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| I have 2 very small soft spots in the floor of my Lund Pro-V. They are only about the size of your foot and I would like to fix them as I am going to be selling the boat. They aren't near each other, and they aren't real bad, but you can feel the difference. I really don't want to have to remove ALL the old carpet, but I don't want to do a cruddy looking "patch job" either. Anyone have any tips or suggestions? Or would I be better off just showing them to a buyer and letting him do what he wants?
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | When I first bought my Jet Boat I put two pedestal seats near the back. When I changed the seating and went with one bench seat, I had two round weaker spots in the floor where I had drilled and fastened the bench seats. I made an X cut in the carpet, marked out the circle cut with a pencil and Jig Sawed out of the weaker wood perimeter where I had drilled the holes. Made sure I had 2 other pieces of wood that I cut to fit those holes exactly, then went and picked up that foam sealer that expands and hardens real hard, filled the cavity almost to the top and pressed in the new wood while the foam expanded and hardened, making sure it did not expand to make the patch uneven with the rest of the floor. Glued the carpet back on top and it's been fine for the last 15 years.
Edited by walleye express 10/19/2007 7:06 AM
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| Dan- When you glued the carpet back down, how did the seams look where you had cut?
I had thought of making a single slit at the edge of each spot, and just sliding a 1' square piece of thin stainless sheet metal under the carpet, and then just gluing it back down.
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | It looked pretty good. Just keep the edges sharp/clean and use good glue. And if the soft spots are not because of rot, you might get away with the squares of metal. If it is rot using the metal becomes a booby trap time bomb of sorts.   |
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Location: in the boat off the east shore somewhere | yes yest either replace the floor if it is getting soft or disclose the soft spot and give the guy a deal based on floor replacment ... depends on the kind of guy you are.. sometimes there are softer mor flexible arias in a boat but if the floor is rotting it wont take but a year or two and the whole floor will be bad... its not uncommon.. an a buyer also should know this the good news is its an aluminum boat ... if the job is done by you and a handy buddy it is not expensive but at 10-100 an hour it will get costly so dont let the guy ask a dealer what it will cost... my advice , show the guy make an estimate to replace the entire floor yourself and discount the boat appropriatly... let him deal with it ... it could last ten years without doing a thing to it .. or it could need to be replaced in 2 or like above if there is no rot just flexible due to lack of under support then the piece of tin would do the trick ... remember to tape or round the edges of the tin so after walking on it 100 times the carpet doesnt wear threw... also remember 90% of the boats out there are in the shed all year and many dont get out as much as they are planning too.. even with a soft spot in the floor a fair weather fisherman can can have that boat for ten years without further problems... i would lift up the carpet take a look... always sell anything AS_IS for your protection but try not to sting anyone... good luck ... water can be hard on plywood in a very short time... so do what you think is right ... lets face it your prob talking about a 500 dollar bill worst case.. maybe a sheet of plywood some new carpet if you cant pull yours up clean ..i would seal the plywood and lay down the new carpet.. do just the back half of the boat if you want.. good luck. |
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Fixing small soft spots in boat floor....