Bought some diamond cut HydroTurf, and had it shipped to Snipe's house. He has most of the templates cut out of 1/4" plywood, and he cut the largest pieces for me. I drew up the template for the side pieces on the hatch and maile it to him, and he transferred it to 1/4" ply.
So far, all I got back from him is what you see, plus the one piece under the driver's feet. He is out of town and will cut the rest for me when he gets back.
Anyways, it looks GREAT!!!
But removing the glue from the old pieces has taken me about 4 hours and half a gallon of Goo-Gone, a quart of laquer thinner, and heaven knows how many rags. And I had to go back to the hardware store 4 times to replace my elbow-grease :reddevil:
Attached is a cellphone pic of the old stuff and my paper template for the side pieces, and a finished pic of the new stuff on the back end.
This stuff was purchased from HydroTurf online, and this is the diamond cut "blemished" material, at around $35 per sheet. Took 2 sheets to do all my boat. I paid a little extra for the 3M adhesive attached to the back. I find that it is easier to apply since you can line it all up first, then unpeel a corner, make sure it is still alligned, smack that corner down, the just peel the backing off while pushing down on the padding as you move from one corner to the opposite. Then it goes down the way you intend for it to, and you have a second chance to make sure it is where you want it before you smack it down.
So far, all I got back from him is what you see, plus the one piece under the driver's feet. He is out of town and will cut the rest for me when he gets back.
Anyways, it looks GREAT!!!
But removing the glue from the old pieces has taken me about 4 hours and half a gallon of Goo-Gone, a quart of laquer thinner, and heaven knows how many rags. And I had to go back to the hardware store 4 times to replace my elbow-grease :reddevil:
Attached is a cellphone pic of the old stuff and my paper template for the side pieces, and a finished pic of the new stuff on the back end.
This stuff was purchased from HydroTurf online, and this is the diamond cut "blemished" material, at around $35 per sheet. Took 2 sheets to do all my boat. I paid a little extra for the 3M adhesive attached to the back. I find that it is easier to apply since you can line it all up first, then unpeel a corner, make sure it is still alligned, smack that corner down, the just peel the backing off while pushing down on the padding as you move from one corner to the opposite. Then it goes down the way you intend for it to, and you have a second chance to make sure it is where you want it before you smack it down.
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