Made a bow deck and am torn between coatings

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I made a bow deck for my 12 ft tin out of 1/2" plywood. My orginal plan was to paint it grey with sand in the paint for grip. I'm pleasantly surprised at how nice the grain of the wood is and am now torn between my original idea or using clear to show off the wood grain with sand still mixed in for grip. If I did go with clear the deck would kind of match my oars and transom wood. What do you guys think?

The first photo is pre-sanding.
 

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You could use clear epoxy, he kind they use for tabletops, or just some poly urethane varnish, for that matter. However, it will get scratched up when walking on it, so it won't look good for long. I would use a light grey paint (so it doesn't get hot) & some self-stick traction strips.
 
CedarRiverScooter said:
You could use clear epoxy, he kind they use for tabletops, or just some poly urethane varnish, for that matter. However, it will get scratched up when walking on it, so it won't look good for long. I would use a light grey paint (so it doesn't get hot) & some self-stick traction strips.

I'm not too worried about scratches. It's inevitable with dogs and people crossing it. The deck itself looks better in the pictures than it really is.
 
Weldorthemagnificent said:
Helmsman spar urethane.

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Do you think I could mix sand into this for grip?
 

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