Carpet or rubberize?

[Cmorestuff]

Hi.... I have a 20 foot Lowe Roughneck jonboat. It is aluminum with large surface areas
and a perforated metal floor. Of course, in the sun the metal surfaces get quite hot.
I am thinking of adding carpet or maybe a rubberizing material like Marine Tuffcoat.
I am leaning towards carpet since the tuffcoat might tend to fill the perforations in the
flooring. Plus I am worried my dogs nails will get caught in the perfs.
So anyone here been there done that?
Should I get carpet for the floor and Tuffcoat for the other surfaces?
If I go with carpet what should I get?
Thanks in advance for your time.

 

[robert graham]

Mine is an 1870 Express Jon boat and the fiberglass/plastic floors do get hot....but I have a Bimini top that helps with hot sun. If I was going to put something in the floor area I'd use some sections of marine/polypropylene carbed cut to fit and possibly held in place with some small screws at corners and sides....That way it'll be fairly easy to replace when it needs it Home Depot sells a needled/corduroy type patio carpet in a dark green that I use on my 8 ft.X8 ft. Front deck on front of boat and it works fine...replaced it once since I bought boat new in 1999.

 

[JimS123]

My boats are all classy. If I had to sit in a rubberized tub that looked like the back of a pickemuptruck I'd get a wooden canoe.

Carpets are for living rooms. No place in a boat. Marine grade non-skid vinyl (like Marideck) is the ultimate solution.

Obviously, everyone has their own opinion and their own level of satisfaction.

 

[Faztbullet]

Rhino Line it!!!! Had a buddy with a 20ft Lowe with 115TOP..great duck boat . ....nicked named Nimitz !!!!

 

[beckoning]

I've put in 2 floors, both marine grade vinyl that lasts for a long, long time. Many are available on line. If you get one that's speckled, you'll lose things on it. However, a solid color shows all the dirt, blood, oil, and stains, but it is easy to clean with soap and water. Fishing hooks and lures get caught in carpet must be cut out.

 

[briangcc]

My family is different...we like the carpetting. It's actually a requirement for any boat we buy. We fish and I've yet to have to cut a hook out of the carpet. Yes they've been snagged but it's easy to get them out. If its a real concern, switch to barbless hooks.

We were on many boats this past boat show season that had vinyl floors and they were slippery as all get out. My kids wiped out on them routinely. I lost my footing several times. I could only imagine what a dog would endure on the boats we were on that had vinyl flooring.

If carpet isn't an option...Seadek/Gatorgrip/Oceangrip would be my choice. Expensive as all get out but soft and, at least in the case of Seadek (I have no experience with the others), its grippy as all heck. Not sure how it would hold up with the dog's claws...perhaps treat him/her to a pedi.

 

[high&dry]

Frankly, I would not own a boat that did not just have non-skid.

 

[Old Ironmaker]

I have carpet in the boat including the interior wall, I fish, it's useless. Carpet doesn't even belong in a livingroom. Dust, dirt and allergen magnets.

I can't picture a metal perforated floor, please educate me.

 

[5150abf]

I am a carpet guy, rarely have shoes on the boat and don't like any of the vinyl floors they have.

Ya it holds water for a bit and you have to work to keep stains off but it is just more comfortable for me.

 

[JimS123]

Yup, go with carpet. Fish goop, holding water, rotting the floor - who cares - we'll only own the boat for a few years anyway.

As for a vinyl floor being slippery - I'm all cornfused. Have had vinyl floors in every boat since 1968 and have never slipped yet.