Painted Mattress Survival Boat

Make the "Katrina Granny", an improvised boat by painting a mattress.
This boat is perfect to get from your house to high ground when the flood hits.
This truly is the fastest boat in the world. To build that is.
You can even use it for a mattress while waiting for the disaster to hit!

Next time you're driving to the beach and you see a mattress and some paint cans dumped by the side of the road, you know what to do!

Step 1 Mattress

Here's one now.
It's badly weathered and has big holes in the sides.
It's almost a boat already!

Comments

[geckomage]

good thing i live ontop of a large hill that never floods. lmao xD and you're grossly stereotyping everyone, and most of the people on here arent going to be like that. and im sure it makes most people want to quit reading your instructable right here. thats what im doing :P peace

[Wazzupdoc]

This is great. A painted box-spring set used as a boat. Really simple and maybe needs a few hour's prep. Tim you rule! I don't really understand most of the comments. It's self explanatory.

[melissa_b04]

bruh, if you get several of these Granny boats, you could assemble them in a way to make a bigger one. Then put some sort of har surface on it like plywood and BLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Instant party boat/floating dock/floating beer refuling station at the lake.... In fact..... TO THE LAB!

[redcore4]

You underestimate your audience. I am not a US citizen - this website is more global than that!

[melissa_b04]

i concur. I wish there was a like button similar to FaceBook

[edenecke]

It doesn't say paint, because it's enamel (a type of paint)

[gimpysgirl]

Aren't you using the "box" under the mattress instead of a mattress. I've never seen a mattress with wood slats. Aside from the misnaming, great idea.

[jerwhite]

Tooth enamel- a cellular aggregation that functions in the formation of tooth enamel
Enameled wire- wire insulated with enamel-like coating
Enamel pain-t a commercial paint that dries to an especially hard glossy finish
Vitreous enamel- a smooth, durable coating made of melted and fused glass powder

[pragmatic jim]

Not to get caught up in semantics, but isn't that a box spring, not a mattress?

[Kayla Ree]

uhm well most of us Americans and other international citizens have enough knowledge and common sense that we know enamel means paint. its not the world's fault or any of our faults that you've been locked in a cellar for 30 years and don't know that the world isn't perfect.
but thank you for the stereotyping in your intro. really makes me want to rate your instructable.

[KingOfCatfish]

and I feel the need to agree Kayla Ree. . .

[Kayla Ree]

thank you KingOfCatfish. at least I know I'm not the only one with common sense.

[KingOfCatfish]

Common sense, if you could bottle it you would be a millionaire!
Oh well, I'm just a young white male from Texas. So according to stereotypes, I must be a racist, pro slavery, inbred bigot that has received no education, a drunk, and probably have a few speech impediments. Oh wait, on second thought. . . Ha-ha!

[Kayla Ree]

hhahahaha that had me laughing forever!, according to the list of stereotypes on google, I don't have a religion, so I must be evil and have no morals. I have straight A's, so I must have no social life. I'm a girl who actually eats lunch, so I must be fat. stereotypes are stupid, if you ask me. what has America come to . we judge people by what they do, how they look, or what they believe, instead of actually getting to know them,

[KingOfCatfish]

Aww, so much truth in an Instructables comment! ha-ha! But stereotyping is not just an American niche though! Oh well. I'll just stay in my zombie shelter and wait for my chance to start a colony of survivors. . . muahaha!

[Kayla Ree]

oooh. zombie shelter, nice idea for an instructable:) id join your colony of survivors.

[KingOfCatfish]

Sweet! There is just one rule, and that is, DON'T DIE!!!!

[Kayla Ree]

okay, i think i can handle not dieing. oh, you forgot double tap:) i love zombieland.

[KingOfCatfish]

Oh, if we're surviving together you should know my name. I'm Ethan, and my friends call me Gary

[KingOfCatfish]

Double tap for sure!!! And I have the firearms, as well as survival and camping gear. I can survive in the middle of no where, lol
And now I want a twinkie, haha!

[Kayla Ree]

Hello Ethan:) why Gary?? eeeww! twinkies are so gross!lol.

[KingOfCatfish]

The nick name is a really long story. I said Twinkies because of Zombieland. Oh, and I guess your name is Kayla?

[Kayla Ree]

oh.ok:) yeah, i get it, because Tallahassee wanted a twinkie, but every box they found was blown up.haha ima little slow:) and yes my name is Kayla, short for Mikayla.

[KingOfCatfish]

lol, and I do love Twinkies! And I doubt that you're slow!
I knew a Mikayla, lol, and I do now!

[Kayla Ree]

ewww. they're so nasty though. and some days..i am a bit slow. well, i dont think i've ever known anyone named Ethan before, so i guess your the first : ) but i do know a Gary, and he's a jerk. i bet the Mikayla you know doesn't spell it the same way i do:)

[KingOfCatfish]

lol. Well I have an inner fatty that loves them. I can eat my wait in junk food and not gain an ounce!.
Since that Gary was a jerk, let's go with Ethan, ha-ha.
And actually she did! But I haven't seen here in months! blaahhhh

[Kayla Ree]

haha.my bestfriend, Mikaela, can eat everything and shes like a twig. but i bet she'll be huge when shes 40. ok , Ethan sounds good:) really? i have never met anyone who spells it the same way.

[KingOfCatfish]

lol. probably xD. Yeah, it was cool, but she was really quite and shy, lol

[Kayla Ree]

im pretty quiet, not really shy. but you know what they say, watch out for the quiet ones, theyre most likely to be planning your demise^_^

[KingOfCatfish]

lol. I'm usually quite too! Well, until I get comfortable, then I get talky

[Kayla Ree]

yeah,lol, i guess thats true. if i know the person im talking to then im really loud and talkative, sometimes obnoxious:)but i f i have no idea who they are, then i dont usually talk.
Do you like john lennon?

[KingOfCatfish]

hahaha, very nice!
I haven't really ever listened to him. Why do you ask?

[Kayla Ree]

i dont know, i was listening to give peace a chance while i was replying to your comment. i needed something else to say, it looked to short : )

[KingOfCatfish]

lol. Very nice Mikayla. Have you ever heard pf MCR? They are my favorite band!

[Kayla Ree]

by MCR, do you mean My Chemical Romance? then yes, i have. welcome to the black parade is my favorite.hmm...my favorite band would be...Evan & Jaron, Lifehouse, or The Goo Goo Dolls. i dont know, i just can't choose:)

[KingOfCatfish]

haha! That sounds pretty sweet! MCR is coming out with a new album in less than a month!!!!! You should listen to their new son "Na na na na" on YouTube

[Kayla Ree]

ok i will when i get home, the firewall won't let me on here:( i may have to buy this cd....: )

[nashamuq]

I like how both of your convo became online flirting. hope it got u two somewhere

[joe.esq1]

aww, cute, Kayla and KingofCatfish can do an 'ible on web macking!!

not a dig, I was entertained at work by the convo!

[Kayla Ree]

what are you talking about? two people cant just simply talk anymore?? i was new to i'bles and i didnt know there was a pm button.