Boat deck replacement

I'm completely reflooring and carpeting a boat. Do any of you out there have recommendations on plywood and how to finish it? I've researched alot of threads on this and there seems to be a 1000 answers. Some say marine plywood, but where can you find that locally? Others say exterior A/C plywood and fill in voids with putty.

Then there is finishing. Some say to paint plywood with oil based paint on all sides and edges until it will not take any more. Then others say use 2 part epoxy in the same manner. Others say to just do the top, but not the bottom. Then some say no treatment at all.

Last what type of glue do y'all recommend. It is a lund boat so it has aluminum compartments and then plywood decking. Contact cement, marine carpet glue or spray adhesive like a 3M product?

I'm ordering the carpet and vinyl today. This is going to be a big project and after fish one I do not know if I will tackle this again. 25 carpet pieces and 11 vinyl pieces.

I know there is probably a subforum for this, but I'm looking for local ideas and suppliers.

Thanks for any help in advance.

I installed new carpet on a old Alumaweld twice and used contact cement . Works great but once stuck in place it will not move . Make sure it is cut to size and add glue then place it on one side then work it over to the other making sure not to get any wrinkles .

I would suggest removing as much of the wood as possible and deck with aluminum sheets, but if you go wood 2 part epoxy seals the really well friend of mine redid the transom on the back of his that way 2 sheets of plywood epoxied together ten years or so ago and it still holding up great.

I replaced the decking and carpet in my previous boat about 4 years ago. Couldn't find marine grade plywood locally so I used cabinet grade instead. Cabinet grade has no interior or exterior voids to trap water. After cutting it to size I used two coats of epoxy resin from west marine to seal top, bottom and edges. I used contact cement to glue down on both the wood and aluminum decking. When I sold the boat a year ago it was all looking good.

Make sure you get enough carpet. It took a total of 27' to do my 17' boat allowing for cuts for compartment lids.

Thanks, I did find marine plywood after an extensive search. 1 store in arkansas as far as I know. Arcadian Wood Products in LR. You have to pretty much know what they have and order by phone it is primarily for cabinet builders. If you just show up to order you will have to wait 2 hours for bill out. I have settled on contact cement. I have ordered 35' of 8.5' carpet and 7 yards of vinyl for doors and sides. The sealing has been giving me headaches as I had thought about using oil based paint, but now I have found resin at a reasonable price. Probably just going to order 2 gallons of resin with medium right amount of medium hardner.

You can get marine Plywood and good glue at Lowes. You want a slower curing glue for the main carpet and some spray glue from 3M for the tougher to reach spots. Buy heavier oz. quality carpet, you'll be glad you did as it smashes down in time quickly

Did mine a few years ago. Hit me up if you have any questions.

Here is the link to my project

Tracker 175 Refurb

That was a nice project. Hopefully mine will turn out as well as your. I will post some pics soon.

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Originally Posted by mdperson

That was a nice project. Hopefully mine will turn out as well as your. I will post some pics soon.

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Did mine 6-7 years ago. Couldn't find Marine grade plywood, so used AC grade plywood covered in several coats of spar urethane. Boat is stored outside and floor shows no signs of weakening.

Take the advice about carpeting. I didn't and it's not wearing well.

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I have stripped all the glue out now and installed carpets in the compartments. It was cold so I had plenty of time to manipulate the carpet before it set. Just waiting for the weather to get right to seal the lumber.

Did you by chance check to see if that foam was holding any water? I have a boat that I thought was just too heavy, come to find out when I started to redo it all of the foam was water logged. I weighed about a 2' x 2' chunk of it and it weighed 75 lbs. Needless to say I dug it all out and replaced it. I tried to find closed cell foam in a can that would expand because the closed cell won't allow water to be soaked up, but I couldn't find anything like that. So I had to go back with basically the same thing.

Foam is dry and solid. That was an answered prayer.