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Whew. Guys that install boat carpet for a living sure do earn their money. I got everything taken out of the boat today. Next I'm gonna strip the carpet, then repaint the gunwale, bow and stern. Then it's on to carpetting. I may have to hire an electrical engineer to hook all the gauges and switches back up. LOL

I'm thinking about extending the front deck back to the front of the console. Would be about 18" more deck. The only negative I can think of is that that will eliminate the little "cubby hole" where I can put my tackle bag.

Going back with a dark grey carpet. In full disclosure, the carpet under the front deck is NOT getting changed. Ain't no way I'll fit in that little hole....

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I am sure it will look good when you get done. Nice boat.

Better get on it them fish be biting before long ! Lol Going to look good when u get er done! When you get it back together and get that new tm mounted bring your boat to me and I will let you put carpet in mine while I use your boat!:Rofl

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Originally Posted by Slabprowler

Better get on it them fish be biting before long ! Lol Going to look good when u get er done! When you get it back together and get that new tm mounted bring your boat to me and I will let you put carpet in mine while I use your boat!:Rofl

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LOL. We'll fish out of mine while some poor soul puts carpet in yours!

Thanks flint!

Prolly going to let em line x it for 500 bucks and be done with it. I’m to little to be down on my knees anyhow ! Lol

Carpeting a boat is tedious work. The hardest part is getting the old glue off. Gonna look great when you get done, nice looking ride!

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Originally Posted by Slabprowler

Prolly going to let em line x it for 500 bucks and be done with it. I’m to little to be down on my knees anyhow ! Lol

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I would have been money ahead to do that. I'm gonna have over $350 in carpet and glue.

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Originally Posted by Prater4586

Carpeting a boat is tedious work. The hardest part is getting the old glue off. Gonna look great when you get done, nice looking ride!

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Thanks Prater. The old glue has deteriorated badly. The decks hardly have any left on them. The only real area that's gonna be tricky is the inside of the rod locker. I figure a scotchbrite pad on a side die grinder will eat it off quickly.

Worst case scenario, I'll sand blast it off. :)

I know what you mean about how hard of a job it is. I re done the carpet in my Ranger about 5 years ago and swore I would never do another one.

I watched/helped a friend do his tracker a couple years back, me and 2 guys scraped on just the back deck 2 hours or better. Glue! It was a major project to say the least.

Roger, I've already vowed the same thing. Next one I do, I'll fork over the money or get it sprayed with Line X.

chuckster, one thing about owning a business with plenty of metal fab tools.... I'm not scraping glue. :) I plan to use a scotchbrite pad on a right angle die grinder (15,000-20,000 rpm) and if that doesn't work I'll use a grinder with sanding disk or if comes down to it, I'll sand blast it off.

FurFlyin, a knotted wire brush on a side grinder works good on the wide open spaces just go lighty and the rubber bristle pads worked good on the die grinder....good luck.

We had a grinder, drilling all the hatch rivets out and replacing them was major,sure he had 800 in carpet and glue,,,,glad I was a spectator!

It will look good after all the work you put in it.


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That's some hard work going on there. Sure you'll be happy with it when you're done.

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Originally Posted by Bob D

That's some hard work going on there. Sure you'll be happy with it when you're done.

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One way or the other. :)

Wire wheel eats glue in no time.
Good luck and have fun.


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Why don't you use some paint stripper on it Fur. Something like Zip strip. Put it on, let it sit a few minutes and take it off.

My uncle does upholstery for a living and I've helped him do more seats than I can count. I'll see how he removes the glue on a re carpet job.

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Why don't you use some paint stripper on it Fur. Something like Zip strip. Put it on, let it sit a few minutes and take it off.

My uncle does upholstery for a living and I've helped him do more seats than I can count. I'll see how he removes the glue on a re carpet job.

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Hadn't considered it. I'll definitely give it a try on the hard to reach spots. The rest of the glue removal, on the floor and decks will be a non issue. It has very little glue on it. Either the factory glue wasn't very good or it's just deteriorated to the point that it's gone. There are spots on the deck that look like there was never glue on them to start with.

I plan on using the line-x type stuff you can get through bass pro or cabelas. Has anyone here used that?