My bass boat needs carpet and am considering doing something like rhino liner or something similar.. Has anyone done this , looking for ideas good or bad?
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My bass boat needs carpet and am considering doing something like rhino liner or something similar.. Has anyone done this , looking for ideas good or bad?
I have seen it done and it looks good if applied professionally! I'd go with white cause the black and darker colors get hot!
Adds weight......go with the glue with rubber crushed thrown over the top. You can buy the rubber crushed in 5 gallon buckets. Guy who built my boat lets it dry then shop vacs up extra and back into the bucket. Floor is off-white with a little bluengray. Agree with floor cover. Old boat had a light brown and was to hot in the summer for bare feet.
Plate boater post us a pic of your floor. Please
Buddy of mine did his pontoon boat floor in durabak........ 5 years later still looks new, I just did a google image search for bass boat with durabak and got several pics of bass boats with durabak and rhino liner........
Pic is not up close and to cold today for more pics! Coating has been on the boat for 4 years with no issue and I am on the water a fair amount. Wash off with pressure washer. I get the deck dirty with hoop nets and trotlines but cannot tell.
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That looks good plate, where did you get it at?
aad custom boats out of Peoria, IL. Family of duck hunters and commercial fisherman.
I had a 2000 175 Tracker and I had the Armourthane marine coating put on it. There is a dealer located in Columbia, Ky that does a lot of work on the houseboat industry. I really liked it.
Man I like that rig, what is it????Quote:
Originally Posted by plateboater
I would not put truck bed liner in a boat. It adds weight, it is hot (mine was light tan), and it is rough on fishing rods and reels. It scratches your reels and tears up cork rod handles.
I put in wood grain Hydroturf in mine after stripping out the bed liner. It is super. Hoses right off, is cooler, is softer so it doesn't tear up your gear or feet, and it made the boat quieter.
You can find seconds online that aren't terribly priced. It may cost more than the bed liner in a can stuff but I found it to be many, many times better and is holding up much better than carpet.
Smashdn, when you say find seconds online, what do you exactly mean? Used stuff from random people? Or hydroturf selling scrap? Someone else?Quote:
Originally Posted by smashdn
Im curious because Im about to start decking my boat and cant decide between hydroturf, carpet, some other liner, etc. Thanks for the help.
Lowe's has some nice marine carpet that doesn't cost too much.
Rees....sorry for late response. Custom boats here in Illinois. Called plate boats because they were originally 4x8 sheets of aluminum plate design for commercial fisherman
Hydroturf seconds are usually cosmetic blems. Not bad enough that anyone would ever notice but they can't sell it to retailers.
I have a rubberized factory sprayed liner in my boat. Not sure how it could be any heavier than any other full covering coating because it isn't that thick. No problems here from it being too rough but the harder bedliner materials probably would be. Even though it is OD green, it is much cooler than the same colored painted surfaces.
Check out what War Eagle does with their boats. I bought a new 860 a couple years ago and had the Gator hide sprayed in and I love it. They have two options either the spray in or the glue down and I opted for the spray because my old boat had the glue down and it was junk. It peels up after a while and cracks. Gator hide is similar to Rhino lining but is for boats. And it is not as thick as Rhino lining so it isn't heavy. If you were to have it Rhino lined you could have it sprayed with a thin layer and it would last as long as you own the boat. I have absolutely no problems with mine. The camo pattern matches the boat. But I'm sure you are going to want some other color. As far as it getting hot I have not had that problem. Good luck with what ever you decide.
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Originally Posted by apersohn17
Hydroturf has facotry seconds that they sell. I ordered three full size sheets without adhesive and did my whole boat (minus the bilge/battery area behind the bench seat) including down the vertical portion of the rear bench and front deck. I think I ended up with half a sheet left. Boat is a 1752.
This picture was somewhere along the process. I don't think I was completely done when I took this one.
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Two years with it in there and I have had zero problems with it. I was afraid it would pull up since I used regular spray adhesive you can get from Advance Auto but it has not budged one bit. I am pleased with it. Wife and dog like it much better too