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Tech Talk => Interior => Topic started by: YellowJacket on April 14, 2016, 05:08:48 PM
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I have been running my boat for three seasons with no carpet. Thought it was easier to keep clean. Now I have the all the seats and the fuel tanks out and thought maybe its time to put carpet. What do you guys think....... :banghead:
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Pic a similar color of your boat in gel then use 1/2 nap an roll... (Make sure to use the wax) Gel will not dry over epoxy either. I did mine in gel, carpet an diamond plate.
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Indoor outdoor carpet at home depot is super cheap.
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So its not any harder to keep clean, in your opinion?
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So its not any harder to keep clean, in your opinion?
. Yes and no. Gel kote floors can be a pain to keep clean but you will need a shop vac with carpet. You won't slip and bust your ass after you have a few adult beverages. Carpet is what I went with in my boat seems more user friendly. Mine is black so black gel floors not happening in 110 degree weather.
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I rinse mine out around my motor after every trip... going on 3 years with blue gel. Looks just the same. I rolled with 1/2 nap which gave it a slight texture kinda like spray bedliner. I did a combo on my floor.
http://www.socaljetboats.com/projects/new-floor-install/ (http://www.socaljetboats.com/projects/new-floor-install/)
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Yeah i think I'm going to go with carpet, thanks for all the replies. Here's one for the Keystone guys! O0 :beer: :beer: :beer:
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Gel coated floor.
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Gel coated floor.
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Looks great, mine is just like it came out of the factory. It has a rough texture, but I watched that project when you were doing it. Thought it was a very nice boat.
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I don't have any great pictures but it comes out clean
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Gel coated floor.
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Hey, I know that floor!
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I don't have any great pictures but it comes out clean
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Wow, I would swear that is carpet in the picture. where did you get that stuff? Also, how did you mount that nitrous bottle?
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Certain Home Depot have the nice black carpet. I got it in chino the one by my house didn't have it. I have a seat pad in my boat that is 3/4 plywood covered in fiberglass. Now it has carpet over it also. It goes from the stringer to the side of the boat. Perfect place to install the nos bottle and keep it out of the sun.
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Wow, I would swear that is carpet in the picture. where did you get that stuff? Also, how did you mount that nitrous bottle?
. It is carpet.
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Haha no wonder. Thought either I read something about gel...just the beer goggles..
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Flo coat. It gets a lil slippery but easy to keep clean. We were gonna try and flo coat jims. It's a lot of work.
Gimme that BECKY!
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What are you guys using to get the old glue/adhesive off? I don't want to carpet back by the engine. Someone already did and now there is old glue everywhere. I want to put something there but I'm not sure what yet. Would rino liner work?
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There are chemicals that won't hurt the fiberglass, big I'm not sure what they are. I sanded the carpet glue out of my (old) boat and it was on everything!
If you're considering only coating the bilge area then I would look into "flocoating" it. That small of an area would not be too much work and would look much better than rhino liner.
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You should use marine carpet! It will last longer..
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There are chemicals that won't hurt the fiberglass, big I'm not sure what they are. I sanded the carpet glue out of my (old) boat and it was on everything!
If you're considering only coating the bilge area then I would look into "flocoating" it. That small of an area would not be too much work and would look much better than rhino liner.
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What is flocoating? I didn't even think about sanding it.
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You should use marine carpet! It will last longer..
I was looking into that. I saw home depo had it
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What is flocoating? I didn't even think about sanding it.
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My floors are dirty from rigging but this is a really basic flo coat and gel. I still have a bazillion hours of sanding to go. Basically a translucent type coating. A ton of work. There are flo coated floors a million times nicer but you get the idea...
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I vote carpet... easy on the feet. I've replaced mine every year but I'm a touch OCD
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You can't beat the look of the float coat
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You can't beat the look of the float coat
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I don't have it me in this boat to get my floors like that again. Nothing beats flo coat but damn I was panicked when anything abrasive like sand was near it.
This boat I'm going to carpet the inner and just keep the outer as clean as I can.
Your floors look awesome!
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What is flocoating? I didn't even think about sanding it.
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The flow coat is a 1:1 mix of gel and clear. Below is a pic of the clear I used. Some people will just do the clear and leave the wood/fiberglass floors exposed or they'll mix a color into it like I did.
The company I purchased everything through is: http://www.sherfab.com
I forget who I talked to there, but they gave me good advice on how to prep and spray the stuff. I was very happy with the results.
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No carpet rinse out with the hose and done
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Carpet every where you walk and flow coat everything else
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Man now I'm not sure what I want to do flow coat looks bad ass. I just have a lot of old glue on the floor not sure if I want to scrape it all off.
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Man now I'm not sure what I want to do flow coat looks bad ass. I just have a lot of old glue on the floor not sure if I want to scrape it all off.
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Pull all the old carpet out and then pressure wash it. The pressure washer will get pretty much all the glue off then go and sand everything like your suppose to and spray.
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I did flow coat in my engine bay and carpet on the rest. I used loctite 300 spray on adhesive and bought my carpet at lowes. I think it was outdoor carpet it turned out pretty good. It's all in your prep and it takes some patience. Pressure wash the old glue and sand. Take your time
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Pull all the old carpet out and then pressure wash it. The pressure washer will get pretty much all the glue off then go and sand everything like your suppose to and spray.
Looks like I have some work cut out this winter.
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I did flow coat in my engine bay and carpet on the rest. I used loctite 300 spray on adhesive and bought my carpet at lowes. I think it was outdoor carpet it turned out pretty good. It's all in your prep and it takes some patience. Pressure wash the old glue and sand. Take your time
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Looks good!
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I used rustoleum in my engine bay
Looks good to me. Its holding up good. I just rolled
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I just rolled it on. It cleans up well.
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I have rustoleum in my Kachina after three seasons it's starting to flake off a little.
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Doh!!!
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I used rustoleum in my engine bay
Looks good to me. Its holding up good. I just rolled
Good to know. I don't think I want to keep my boat much longer than 5 years before I up grade.
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