deck and floor paint on 18sf. help!

[Beaver]

I just painted the floor on my 18. It was so easy and looks so good that I'm going to paint the rest of the insides. There is a lot on the net including videos about how to paint a deck. I was going to use sand for the non skid and a buddy of mine encourage me to use the Iterlux non skid. I'm really glad I took his advise. It looks like the original non skid. I also used the Hatteras off white 4208 and it seems pretty darn close to the original color (only without 37 years of oxidation). Good luck.

[dginge]

I am close to a West Marine so I will certainly do that. Did you guys strip your non skid first? Did you guys strip your non skid first. I'm not trying to be lazy but could I just clean the boat real good and make sure there's no dirt and paint over it without sanding. I was just going to look for a paint to go over my non skid I guess Interlux makes a paint that I can ue without a non-skid. I did have intentions of painting just the floor but it sounds easy enough to where I should do all of it.