Cleaning Cockpit Carpets

[nwaring]

Bob...read this post form Boatered the other day.  3rd one down.

http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp ... rms=carpet

Good luck
Niles

[rdlegacy]

Thanks, I'll send them a note for a quote!

[rdlegacy]

I haven't been able to get online for a while so I didn't read about the link to the Welbond site.

However, I think I found a solution to the carpet problem!

While I Lowes picking up some spray paint, I noticed this can of stuff you coat your hand tools with, like pliers and screwdrives you dip them in and build up a rubbery handle.  Same stuff as for sealing the end of lines.  I read the can and it is a rubbery liquid that drys and stays flexible.  It is only a few bucks!  So what the heck!  I tried it.  

It comes in different colors, I have black.  Out of the can it was a thick but not too thick liquid, about like pancake syrup or real thick paint.  But it does brush on easy.  I taped up the the snaps with mastic tape, and brushed the stuff on the areas that were deteriorating, crumbling.   I had to stir it up like paint to make sure it was all thuroughly mixed correctly.  It says you can thin with Naptha if you want, which I have...but did not need to.

I let it dry for several days and tried it this weekend.  So far, it seems to be working great!  My carpets did not need the entire undersurface done, mainly at the corners/edges, and the strip to the aft cabin walkway.

One can covered what I needed.  If you need to do the entire carpet I am guessing maybe 3 cans.  If I had to do my entire cockpit for a 270, I would have needed 3 cans.  Or if you want more build up, you'll need more than one can.

Bob

[Babyboomer]

I take them home, lay them on the driveway, spray them down and put carwashing soap on them to clean them.  Same for my c-cover.   The Oxy stuff will do the trick too, I use that on other things

Speaking of carpets:

Need recommendations to the rubberized backing on the c-carpets.  Ours are disintegrating leaving black residue on the cockpit after I pull them up.  

Is there a spray on rubbery stuff I can spray on?

Or, has anyone priced replacements for a 270?


Gracias!

Bob

I priced it here once they send you a template to copy your old carpet but hold onto your hat I can't remember the exact quote but I could have done my living room and hall for what they wanted. In excess of $500.
http://www.snapincarpet.com/index.cfm

I've noticed some boats on the Marina with snap on Carpet on the swim deck really looks nice. It's in the link