 Kiwi Grip Non-Skid Coating
This hard acrylic coating goes on easy and can be tailored to provide just the right grip.
June 2, 2009
By Michael Lovett, Sailing World
On a recent trip to Seattle, I had the chance to meet Willy Stiggelbout, whose company, Pachena, is the North American distributor for a product called Kiwi Grip. An alternative to traditional non-skid coatings-- which generally require you to add the grit separately-- Kiwi Grip is a hard acrylic polymer that gets its grip from tiny peaks created in the application process. The coating has a pudding-like consistency, and when you roll it on with a special plastic roller, it dries to the texture of mini Himalayas.
The cool thing about Kiwi Grip is you can control the severity of the surface by altering your rolling technique. For max grip on the foredeck, roll out higher peaks; to tone down the butt-chafe factor of your cockpit seats, make fewer passes with the roller, or sand down the peaks once dry.
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KiwiGrip is available from Jamestown Distributors.
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