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Floorboards
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06/16/04 11:45 PM
06/16/04 11:45 PM
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After working on my wooden floorboards inside the cabin for the past three years I finally gave up on them. I removed the wooden floorboards and replaced them with a sheet of .063 thick aluminum tread plate. You know - the stuff they make tool boxes etc. that you see in the back of pick-up trucks. I love it! I thought it might be slippery when wet, but after all it is made for tread plate. Not slippery at all. It gives the old "J" a new look. (Although non-traditional). I cut a piece of treadplate 39" x 96" to cover the forward part of the sole. I cut out a hatch over the bilge. Then I made a template and pieced together a couple pieces fit at the aft end and around the engine cover. It really looks clean - and is easy to maintain. And weighs less than my wooden floorboards.
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Re: Floorboards
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06/17/04 09:53 AM
06/17/04 09:53 AM
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I think we need to see some pics of that. sounds mighty interesting, although I cannot imagine that I will get the wife to agree to such a conversion...
plus carpet is probably lighter, than again I remember that the roll was pretty heavy
let us see the alloy floor
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Thor
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Re: Floorboards
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07/01/04 10:58 PM
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I have some photos of the aluminum floorboards - how do I post them?
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Re: Floorboards
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07/02/04 10:24 AM
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email them to me
Thorsten@thorusa.com
I will try to find a place on the web and than post the link
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Thor
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Re: Floorboards
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08/18/04 10:51 AM
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This is not a good post to find first as I foray into the wooden cabin sole world. I am in the process of restroing (refinishing) my cabin sole. After 20 years as a salt water boat on the Long Island Sound in NY, my j30 has found a new Home on Lake Champlain, so I am attempting to do some much needed repairs, upgrades.
I am in the process of sanding the entire cabin sole with 60 grit palm sander (yes, it is taking forever, but nothing a few beers doesn't help) I like to control of the amount I sand off and so far am happy. My main concern is that over the years, the floors have gotten scarred (can sand most of it out) and stained with my guess is diesel fluel at many locations. Is there any way after I have all the old finish off the floor and am down to bare wood everywhere to bleach or dry out the sole? I'd like to lighten up the whole floor as the Teak / Holley lines are now blurred into just dark wood in many places.
Any help or direction would be appreciated.
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Re: Floorboards
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08/18/04 12:22 PM
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I did the same thing with my floor this spring. I used 60 grit on a hand sander. Then I scrubbed the living daylights out of the wood with a TSP solution, which did a good job with spilled oil/diesel. Whoever got the bright idea that yacht floors must be teak and holly needs to be keelhauled. Teak holds up pretty well, and sanding and re-varnishing did a good job restoring it. But Holly just dry rots like nobody's business. I just sanded as best as I could, slapped down 6 layers of varnish, and called it quits. Not as good as new by any stretch of the imagination, but a lot better than it once was. (The teak is actually golden instead of discolored grey.) I considered bleaching, but the thought of working belowdecks with little ventilation using chemicals that harsh that need to be neutralized and rinsed off, not to mention what they'd do in the bilge, convinced me otherwise. If I personally were going to bleach the floor, I'd insist on removing it first. And if I'm going through the trouble to remove it, it'd probably be easier to use it as a pattern to make a brand new floor. I have photos of the refinished floor here: http://www.mackenziegems.com/gallery/tesara04 It certainly isn't perfect or like new, but it's a lot better than what it was. Ryan Pierce, #337
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