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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1990 Crestliner Rebuild
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<blockquote data-quote="joeltjen10" data-source="post: 429989" data-attributes="member: 22038"><p>After a couple weeks of off and on work I've finished the stern portion of the boat floor carpeting. </p><p></p><p>I went through and sealed all of the floors in the stern of the boat with 2 coats of epoxy on each side. Then I glued down the carpet making sure the top was smooth. Followed by flipping the floor pieces over and gluing down the edges but I did use a few staples to hold it in place. The carpet was time intensive but I found that just a light coating of glue was enough to hold it Using clamps with 2x4's along the edges to hold it tight was really effective. I would highly recommend is making sure you have enough clamps so you can do several pieces at a time easily and you aren't trying to just make it work</p><p></p><p>Now that everything is sized into place I can trim down the hatch and bow floor as it looks like I need to sand down between 1/8" and 1/4" to allow room for the carpet between the floor boards before I seal and carpet.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As for the notch i came here asking about, I simply cut down the middle of the notch, put some glue on the back of the carpet and fit it into place making sure the carpet was pushed down and against the sides of the floor board hoping it will glue right to it.</p><p></p><p>Only a few weeks left until the water is open around here!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joeltjen10, post: 429989, member: 22038"] After a couple weeks of off and on work I've finished the stern portion of the boat floor carpeting. I went through and sealed all of the floors in the stern of the boat with 2 coats of epoxy on each side. Then I glued down the carpet making sure the top was smooth. Followed by flipping the floor pieces over and gluing down the edges but I did use a few staples to hold it in place. The carpet was time intensive but I found that just a light coating of glue was enough to hold it Using clamps with 2x4's along the edges to hold it tight was really effective. I would highly recommend is making sure you have enough clamps so you can do several pieces at a time easily and you aren't trying to just make it work Now that everything is sized into place I can trim down the hatch and bow floor as it looks like I need to sand down between 1/8" and 1/4" to allow room for the carpet between the floor boards before I seal and carpet. As for the notch i came here asking about, I simply cut down the middle of the notch, put some glue on the back of the carpet and fit it into place making sure the carpet was pushed down and against the sides of the floor board hoping it will glue right to it. Only a few weeks left until the water is open around here! [/QUOTE]
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