"carpeting a bassboat," in the Carpet Q&A forum, begins: "is this what you mean by marine grade plywood ?
--> Boat building lumber and plywood
while marine-grade playwood is ..."
while marine-grade playwood is a premium, exterior (only in the fact that they use a waterproof adhesive between the panels), finish product in base-quality, it is not treated in any way to be decay or rot resitant !
Are you sure you want to go this route just to be covered up with carpet ?
what is your reason for using marine grade plywood ?
seems to me a water/decay/rot treated product might be a better choice for the carpet-covered application, or at least purchase a water/decay/rot treated marine grade product.
its equal to someone using finish grade birch or walnut plywood as a subfloor for resilient/carpet/wood/ceramic that will be covered up.
I am not downing your choice .. just trying to understand it in the application mentioned.
unless i am misunderstanding something ..........
regardless, If you do use marine grade playwood with no rot/decay/water proofing resistance I would definately treat is with some type of sealant compatible with the outdoor carpet adhesive to prolong is life.
its equal to someone using finish grade birch or walnut plywood as a subfloor for resilient/carpet/wood/ceramic that will be covered up.
Funny you should say that-- another guy in my bass club redid his decks this past winter, and used ACX Fir.
On that note, though, I'm going on the recommendation from a local boat builder. My biggest fears using treated ply are twofold-- first, being that there are more voids in PT ply than even CDX, It would seem to me that although it might take longer for the wood that's there to rot, there's also not as much wood to rot. Secondly, I didn't know if the chemicals in the PT ply would react with the carpet adhesive. I know the make it impossible to get a bond from thinset, but I'm in a foreign world here!!
So I guess I'm back to epoxying the marine grade, and then carpeting over it, unless someone tells me I'm worried about nothing.
I think youre on the right path Bill, BTW; what kind of Bass boat do you have?????
250 hp Ranger????? Outdoor adhesives are solvent based, therfore they should be fine with youre Marine plywood----I think this is being overthought,heheheh
Jeeeez Bill, just buy a new Ranger, Basscat, Champion, or Viper. This recarpeting thing is way to much trouble. All these boats are made in my backyard. While you are here you can fish Norfork or Bull Shoals lake.
Danny, I'd LOVE to make the trip, especially if it meant I was coming home with a new Ranger!!
Sorry to disappoint you all. my boat has gotten a nickname in my club. I don't know if any of you remember an old comedic folk song called "POS Car"? ( you can guess what POS stands for) Well, I've got a POS BOAT. I've got an exwife who's seen fit to double dip on the child support with the help of the state of Ct., and as a result, I can't get credit for a piece of bazooka bubble gum. I bought (rescued) this boat about 7 years ago and I've been making it fit to fish from since. This is the first year that I've felt confident enough in it to fish tournaments from it. It's slow (top speed of about 45), but it gets me to where I want to go, has a brand new 60# trolling motor on it, so it'll hold me in everything but the strongest winds, I've replaced all the electronics on it, as well as the livewell and bilge pumps. I've got three things left. This summer, I'm redecking it, and over the winter, I'll be fabricating my own dash and replacing all the gauges (the only one working right now is the speedometer-- I don't even know for sure how much gas I've got!), and then next year, I'm putting a new outboard on it.
Now after spending 20 minutes typing everything BUT the answer to your question, it's an 88 BAYLINER, and yes, it IS a bassboat (I didn't know they made em, until I saw this one), and it's got a 125 Force on it that's definitely seen some abuse, including last year, when in 17 feet of water, I clipped the top of a house sized rock that was about 4" under the surface of the water, and not marked. In spite of taking the housing completely off one side of the lower unit, I was still able to drive 5 mintues back to the boatramp, tie up, back the trailer in, and POWERLOAD the boat!! (go figure!) But I DID end up replacing the lower unit with a used one that someone had at one of the local boatyards. She hasn't been the same since, though. Here's a couple of pictures, the first taken about a year after I got it (The trolling motor's been changed out, and there's a Humminbird TX300 on the nose of the bow now), and the second taken year before last with the new trolling motor:
Oh yeah-- for those not familiar with bassboats, when I said my boat was slow, this'll give you some idea-- one of my best friends has a 2004 Ranger-- 21' with a 225 Venom. Below is an actual picture of his speedometer I took while we were on plane, heading across the lake:
I once owned a BassTracker in college, and fished in many club tourn. with a buddy from college, who owned the real boat. He had 18ft Tidecraft with a 200 Merc. Man that thing would scream. We were on the lake four days a week from March to Sept. That's what I consider the good ole days. After getting married and kids, my bass fishing days are over for now. I still do alot of trout fishing though. A couple more years me and kids will be ready for that bass boat.
THERE ya go!! I wish my stepson was interested in fishing. His thoughts are that it's for p*ss*es. He hunts, and can't seen to comprehend that you CAN do BOTH.
Outdoor adhesives are solvent based, therfore they should be fine with youre Marine plywood----I think this is being overthought,heheheh
All these boats are made in my backyard. While you are here you can fish Norfork or Bull Shoals lake.
