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Thought about it, but it's nearly double the cost of the carpet I'm looking at. Boat carpet buys is running a 20% off sale right now. $7.99 for 20oz carpet. Stuff look amazing in the pictures and videos I've seen.

I'm looking at 30-35' of carpet then. I'll have to do some math and see if it makes more sense to order wider carpet. I'll draw up some plans and get some more input from you guys.

This is why I ask, I don't want my boat to look like the photo below. I'm spending a lot of money on this boat, I want it to look perfessional grade when I'm done. Thanks for any input guys.

Im nearly ready for carpet and right now a online retailer is offering 20% off carpet orders. So figured may as well take advantage. Question is ive read you want to keep all your pieces facing the same direction, like hatch doors and surrounding flooring. Does this apply to vertical pieces...

I got a good deal on some aluminum. So only expense now is anything needed to put it together. I might get it welded, but I was looking for opinions on if diy was a option.

Has anyone tried making their own livewell out of aluminum, and instead of welding it, rivet 90 degree brackets into all of the corners and seal it with 3m 5200? Think it would hold up?

Yes it's a 16' Sylvan and also a console steer boat. Got all the welding done this weekend. Time to degrease the interior and start spraying primer. If all goes well, should be cutting foam and installing the floor this weekend. Need to order my carpet this week! The stripping and prepping of...

What do you think is a good size live well? Was thinking either 22 gallon or 33 gallon. Im having a buddy fabricate one from aluminum. If I went 3'x1'X1.5' it be 33 gallons. It might end up a taller, just dont know how tall yet. Plan on keeping all kinds of different fish in it. Catfish, bass...

Sorry for the lack of updates. Here are a bunch of progress photos. Enjoy! Had a friend come over and we welded half the boat. This guy put a ton of holes in this boat!!! This was where the old battery gauge was for a trolling motor Right side of boat is mostly done. Looks...

So the deck you would normally walk on is about 5' wide. That's why I'm saying I will have to have seams every 4'. There were seams before. My concern is I don't want to see the seam through the non slip paint. I want it to look like one long seamless floor, if i decide to go this route. Boat...

I keep on going back and forth on this. I like the idea of it and how I can spray it down when dirty, but also really like the looks of a carpeted boat. What would I do about the seams in my boat with the textured paint? My boat is pretty wide, so I will have to have a seam every 4'. I could put...

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I'm in the same boat as you. <~~~ see what I did there lol. I'm have also been researching and it's hard to find good videos of quality builds of livewells. Be great if I could find a write up with detailed pictures of the whole process. Let me know if you find some good info. Back to working...

I'm nearly done stripping the bottom of my boat and soon I will be building the deck. Will update my build thread soon! I'm trying to figure out if I should just do all carpet or just carpet on my casting decks and a non slip paint on the main floor. I've searched and searched but can't find...

Started cleaning the inside of the hull and getting it ready to gluvit then paint. Question for you guys, it appears that water should flow under each rib, but there is just to much dirt build up and I cannot clean it out good enough to get the water to flow, so without raising the boat further...

Having a hard time finding threads of this topic. I'm restoring a old sylvan boat and has a 85 hp force motor hanging from it. In between the motor and the transom was a piece of 1/2" plywood on the outside of the boat. I'm trying to decide if I should cut out a new piece and reattach it after I...

Here's a update for you guys. Finally got the interior ripped out. Looks like this is the second time it's been redone. The foam came out super easy. It had some white foam that I could only imagine was original. It was absolutely soaked. But the hull looks pretty clean otherwise. I water tested...

Thanks gonefishin for the tip. A quick search of spar and there are plenty of people that use it with success. And the fact I can get it locally is a plus! I'm thinking I will put a piece of wood on the outside of the transom. I like the idea of strength, so I think I am gonna put a piece of...

Gonna start on the floor Thursday. Real curious to see how much room is under there. Would love to have some tackle storage. Anyone have some input on the sealing the transom? Search results come up with a lot of old threads 4+ years old.

Finally pulled the transom. Wow was it in horrible condition. Absolutely water logged and I could put a screw driver through it without much effert. No clue how it held my 85hp motor. I have some questions about epoxy. I found a link saying to use 635 thin epoxy with medium hardener. Is that the...