I have been searching the post on these and my main question is how is this stuff holding up. We run over alot of sticks, beaver damns and alot of hard sand flats or real gritty mud and i wanna know if this stuff is gunna chip off after a few times out. Also which one seems to be the better product. It seems frog spit is slicker but is it as tough as the steel flex. Just wanting some oppinions on it. Thanks

So far thelook like it will , will let u know g2 wears like paint so worse case it will have to be redone but won't hurt performance

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it works great but if your a mud is gritty it will wear off in a season
we run salton sea and the mud down here is bad juju for any type of coating
so what we have done is used a teflon excelerator paint does just as good and a third of the price and it lasts a season just like the epoxy

im running steel flex on my 15/54 allweld and its working great. seems to be holding up well and man this stuff is slick. DO NOT TAKE BOW LINE LOOSE before boat is in the water. it will DUMP OFF IN THE RAMP. I have 4/ 8ft carpeted bunks on my trailer and can push my boat back and forth with 1 hand, flat and dry. I HAD TO GRAB MINE AND HOLD ON to keep it on the trailer. AND i run a mud buddy 23 LA special and I approve this message

Yep I run a 18x54 cc with all the bells and carpet bunkers now I can move it with one hand

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Busster where ya get that type of paint. I might be interested in somthing like that. Yeah we dont have soupy mud up hear at least not alot of it. Its alot of sand flats we skip across

ordered mine from fasco industries out of hialeah fl may have spelled hialeah wrong but its still fasco industries got mine w/o color, its white but oit goes on the bottom of the boat duh can get any color for 10 bucks more. about 100 bucks a gallon and did my entire floor 2 coats with 1/2 gallon. oh, put it on with a good fine bristle paint brush 4 or 6 " is fine. a roller doesnt get it smooth enuff.

G2 108.00 half gal put 3 coats on it use a6 1/2 roller want the stipple to brake the surface tension

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so when I order it just the type is called G2 is that right. And is a half gallon enough to do a couple coats ont the bottom. Thanks again

gator glide the g2 1/2 gal. did 18x54 from the back up to the nose 3 coats and was able to put a 4 on the back half of the bottom for more wear call the guy name is dan or dave good guy will answer any questions its on there web site. now to make sure i just put it onlast week havent ran it yet will be in the water at caddo

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Good info folks hope to have a rig by season. Anyone want a 2001 Harley Fatboy for $8900

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Thanks Meterman so u just used a paint roller to put it on.

Yes used a 6 1/2 roller holds less paint

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Thanks again Yeah i ended up you tubin the Gator Glide video and it looks pretty simple to put on.

tep but call him he will help ya its pretty wild water based witha catly. dries on a hot day in about 10 min between coats the i let mine cure for 5 days to bring the silca up and harden fowl u gonna be at caddo ?

No maybe some year I will venture down that way. Thats a long drive for me. Did u use a electric mixer when ya did yours. I see in the one vid. they use like a mixer on a cordless drill

Yes get a mixer use every time before u pour it in the tray

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swamprat11,

What item numbers did you go with for your steel flex? Im looking to throw it on my rig

Thanks

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Merterman. How do you like the GatorGlide G2?
Is it easy to work with?
Did you have to flip your boat?
Is it slick or what?

so far love it
real easy just be ready to roll dry roll last coat to bring out the slick
nope lifted it up and rolled it on
damn slick , let it cure for 5 days it gets super hard could not chip it with a knife on the eadge

Gator glide G2 is the shit! They are great people. They make a g2 and a g4. The g2 is a little more slick then the g4 but the g4 is more cut resistant. I run the g2 and it bad ass

Meterman3 & Backwater Killer

Thank you for the kind words! I knew you would fall in love with this stuff, I did! Do you guys have any pictures? If so you can email them to me at: Gatorheads@comcast.net Man I'd really appreciate them and may want to put some on my web page if it would ok with you.

I also put gator glide g2 on my boat this past Sunday, very easy to put on, and it dried like everyone else said in about 10-15 min between coats, and man this stuff is slick. i cant wait to get my boat in the water and try it out

oh yea, I used the steel flex which must be about the same as all the rest. the ONLY DRAWBACK I found is keeping it on the trailer. now all my buddies are scared to put it on scared they will forget and dump it off. I added a short rope with a hook and leave it on till its in the water, just as a safety. Curious as to how well frog spit gator glide and steel flex are gonna hold up in comparison to each other. im sure they are all slick, but how durable?

well the gator has about 12 hrs of running mostly cattails and saw grass a few stump hit and so far damn stuff looks like i just put it on .

yeah steel i heard is good but when it chips kills proformance so i thought i try g2 if it wears then just out time and cost .

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You can give that steal flex a light sand, wipe with acetone and paint the GatorGlide right over the steel flex. That’s what I did and at least twice as slick.

Really. Im just hearing about that stuff recently. Must be pretty new. Anything helps. Bare aluminum can be pretty sticky at times. Might have to try out that g2.

I've gone thru two coats of Frog spit in the last 8 years or so and I was able to get 2 to 4 seasons out of both of them. I'm not sure if they make it any more or if you can find it anywhere. The last time I looked I was unable to find. It can be tricky to put on as it comes with a hardener and it tends to dictate the working time. Add to much and it sets up quick. The air temp also have an affect on cure time. If you put it on alluminum you want to make sure you rough up the surface really good with about 40 grit sand paper or coarser. also you want to put it on fairly thick so it will wear better. If you are just running over vegetation it should many several seasons. We hunt places where you have to pull over levy slides or rollers and these can tend to chip it. As far as a comparison I'm not sure about the other brands but Frog spit is slick and you really have to watch when you launch because the boat will slide right off the trailer.

if all are that slick on the trailer, they probably all work well. durability is the question. steel flex seems to be holding up well for me, and I run the upper and lower santee in SC we dont seem to have a stump shortage at this time, but Ill keep yall informed lol. and PLENTY OF SANDBARS TOO.

I have the GatorGlide over steel flex. Real easy to put on. The only place it’s chipped off is where the steel flex chipped off all the way to the aluminum. The GatorGlide is way slick...

Just curious are any of these coatins anti-foulin? I'd like to keep my rig in the cooley , or at least halfup on the bank and half in the water. seems like a mud boat and bottom paint wouldn't really go well together, but there must be some others on here who keep their boats in the water all the time.

cant help you with that, my salad shooter is either under the shed or hunting.

Gatorglide.com is coming out with a anti- fouling saltwater speed coat, hopefully by October. It's still in testing stages at an independent lab and a University. It's doesn't use poison that loses its potency but creates a surface that so hard and slick the growths wash off with the force of the water as the boat moves. It will reduce friction and should increase RPM, speed and reduce fuel consumption. we'll see

Has anyone heard of putting either of the three on the bottom of a regular boat with an outboard on the back? I have a G3 with a 70hp on the back and its a pain to get off the trailer at times and was just looking for some added protection.

should be fine on any boat, it sure wont hurt to try, but remember to keep rope attached until its in the water, or it will be in the ramp. seriously.