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Originally Posted by DonV
It's been a while since I looked at a 20' Sceptre's floor. The way I would do it is cut out the floor leaving 1 1/2" all the way around the edge, remove the floor so you can get to the stringers, foam, inspect the gas tank, make repairs, etc.. Make a template of the "new" floor area all the way around to the inner liner, cut 3/4" coosa board the same size off the template, cover with 1708 on both sides (maybe two layers) and bond on to the 1 1/2" lip you left. Glass the coosa to the inner liner and fair. You could just paint up the sides 6" or so the same color as the floor and get good results if you color match. Your new floor will be 3/4" higher if you use coosa, there are other options.
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Thanks, Don. That was pretty much my plan except probably use 1.5" foam for a bit of a lift from original. Trying to figure out how to retain the gutters and through deck drains. (I like them). I thought about actually making a mold of the existing deck to put on a table and make the new deck with because I like the setup so much, but that's a lot of work and materials that may not have a lot of gain.
My main concern was the line where the new finish stops. One thought I had was maybe Line-x for the non-skid and up the sides a bit. This boat gets used as a work boat/pickup truck and I've got some good stains/scratches from lumber, propane tanks etc. The linex would add durability, and hide the transition from old to new finish. But...will it look good and how easy does fish blood and squid guts clean off of line-x? lol
07-18-2019, 02:00 PM
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