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Rebuilding my boat, need advice.
Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 7:10 pm
by Sjp1311
I am getting ready to lay my vinyl from pontoonstuff. The floor is smooth, where the walking traffic is, and kinda smooth under furniture, however there are a few spots, that part of the top layer of plywood came off with carpet. and a few spots that could use some smoothing out.
I got the 80 mil stuff to help cover some of the imperfections, what can I use to smooth the other areas? I am talking about maybe 6 sq ft (total) worst area is maybe an 1/8", most is less than that.
PS sent foam tape to cover seams, but that will provide a bump at the seams, In my opinion, I was going to knock the seams down with my belt sander, should I fill the seam with a bondo type material or leave them be.
Thanks for your help
Steve
Re: Rebuilding my boat, need advice.
Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 7:35 pm
by Bamaman
Bondo and a belt sander will work.
Just make sure the mastic (glue) you use to install the vinyl flooring is the right one for vinyl flooring on plywood. There are a dozen different mastics on the market--not all of which will work for you.
You'll also need to use a 100 pound flooring roller after the floor is installed--to get out all the bubbles and make the flooring grip the plywood.
Re: Rebuilding my boat, need advice.
Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 7:38 pm
by Sjp1311
Yes, I ordered the correct mastic from PS, for wood floor. I am going to get roller before I start.
Thanks for the reply.
Re: Rebuilding my boat, need advice.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 1:25 pm
by BobG
Durhams Rock-Hard water putty.
Or maybe not. Might not be perfect for the deck of a boat.
Re: Rebuilding my boat, need advice.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 7:46 pm
by RcgTexas
PS sent foam tape to cover seams, but that will provide a bump at the seams,
I may be misunderstanding but the tape goes under the wood decking on the angles or hat channels. Correct me if I am misunderstanding that post!
I rented a floor sander with some medium paper and sanded my new decking before gluing the vinyl down. Make sure you use all the glue, a little thick , spread evenly, is way better than too thin.
Re: Rebuilding my boat, need advice.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 11:51 pm
by tuned
My floor was so beat up after tearing off the carpet that I ended up using a couple gallons of some glop or other just to level it a bit. Carpet backing still left on with SouthBay mega-glue wouldn't sand off even with a big floor sander.
My only hope was good thick flooring, which the PS stuff is.