BassnChris Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Working for the handicapped is like that. They get a little over emotional sometimes. Ask him if he is going to paint that fence when he finishes the carpet. I was gonna paint it but had to fire all my help!What's the best color to paint it Lee? Quote
BassnChris Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Finally finished up the recarpeting of my boat. Cost was 398.00 for carpet ( 8'x30' ) and 2 gal of adhesive. Took 1 gal and 1 qt of adhesive. I had a quart of adhesive so 1 gal is unopened. Spent about $80 on clamps at harbor freight tools. Could have done it without the additional clamps but would have taken 9 days to recarpet the hatch lids instead of 2. Also bought new heavy duty scraper $10 and pet clippers $24 to trim the carpet hairs. I will be plucking them carpet hairs forever it feels like. Had plenty of scrap wood around to help with clamping and putting pressure on the carpet while drying. I had to use the pet shears to trim the carpet down almost to the backing so I would not need a mallet to drive the trolling motor foot pedal tray into place. Everything put back on the boat except I didn't screw down the trolling motor foot deal tray yet. Not too bad but would not want to do this in the summer! Although some of the pics the carpet looks like the carpet grain is going in the wrong direction......but it's not. Just the ay the light is hitting it or the way I vacuumed the carpet. Quote
jb_adams Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Looks really nice. Proof that you get what you pay for. Quality carpet = quality job. Quality adheasive = long life and carpet not coming loose. I hate my carpet but it still beats what I had. I'll probably replace it again one day within the next year. Too many other improvements to be made in the meantime. Quote
jhoffman Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Good job man, looks excellent. Hate to say it but that seat has gotta go. Set of these in white/gray would be alright, would also open a step up to get off the back deck. Put them in then wetsand the topside with 2000 grit and buff it, maybe a grant stearing wheel and a big hds10 with structure scan in front of it. 1 Quote
BassnChris Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Good job man, looks excellent. Hate to say it but that seat has gotta go. Set of these in white/gray would be alright, would also open a step up to get off the back deck. Put them in then wetsand the topside with 2000 grit and buff it, maybe a grant stearing wheel and a big hds10 with structure scan in front of it. Thanks and I agree.....always hated the seat. Put in the gray seats last year. Gotta keep 3 seats........wife and always go with me. I'm too much of a skeerdy cat to take sand paper to my boat.......would have to pay local shop and they quoted 600+ to do that. I do like your suggestions though. Quote
jhoffman Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 2000 grit is nothing, youre basically just knocking off the existing shine. 2000 dipped in water with a dab of dish soap in the water for lubrication Wet sand the topside all the same direction, dont sand one way then change and go another way. Think of following wood grain, you want the sanding to go all horizontal. Only sand till the shine is dull, wont take much. Wash the boat and get some 3m buffing compound and a high speed buffer and have at it with a wool pad. That boat will look brand new. $600 is because of the manual labor involved I am certain of it. Sanding that top will take you at least a day. Buffing will go fast. Im confident you can pull it off if you try. Quote
jb_adams Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Dude, wet sanding is nothing to be scared of. I did it. It's so easy (well. ...labor is a pain) that anyone can do it. The vids posted above are a good explanation along with his instructions in the post above. Wet sanding takes off the dull material, hi speed polishing will bring it back to life. I took off 30+ years on my boat. People can't believe it's 35yrs old. I had a lit of spots that were white with oxidization but yours appears to he just faded. Sometimes, a hi speed polish is all you need. Use a buffing compound and then polish for rough areas. Sand paper will work best. Your boat will shine line New again. Best thing to do is wipe Tue boat down after every usr and spray a nano wax or polish or "boat protectant" after every use. That helps keep the polish for years to come. If you don't, you will need to ''re-sand all over again. Quote
BassnChris Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 Mmmmmmmaybe I will. But that's a ways down the list. Quote
jhoffman Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 I buffed my aluminum, used steelwool to "sand it" and then buffing compound. Cost... if you own the tools... $30? Quote
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