Carpet Replacement Ideas

[duffymahoney]

So my carpet is starting to get old in my boat. I like the look of the fake teak products. Anyone ever install them on a tige? Tiges carpet that runs up an inch or so all around is my only concern. Also things like my kick panel etc... might have to be done. Thoughts?

[Ewok]

I'm thinking about seadek myself for when I have to replace the carpet. I just replaced the rubber "e" swim platform with seadek and it's really nice. The faux teak has a nice texture so it's not slippery when wet. I'm planning to try to strip as much glue off as possible and then use a white bed liner for the unfinished fiberglass and then add the seadek on top of that. There will have to be a custom template made to integrate the floor door and the little kick panels but it's very doable.

[Stingreye]

Sounds like an awesome project! Are you taking the carpet out of the compartments?

[duffymahoney]

I would love to get the carpet out of the compartments, but that would be a big project! I wonder how hard the carpet glue will be to get off the gelcoat?

[duffymahoney]

I have grey and white interior. Do you think the teak would look odd with that? I could do the grey fake teak and it would all blend together.

[Stingreye]

Duffy,

Did you see the interior pics of the Avy on their site?

http://www.seadek.com/blog/centurion...x-teak-seadek/

Its a grey interior.

Here are some pics of the grey teack..... its looks like my platform does 99% of the time

http://www.boattest.com/boats/boat_video.aspx?ID=2861

[duffymahoney]

The teak does look cool! I wonder how long the template process would take.

[duffymahoney]

Anyone know how durable this stuff is?

[boardman74]

Seadek is pretty tough stuff. Only thing I worry about is the adhesive, but the stuff I put on last year stuck well. Even the transom saver I applied above the swim step that spends a lot of time submerged(while the boat is at rest the bottom was underwater).

[Ewok]

The teak does look cool! I wonder how long the template process would take.

I would give yourself 2 months from the start of the process (ordering the template kit) to getting a finished product for your boat.

[Ewok]

Here is what the grey teak looks like.

[Timmy!]

That looks nice, Ewok!

[IDBoating]

I've personally seen and felt Ewok's install of that material and it is First Rate. Both the material and his installation of it are absolutely beautiful. He did a ton of up-front research on it so if anyone is considering a similar job, I'd start by getting his opinion. He's been there, done that, and the results are spectacular.

[zany]

Ewok
Did you replace the carpet on inside of the boat?

[Ewok]

Thanks Timmy! and WABoating, I got the idea from Duncan on this site, he let me use his order number to get the patterns started, but I had to make some changes and get new templates made for my boat. They really are all hand-made and they all have slight little differences. I just put the pics up so Duffy can see what the color looks like against a blue/grey colored Tige. As you can see, the grey would look great flowing into the cabin of the boat to replace the carpet.