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| Looking through the Cabelas magazine looking at some boat carpet and thinking how slick it would look with some new carpet. Boat is an Alumacraft 165 LTD Tiller. How hard is this to do? |
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Location: Duluth, MN | I just did a 16' Fisher last summer. To be honest, I'm not sure I'd do it again. I couldn't even tell you how many hours I had into that thing. I knew there was a lot of carpet, but it totaled over 350 sf and 50 different pieces of carpet. The end result turned out awesome, but it is a serious investment in time. If you have the space and don't like ice fishing it could be a good winter project. |
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| Not too "hard" really, but very time consuming. I did a 19ft blue fin years back. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | My father in-law has spent the last two winters with his boat in my garage working on his. Did the back half last winter and is working on the front and small pieces this winter. He spends a lot of time on it, but that's what he has...now retired! Good luck, I know he's been frustrated at times. Finished product has turned out great.
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Location: Detroit River | I put a new floor & carpeting in my 14' 5" Sea Nymph using carpet & carpet glue that I bought from Cabelas. I put in a couple of hours after work for a week & I was impressed with my work. That was 15 years ago & most of the carpet held up great except for where gas got spilled.
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Location: Brainerd, MN 56401 | It's not rocket science, but it will take time, a lot of time. I just completed a 18' alumacraft tiller at the shop where I work and I think it took about 90 hrs and I do restoration for a living. Take pictures and get a air rivet gun. |
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| I did my alumacraft mag last year. It's very slow work. One thing I will recommend is I used a dremal multi max tool (there are several versions out there)it made removing the old carpet almost fun. My boat is a 04 I fish more then most but I had to replace about half of the wood in the boat. The main floor had vinyl on the floor and I think it was keeping the water locked in. On all the new marine grade plywood I coated both sides in fiberglass resin before the carpet.
Edited by muskysucker1 2/9/2013 9:11 AM
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Location: Elgin, IL | Nolan:
Last Spring I did my own 96 Lund Pro V 1890. Here is a thread from last year that should answer alot of questions for you.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=72...
I am very pleased with my results. As posted, I went back to Lund for my carpet because I wanted the same color/original equipment. You can get good boat carpet from Cabela's or BassPro. I would get the best you can afford...you don't want to do this often. If you have questions, I would try to help as best I can, PM me here.
Good Luck.
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Location: Brainerd, MN 56401 | The best way to remove the old glue is with an angle grinder with a fine wire brush. Another tip is to be careful removing the old carpet with a putty knife, don't rip it, you will be using it as patterns for the new carpet. When you get the carpet off use chalk and put an arrow pointing towards the bow on all pieces so you can keep the knap going the right direction. If you need any help PM me. Good luck! |
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| Went to vinyl will never go back! |
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Location: Almost Heaven | Did an aluminum and and a fiberglass and i think the job is time consuming but i enjoyed the end results. My wife helped me and she kept me on my toes. I used Weldwood regular cement. It gets tacky quick which eliminates the need for clamps. Good sharp blades are a must and an Exacto and a box cutter type knife worke good. Measure more than once and cut a little wider and longer and trim the excess. I took all the lids off and did them on a table. I used thick carpet on the glass boat and put nylon straps on my lids. This helps pulling them up with using thicker carpet. |
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