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The old cockpit was soft in some places. The previous owner painted it ( nicely ) however the damaged was still there under the paint. I could feel it. Plus it didn't look boat like. We needed a new floor.
I used a paint stripper to pull up the old paint. Being careful not to strip the gel coat or fiberglass. Used a wire brush and paint scraper.
Exposed the damaged floor. Its not that bad. The gel coat is damaged, however the fiberglass looks ok. But ugly.
We patched it with gel coat and sanded it down. Stronger and needs a paint job. Big time.
Rather then a paint job ( will need to still do it when we paint the top side of the boat. ) We decided to build a wood cockpit floor.
We found square flooring from a re-use supply store for 1 dollar a square. bought the whole lot ( 11 ) for 1 dollar each and drew out a plan. What worried me was the lack of right angles. its not square so i was worried I would screw up the measurements.
Placed the tiles on the dock and drew out the plan I then put it on a picnic table and cut it to size with a jig saw. could have used a better type of saw. however the lines were good and reasonably straight. However as I didn't number each square it took a while to put it together. Was like a puzzle.
dropped thee final floor into the boat. happy with the results. Before and after. Much better results.
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