Replacing carpeted flooring with HydroTruf?

[kaneboats]

That's kinda what I did but you still end up with some end to end seams. I mostly hid mine and let the camo do the rest.

[valleywine]

I ran the grooves for to aft in hopes any water that gets in the boat will drain into the bilge quickly. The camo doesn't really hide the seems. It makes them a little more noticeable because you have a straight line at the seem where the pattern doesn't match up. Not a big deal in my mind.


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[lanceh]

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Corrosion on the floor panels. This is adding a lot of extra prep time to replacing carpet with molded diamond hydro.

Question when you guys that wrapped you floor panels.
Did you do any type of angle cuts in the turf at the corners of the floor panels? Or did you guys just wrap and use a heat gun.
What areas did spray adhesive work best and what areas did contact cement work best?

[lanceh]

Its a 2005 supra launch 21v

[parrothd]

You don't need to do much to those panels the turf will hide it. I use the PSA stick down version. I cut the hydro extra big, a few inches per side, line it up and stick the top and the sides. As you stick the sides it makes a triangle sticking out. With practice you trim the triangle out, and make a vertical butt joint, when you put the panel back in this seam will be hidden. Play with some scraps first.

[lanceh]

Any of you other boat owners seen that kind of corrosion on the aluminum panels? Its never been out of the midwest. I have owned it for 3 years always stored indoors. The previous owners stored winter indoors, and summers on a lift.

What products worked best on cleaning the old adhesive off of the fiberglass?

[parrothd]

I use scrapers, and a flat razor scraper followed up with brake cleaner

[parrothd]

And a die grinder with an abrasives wheel

[ninedriver]

These are the 16oz twist tops you speak of.

Picking up a little boat beer.

Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin...

Please tell me you have a CB radio in your truck and a flaming chicken decal on the hood.

[Patrick Sedlak]

Your floor looks great. The post says you did it in 2008, how has the product held up? Did you have to lift the seats and put the flooring under the seats? It looks like you put a trim piece around the base?