Re: Completed Boat Project
UPDATE ON THE FLOOR !!!!!.
Well I have had this floor down for about 2 months now and things are not working out the way I had planned. Although I thought it was a great alternative to carpet and it looked GREAT it is with deep regret I will be pulling it back up. In cooler temps and without the sun beating down it does really well, the problem is when the temp gets hot and the sun is beating down it does not want to lay flat. The flooring starts to ripple and come loose from the glue. It?s not in just one area but pretty much the whole floor. I have tried everything, even a different type of glue with blocks sitting on the floor for days hoping the glue will set. I have spent the last 2 weeks trying to get it to lay down to no success. There is a lot of expanding and contracting due to temp with this flooring. The floor becomes real rubbery and also it seems to hold a lot of heat to it. Almost too hot to walk on with your bare feet. So with all this said I would say this is a failed alternative to carpet. There may be some if this type flooring better suited for outdoor use but this is not one of them. I will be taking up the flooring this week and sanding it back down and installing some marine carpet which is what I should have done in the first place. I know people don?t like to talk about their failures but this is one idea that did not work out.
