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AWESOME forum and starting my first mod--carpet question
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<blockquote data-quote="russ010" data-source="post: 68488" data-attributes="member: 677"><p>I didn't use marine simply for the price - and if I can use exterior plywood and paint/stain it for sealant and rot reistance then I'm all for it. I used 3/4 on top of my bench seats only because I wanted to have more "meat" for my self tapping bolts to dig into for my seat pedestals. </p><p></p><p>In the floor between the rear and front bench (I didn't raise this floor) I just attached the plywood on 2x2 braces which sit on top of the floor ribs.) I used 3/8" NON pressure treated architectural plywood because I didn't want the added weight of 3/4", and not the flimsyness of 1/2". I used some paint/stain that I had left over from painting my decks and it repels water very well.</p><p></p><p>I didn't use glue on my carpet because I didn't want to deal with the mess, I just pulled the carpet as tight as I could and stapled it on the undersides of the ply. One thing I forgot to do was put some padding under the carpet that I had left over.. still wish I had done that, but I'm not about to redo it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="russ010, post: 68488, member: 677"] I didn't use marine simply for the price - and if I can use exterior plywood and paint/stain it for sealant and rot reistance then I'm all for it. I used 3/4 on top of my bench seats only because I wanted to have more "meat" for my self tapping bolts to dig into for my seat pedestals. In the floor between the rear and front bench (I didn't raise this floor) I just attached the plywood on 2x2 braces which sit on top of the floor ribs.) I used 3/8" NON pressure treated architectural plywood because I didn't want the added weight of 3/4", and not the flimsyness of 1/2". I used some paint/stain that I had left over from painting my decks and it repels water very well. I didn't use glue on my carpet because I didn't want to deal with the mess, I just pulled the carpet as tight as I could and stapled it on the undersides of the ply. One thing I forgot to do was put some padding under the carpet that I had left over.. still wish I had done that, but I'm not about to redo it! [/QUOTE]
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