Stippled finish
I think that the non-skid finish referred to here is done with sand. I can tell you that as far as I know, it was NOT done merely with roller texture. Stippled paint alone would not have worn as well as it has on a 1970s boat. At Cherubini Boat we experimented with several recipes of Z-Spar deck paint and sand and I am sure that either Hunter's practice mirrored ours or ours mirrored theirs, obviously due to my dad who was the common denominator. This is a fairly common trick and certainly did not begin with my dad although he probably used it 50 years. BTW– yes, I am talking actual SAND, as in dirt from the back yard– we used it in the polyester-resin 'mish-mash' mixture with which we attached keels and heel castings, stuff that would hold a 12,000 lbs of lead on without the bolts (we actually tested it and it did). The sand is uncrushable and in the mixture contributes to a very flat, even surface whilst still filling voids that would be otherwise susceptible to filling with air or the elements. Obviously you can't sand it smooth with sandpaper! –but on the deck it is very complimentary to proper Topsider soles (and, when well painted, even bare feet). JC
