xxturbowesxx
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2008
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Ok I have a 88 winner fish/ski and I of course have carpet throughout. I fish mostly and this makes clean up miserable. The guy who redid the deck replaced it with 3/4in ply but didn't fiberglass it all in.
He used it as a bass boat and kept it in his garage and theres no rot or wetness to the wood. Luckily this is the easiest boat to do a deck on the stringers and everything is gelcoated and solid(minus the ply deck).. I was interested in gelcoating the main deck in Grey to match the carpet already installed on the front and rear decks as I'm not sure it will look right without it. Then add snap in carpet.
Would this be a sufficient replacement to re-fiberglassing the deck? The current deck is easy to get to and held to the stringers with screws(could remove deck in 25 min) I was going to remove the deck and encapsulate the entire deck and then reassemble or just do the top. This deck is easy to install and I would rather not use fiberglass and replace it every few years because its so easy to do. Will the gelcoat adhere to the wood without any treatment?
Also if anyone has access to any pictures of bass style boats without carpet will you please pm me a link or post. Ive searched everywhere and am unable to find any.
as an alternative i was interested in laying vinyl over the current deck something like deco dot. I understand that this would not provide much protection with water but may make it easier to clean..
He used it as a bass boat and kept it in his garage and theres no rot or wetness to the wood. Luckily this is the easiest boat to do a deck on the stringers and everything is gelcoated and solid(minus the ply deck).. I was interested in gelcoating the main deck in Grey to match the carpet already installed on the front and rear decks as I'm not sure it will look right without it. Then add snap in carpet.
Would this be a sufficient replacement to re-fiberglassing the deck? The current deck is easy to get to and held to the stringers with screws(could remove deck in 25 min) I was going to remove the deck and encapsulate the entire deck and then reassemble or just do the top. This deck is easy to install and I would rather not use fiberglass and replace it every few years because its so easy to do. Will the gelcoat adhere to the wood without any treatment?
Also if anyone has access to any pictures of bass style boats without carpet will you please pm me a link or post. Ive searched everywhere and am unable to find any.
as an alternative i was interested in laying vinyl over the current deck something like deco dot. I understand that this would not provide much protection with water but may make it easier to clean..
