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New Floor

Marine plywood is over kill IMO, besides that it does not absorb resin well. A good quality plywood is all thats needed, resin coat bottom side, and edges before installing. When I refloored my 23' daycruiser, I used 5/8th's tounge & groove plywood, laided crosswise. This was followed by two layers of glass mat. The floor was tough, and you could bolt anything to it, being it was impregnated by resin on both sides. Good luck on your project.

sleek

x2 marine ply dosent soak up reisin good. use a good reisin system like west system at west marine. buy plenty of mat and use stainless screws,(pre drill the holes they strip easily)reinforce under seats. Good luck.

Originally Posted by sleekcrafter

Marine plywood is over kill IMO, besides that it does not absorb resin well. A good quality plywood is all thats needed, resin coat bottom side, and edges before installing. When I refloored my 23' daycruiser, I used 5/8th's tounge & groove plywood, laided crosswise. This was followed by two layers of glass mat. The floor was tough, and you could bolt anything to it, being it was impregnated by resin on both sides. Good luck on your project.

sleek

not to hijack this thread but it is the next step....
once you have the floor down, how is the carpet put down?? what type of glue ? do you try and get it done with one piece or are seems acceptable...

i am contemplating redoing the carpet on my 25 daytona...quotes of up to $2000...seems a bit high...doesn't look like rocket science to me but i could be wrong...

orange county or so cal sources for 40 oz marine and carpet and any glues, etc. also appreciated..

thanks
gm

3M vinyl top and trim adhesive works great for marine carpet, and the carpet can be pulled and moved around if needed, to flatten any wrinkles. Contact cement also works, but is not so forgiving, once its laid down, it's down. Both can be sprayed from a common spray gun. Boater's World actually has some nice marine carpets, call for carpet samples, it takes just a few days to receive.

Sleek

Originally Posted by 76ELIMINATOR

So, it it time to do a new floor in my 76 Eliminator mini day cruiser.

I have allready decided to use Marine Grade Ply, man that stuff aint cheap.

Any rules, tips, ideas ?

Couple questions I have are:

1: Which way should the plywood lay- from bow to stern or side to side?

2: Do you glass the entire surface or just the perimeter, joints and any cuts that were made?

3: I noticed that there are a bunch of different glass strips, whats the best to use?




Thanks for any info.


Norm

I dont know the norm, but I can say by carpeting my Malibu and Nordic this is what two of the builders do.

The wood is laid side to side.

The fiberglass is just at the joints to fill the gap. The floor is screwed down to the stringers.
IMO. adding fiberglass to the entire floor would add a lot of weight to the boat.

To preserve the wood. TAPS plastic has an epoxy bottom paint that I coated the wood with. Works Great.

And I buy the marine glue in the bucket you spread on with a trowel. Plenty of working time.

See 95 Nordic thread for photos.

Originally Posted by gmnhra

not to hijack this thread but it is the next step....
once you have the floor down, how is the carpet put down?? what type of glue ? do you try and get it done with one piece or are seems acceptable...

i am contemplating redoing the carpet on my 25 daytona...quotes of up to $2000...seems a bit high...doesn't look like rocket science to me but i could be wrong...

orange county or so cal sources for 40 oz marine and carpet and any glues, etc. also appreciated..

thanks
gm

40oz carpet is a bitch to find. The best source and what most of the builders use is Corinthian.

Here is the site..http://www.corinthianmarine.com/

hey norm you lazy azz get this shiat done, your fricken boats startin ta look like mine