long did it take, I heard tearing out the carpet can be a pain. I would appriciate any advice or suggestions. Thanks!!!
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Just to throw something else out there, why go with metal when you can get this stuff and it'll look the same forever. I put alum diamond plate in my engine compartment and that'll be the last time I ever do that, paint will just chip anyway. I'll go with this fake stuff next time:
http://www.lonseal.com/show_product/LONPLATE%20I
http://www.lonseal.com/show_product/LONPLATE%20I