Painting Sceptre Cabin Rood

[edloh]

Hello guys,

I have removed the hairy carpet on the roof of my cabin. After cleaning it offcouse. Is there a reason why i cannot use a good water based acrylic paint? i dread gelcoating upside down.....

[strick]

I cant answer your question about using the water based paint because I don't know however I would use a good epoxy paint if it were me. As long as it's out of the sunlight epoxy paint is good. It's tough and cleans easy.

strick

[Bigshrimpin]

I agree with strick . . . With all the raw unfinished fiberglass inside the cabin (under the rug) It's going to be WAY WAY too much work to fair that out and make it pretty. If you don't want to put carpet back up . . . just roll on gelcoat or epoxy primer . . . there's no need to sand it inside the cabin.

[bigeasy1]

I also removed the shag carpet from my 74 Tsunami's cabin,,and have spent lots of time just thinking about what i'll cover it with.

The old residual glue is to rough to get a nice finish with if it's just painted,and the thoughts of trying to put gelcoat up there is a nightmare.

I've decided that i'm either going to glue a light gray marine carpet or a marine headliner material to the interior cabin.
I think it will look nice,and also act as a sound deadener to some degree.

Man,what was with the shag carpet?I know it was the seventies,but that was carpet that belonged in a conversion van,not a boat.

[NoBones]

Man,what was with the shag carpet?I know it was the seventies,but that was carpet that belonged in a conversion van,not a boat.

It could have been worse considering that it was a 70's thing

Tye dye, with solar flair sun blobs on it
Wait a minute, it is all coming back to me now, I think it
might be called a flash back

I'm faced with same problem on my 78. I plan to pull the cap
anyway, and repair it while it is off the boat.
I have some serious dock rash on the cap and bow, thats
the way I bought it.
See ya, Ken

[abl1111]

I removed mine too - been (4) yrs I've been living with it bare. I did buy replacement stuff, NOT SHAG!!!, but the the same OEM stuff that is used in a lot of newer boats, i.e. Grady White.

I installed it only on the vertical, aft bulkheads. It looks good, but I did notice that after (4) yrs, it collected a little mold. Makes me worry about doing a whole cabin w/ it.?

If mold was not a problem, I don't think you could beat it.

[Bryan A.]

Whitewater interior work

Here is a link to an old thread when I had a similiar though about the interior of my Whitewater. I spent the good part of a winter with a wire cup brush and dusk mask cleaning the faired it out about 80% then sold the boat. The new owner is going to glue rug back in Oh well, times have changed. Hope it helps someone with ideas.

[Bushwacker]

I need to redo my carpet too! What was your source for the OEM carpet? I checked with some local stores, and they said the backing on original material appeared to be latex, similar to what's used on indoor-outdoor carpet; much different than normal carpet.

Believe it or not, the carpeting is not a bad idea, because it insulates and seems to prevent sweating on underside of deck. On a clear summer night in Fl. with no wind, the surface temp drops well below the dew point, so by early morning deck surface looks like it rained. Without the carpeting, moisture will condense on the inside also. I've never had a problem with mildew on the carpet, despite our frequent 100% humidity! Have had some mildew on damp cushions however. Started using Damp-Rid a few years ago - small size container will be full of water in about 2 weeks!

[abl1111]

I tried to find the carpet info in my SC reno file, but I don't have it. It is perfect stuff though. It has no backing to it. If you want, send me a PM and I'll end you a pc so you see what it is. It is the exact same carpet I had in my '87 20' Grady and it does what I need.

I think the mildew is from my winter storage. THe place I bought it form is somewhere in Florida - that I remember. It's CHEAP too.

[Sigma1]

I removed the carpet 2 years ago and applied "Grizzly Grip" coating. It basically is a truck bed liner material and comes in many colors. It consists of epoxy paint with small rubber pellets in the paint. It required very little prep and the consistency ofthe coating hides all belmishes in the fiberglass work. It has not faded, chipped or peeled and of course does not hold moisture. A little messy to apply overhead but if you take your time and cover up the sides and floor it should take only a few hours. You can google "grizzly Grip" and it should take you to the product