Marideck Vinyl flooring

[drewpster]

I just read a little bit about Marideck vinyl flooring. i was wondering if anyone has used it yet?
I am considering it to put down on the deck of my little tri-hull. I am working on a raw fiberglassed deck. How smooth does the surface need to be to get this flooring to bond? I know smoother is better, but how smooth does it need to be? Should I put some gelcoat down first?
How durable is it? Can it take dropping a tackle box on it for instance? Does it rip easily?

 

[Bondo]

Re: Marideck Vinyl flooring

Ayuh,... Never heard of it,...
Is it a Nautalex(sp) knock off,..??

 

[JimS123]

Re: Marideck Vinyl flooring

Nautalex is the original. Marideck is a knockoff. There are several others on the market as well.

I customized a new boat last year and wanted to match the existing floor. I got samples of all of them to compare. I ended up using the stuff sold by Cabelas. It was the OEM for Starcraft. Cabelas didn't give the trade name though. Can't say enough good about it. Its also a perfect match to my other boat, and its been on there 26 years.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t.../search-box.jsp.form23&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1

Its awful hard to damage it. My '84 boat has not one scratch in it after all these years.

The Cabelas product is also a bit cheaper because there isn't a huge minimum order quantity.

I put it on new plywood. That would be the preferred way, even if you have to put down an extra piece.

Here's the installation instructions:

http://www.marideck.net/MariDeckInstallation.pdf