Re: 1995 Monterey 210 Deck/Stringer Restore
Wanted to give a little update on what I've been up to. As you know if you've been following my thread, I'm switching to Snap In Carpet rather than gluing it back in. After doing some research and hearing from you all, I felt it would be a pretty nice upgrade to the boat and probably increase its value if I ever decided to sell, or attract more buyers.
At any rate, I researched as many marine carpet companies as I could find, comparing products and pricing and in the end it was clear that I would be going with Corinthian Marine. What I found out is that Corinthian, not only sells snap in carpet to the public, but it makes the bulk carpet, and sells it to many of the other companies I was calling. In the end, their first rate customer service, competitive pricing, and finished product won me over. I'm going to be using their Berber Carpet that you find in many of the high end boats these days..should look nice.
Basically, if you are starting from scratch(don't have templates)like I am, the best route to take is to order a Template Kit. It comes with instructions as to how to make your own templates, a nice heavy duty piece of plastic to make your template out of and all the samples of carpet that you want. It was $15 bucks up front, but that goes toward the price of your finished carpet when you order.
Here are a few pictures of where I'm at. I finished fitting and cutting the template for the cockpit tonight, tomorrow I'll double check it and do any trimming that is needed, along with making the bow walkway piece and a swim deck piece and get them off in the mail. From there they will use my template to cut out the and bind the edges with 1 of the 4 binding options, along with installing the female portion of the snaps where I indicate I want them. I'll get some more detailed pictures of the final product when I get it back.
Here is what I started with..Basically a 12x12 piece.
Fitting it in the boat.
Final Cutout.