Treadmaster
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Category: General
Forum Name: Repair & maintenance
Forum Discription: Questions & tips on the subject
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Topic: Treadmaster
Posted By: hjb1
Subject: Treadmaster
Date Posted: 22 Nov 07 at 12:22pm
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Posted By: SimonW
Date Posted: 22 Nov 07 at 1:02pm
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The distributors Marathon Leisure have a http://www.marathonleisure.co.uk/acatalog/Fdealer.html - web page for finding a local dealer. Select your area, then Boat Maintenance then Treadmaster Simon |
Posted By: hjb1
Date Posted: 22 Nov 07 at 1:16pm
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Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 22 Nov 07 at 4:53pm
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I have got it on my Canoe, i'm tryi ng to get it off at the moment and its proving to be a nightmare!!! ------------- |
Posted By: neilw
Date Posted: 22 Nov 07 at 5:58pm
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Treadmaster is great for nonslip, but it is heavy. I have it on my Finn where weight isn't an issue. It is abrasive on the knees though, and I'd be incined to use Progrip on anything else than a Finn. I did the whole rear deck of my IC with it and was grateful for it. ------------- |
Posted By: Rob1
Date Posted: 18 Dec 07 at 10:58am
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Posted By: Rob1
Date Posted: 18 Dec 07 at 11:00am
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Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 19 Dec 07 at 8:55am
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Progrip is pretty much dinghy standard now! Its lighter, softer and just alround better then Treadmaster! I think it is some kind of foam based material! good struff! once i have removed all the treadmaster from my IC then i will be progripping it up! ------------- |
Posted By: Chris Bridges
Date Posted: 19 Dec 07 at 6:51pm
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What about sugar soap? Easy to do yourself and does the job well if not better. EDIT I don't think that is the right word for it... You mix sugar into soap, sand the boat down, paint it with the paint and its very grippy. I will post a picture in a few minutes of it on my boat. ANOTHER EDIT Pictures are on the other computer I will post one later this evening. ------------- 49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 19 Dec 07 at 7:03pm
Doesn't it get a bit slippy having soap in your boat? ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: Chris Bridges
Date Posted: 19 Dec 07 at 7:06pm
its not actually soap  .sugar soap is really good cleaning thing.. I got the wrong word, forgotten what you call it totally now.. But sugar soap might get that treadmaster off  ------------- 49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 19 Dec 07 at 7:28pm
Ahh right, I get you know. Was slightly confused!  ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 19 Dec 07 at 8:02pm
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What is treadmaster? ------------- |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 19 Dec 07 at 8:08pm
 Yucky heavy stuff they put on decks of yachts. ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 19 Dec 07 at 9:21pm
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'nuff said.... ------------- |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 19 Dec 07 at 11:35pm
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Chris Bridges' "sugar soap" is rather painful on the knees and can shred wetsuits in no time. Besides, it's nowhere near as grippy as Progrip. And it doesn't come in funky colours (mind you, I have never seen any Demerara progrip
------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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). Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 19 Dec 07 at 11:54pm
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Sugar soap wont take This stuff off!! You use sugar sop to take te Greese off walls beforre you paint them dont you ?? The treadmaster on my canoe i think is held down by some kind of resin! i am going to have to get heat gun on the stuff me thinks! ------------- |
Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 20 Dec 07 at 8:56am
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Don't forget that the treadmaster will (should) have been weighed as part of the hull weight, so a reweighing would be necessary if you replace it with something lighter (subject to class rules, blah blah blah)
------------- Ex-Finn GBR533 "Pie Hard" Ex-National 12 3253 "Seawitch" Ex-National 12 2961 "Curved Air" Ex-Mirror 59096 "Voodoo Chile" |
Posted By: Chris Bridges
Date Posted: 20 Dec 07 at 8:59am
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its good enough for a 49er because your never on your knees Guess depends what boat it is but its grippy enough for me. It doesn't actually look too bad, when I post the pictures you will see (when i find them). It looks blotchy on the pictures but its a sold silver colour to go with the rest of the boat and its just bumby, you can't really tell, I wouldn't say it looks like 60s wallpaper... ------------- 49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 20 Dec 07 at 9:10am
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I have a few KG to play with so i'm not worried luke, i have taken out the stumpy mainsheet tower as well, and with the carbon nomex deck and other bits and bobs i would hope she is fairly light but i will get her re weighed once complete! having said that whats the point having a light hull but heavy tin rig!! ------------- |
Posted By: Chris Bridges
Date Posted: 20 Dec 07 at 9:18am
Its alright you can use weight correctors, nothing too bad ------------- 49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC |
Posted By: Chris Bridges
Date Posted: 20 Dec 07 at 9:21am
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Posted By: Chris Bridges
Date Posted: 20 Dec 07 at 9:24am
you can't really make out the grippiness in that one, but oyu can in this.. I have this all over the wings and deck. ------------- 49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 20 Dec 07 at 9:45am
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Whats wrong with just sugar? A common thing for 9er sailors to do is to cover wings etc in a thin layer of epoxy and stand down wind and chuck brown sugar in the air once the epoxy or whatever had set just wash it with warm water "sugar disolves" just leaving a nice grippy surface ------------- |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 20 Dec 07 at 9:46am
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OH RIGHT! I take back what I said about 60s wallpaper... More than 80s spacesuit
Just kidding, Chris, it's very nice. And I can see it's a strong deterrent if anyone wants to kneel down!. ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Chris Bridges
Date Posted: 20 Dec 07 at 11:19am
Yea spacesuit maybe but not as far as 60s wallpaper  Yea its quite good for teaching a crew sitting or kneeling is not a good thing ------------- 49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC |
Posted By: Chris Bridges
Date Posted: 20 Dec 07 at 11:22am
sorry somehow missed that post. You can do it with epoxy or paint I think, same way of doing it. It is grippy enough, cheap, and if its a boat like a 9er keeps your crew off the deck Epoxy is definitely the better way, but paint the cheaper ------------- 49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC |
Posted By: Rob1
Date Posted: 04 Jan 08 at 11:17am
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