Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

Heres some more photos

Hopefully after sitting on the seats a few times everything will stretch and move around into their places as you can see some wrinkles.

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

Will try to finish up the other two seats tomorrow and maybe try doing the sun pad area or the rear seats!

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

Using hairdryer and wearing gloves the heat from the hairdryer should allow you to manipulate the vinyl and smooth out the wrinkles

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

Using hairdryer and wearing gloves the heat from the hairdryer should allow you to manipulate the vinyl and smooth out the wrinkles

Thanks will try it!

 

[jimmy wise]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

or take them to a shop with a steamer to inject the foam

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

Recently found a little more time to finish up some more of the reupholstering so heres a little update:
I cut out the bow sides using the old pieces as a template and added cuts in the wood to allow it to bed just like on the original piece

Once cut out I coated the wood just like the other pieces in weatherproof paint and once it dried out I started to reupholster it

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

Put it on the boat just to see how it would look

Then done the other side too same way.

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

Having finished both of them I started working on the bow entrance sides

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

This is how the original wood of the bow backrest looked!

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

This is how the original wood of the bow backrest looked!

If this ^^^ is what the above deck wood looks like, what's the plan for checking everything below decks & the transom? Or did I miss that stuff above somewhere?

The upholstery work does look great.

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

If this ^^^ is what the above deck wood looks like, what's the plan for checking everything below decks & the transom? Or did I miss that stuff above somewhere?

The floor it self and everything still seems pretty solid, I will check it more though once finished reupholstering everything, I personally don't have enough time to redo the deck, the transom and etc and I will be only keeping this boat for a little while until I get a new one most likely.

The upholstery work does look great.

Thank you!

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

The floor it self and everything still seems pretty solid, I will check it more though once finished reupholstering everything, I personally don't have enough time to redo the deck, the transom and etc and I will be only keeping this boat for a little while until I get a new one most likely.!

If the above deck wood looks like it does, based on some of the 20yr old bayliner threads here, I suspect it's not nearly as sound as you thought/hoped.

Perhaps I am wrong, but the track record for sound wood below decks & in transoms on 25yr old bayliners isn't great.

Too bad, it'd be a shame to do all that good upholstery work on a boat that isn't sound.

Look thru some resto threads, lots of good info in here. A great deal of it detailing how poor 'seemed sound' transoms & decks can really be.

You may have dodged a bullet & gotten an extremely rare 25yr old boat that doesn't require major work. If so, GREAT!

This happened when the new owner attempted his 1st launch, and had gotten multiple clean reports from people who 'knew' how to inspect a boat:

The actual damage may be the result of something other then the transom being rotten, but it's clearly compromised & was only a matter of time before something happened. Possibly under way.

There are also several 'barely made it back to the ramp' threads about boats that looked, 'tested' and seemed sound.

Boat & boat resto safely.

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

If the above deck wood looks like it does, based on some of the 20yr old bayliner threads here, I suspect it's not nearly as sound as you thought/hoped.

Perhaps I am wrong, but the track record for sound wood below decks & in transoms on 25yr old bayliners isn't great.

Too bad, it'd be a shame to do all that good upholstery work on a boat that isn't sound.

Look thru some resto threads, lots of good info in here. A great deal of it detailing how poor 'seemed sound' transoms & decks can really be.

You may have dodged a bullet & gotten an extremely rare 25yr old boat that doesn't require major work. If so, GREAT!

This happened when the new owner attempted his 1st launch, and had gotten multiple clean reports from people who 'knew' how to inspect a boat:

The actual damage may be the result of something other then the transom being rotten, but it's clearly compromised & was only a matter of time before something happened. Possibly under way.

There are also several 'barely made it back to the ramp' threads about boats that looked, 'tested' and seemed sound.

Boat & boat resto safely.

Thanks for all the info I will definitely look into it more and see what it is like. Hopefully it won't require too much work

 

[Mud Puppy]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

daz, Looking Good! Don't suppose you will have time to do mine do you? JK! I know how busy one can get and how little one really has to work on the boat! Great job on the bow!

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

daz, Looking Good! Don't suppose you will have time to do mine do you? JK! I know how busy one can get and how little one really has to work on the boat! Great job on the bow!

Thanks! oh yeah sure just drop it off in London :lol:

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

So finally had some more time recently so managed to get some more work done!

Finished reupholstering the back:

Started of by fitting in the side panels on the entrance to the bow:

Screwed on the sides on the bow too (simply screw going straight through where there are bends/folds in the leather into the fiberglass)

Then moved onto fitting the side panels on the main part of the boat (same method as in the bow)

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

Heres some photos of the bow with the seat cushions in:

Next step was getting the back part screwed on:

Now just need to get the seats fitted on and should be pretty much finished! Will also get the carpet cleaned out properly as it has become pretty dirty during the disassembly/assembly.

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

Finally got around to removing painted on name, used paint thinner as suggested, polish and metal cleaner, on some parts i realised that wet sanding it works much better and quicker. Going to order some paint colour restoring polish and polish the whole boat.

Before quick clean and polish:

After:

 

[redneck joe]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

nice!

 

[dovydaz]

Re: Bayliner Capri bowrider interior restoration and reupholstery

nice!

Thanks!