What to do after removing carpet
 

Before I got too much in love with the idea of spray-on bedliner goo, i'd
experiment with it a bit.

Spray a piece of plywood with the magical goo, let it cure, then put it in your
hot Texas sun and walk on it barefoot. Hot, ain't it?

Imagine that you need to do a repair someday and have a go at that gooped piece
of plywood with a sander or grinder. I expect it won't grind away easily.



Michael wrote:

Hi,

I have a 24' 1977 Sea Ray with a really awful carpet which needless to say
has seen better days. I am in the process of sprucing up my boat and one of
the things I want to do is to remove the carpet and put a more user friendly
coating on the decking. Something that will stand up to the hot Texas sun
but will also allow for easy cleanup if I decide to go the Gulf and fish a
little.

I am open for suggestions. I will probably repair a couple of soft spots
around the engine cowling as well as in the galley. I had thought of a
couple of options.

1. Remove the carpet/glue, then either epoxy or fiberglass gel coat the old
plywood and any new that I might install. Then paint the water proofed
wood.

2. All the above (without the paint) and spray "bed liner" on the decking.
I don't know if that would be a good idea or not, since I haven't checked to
see if the bed liner material will adhere to fiberglass/epoxy finished wood.

Any thoughts on this matter would be appreciated.

Michael in Dallas

What to do after removing carpet
 

Lee,

Thanks for the info. Durabak looks like the product that I will use on my
boat. I think that either white or light gray will work for my boat, which
does have to stand up to the hot Texas heat.

Thanks again.

Michael in Dallas


"Lee Huddleston" wrote in message
...
Michael,

You might want to check out a product called Durabak. Their website
is at http://www.nonslipcoating.com/index.htm I am thinking of
painting it on the deck of my steel hulled & decked boat. I do not
have any personal experience with the product, but the website makes
it sound very good. I think that I got the lead on the product from
this list.

Lee Huddleston
s/v Truelove