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Thinking about removing the carpet from a 2000 Air Nautique and installing, if i can buy the material, the new "stuff" like in a G series or any other new Nautique. Thoughts or has anyone done this yet?
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I am in the process of doing this to my 1998 SS. I am just waiting on SeaDek at this point to send me updated mylar sheets. It has been a long wait. It is a slow process. I started this process in the spring. In the end I'm sure it will be worth it. This season, the floor has just been painted. I like the painted floor better than the old carpet, but I am looking forward to the Seadek.Comment
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Very cool 98SAN! Was the glue removal a tough process? Also, thank you for the link Beach.Comment
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Removing the carpet and glue was a bit involved. I think it was harder to remove it from the plastic seat bases than from the floor. The floor wasn't that bad. I think that was because the seat bases were awkward to hold while trying to remove the glue. I used some goop off on the seat bases but for the floor I had better luck with just lying down and going to work with a few different size chisels to get off most and then very little sanding just to smooth things down.
The floor is currently primed with the grey primer from Monstaliner. I have a gallon of monstaliner that I will tint to match the hull color and will use sparingly on the floor and seat bases in between where the SeaDek will go. I am waiting on receiving the SeaDek before rolling the Monstaliner on so I can see where the gaps will be and how big they will be.
Something to think about, and maybe the biggest issue involves re-sizing all of the pieces where carpet was removed. I estimate 1/4" per layer of carpet. So if the seat base had carpet on both sides, that piece will sit 1/2 inch lower and/or be 1/2 inch less in width. It is not much , but it is noticeable. Some of these gaps/heights have been resolved and some of these are on my list of things still to do. The biggest gaps to fill were with the main engine floor cover piece and with the belly lid.
For the main floor piece I ended up adding 1" x 1/2" HDPE pieces to all three sides. I sanding each of the pieces to fit the very rough opening. This made the opening quite square and the engine floor lid fits very tight and looks quite nice now. For the belly lid, I did the opposite. The opening was already square, so I added 1/4" HDPE to the sides of the lid to fit the opening. It is not perfect but it turned out much better than I was expecting.
I actually got a hold of someone from SeaDek today about the dry fit I sent in. It turns out they were not proceeding with the order because of some misunderstanding with who the order was for. That has been resolved. So hopefully things will start rolling once again.
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