This is probably the last boat that I will have carpet on. Well, at least the last I will install myself.
The boat was out for about an hour on both Wednesday, and Thursday of last week, just for test runs, so the interior was dry, and had very little traffic. But, it spent last weekend on the lake. It was put in the water on Friday evening, and not pulled out until Sunday. It was used for pulling tubes, (scout get together on the lake, people bring boats, and we spend the weekend skiing, and tubing and such) so it had water dripped on it, and a bit more traffic, but nothing real extreme, and still probably considered light compared to many boats.
On Saturday, I didn't notice any problems with the carpet. But, on Sunday, dad had the boat out for 4 or so hours, pulling tubes, and when he came back in, the carpet was bubbly, and seemed to shift.
But, the only place it had a problem was on the lower deck. And, both sections of the lower deck had an issue. So, I pulled a piece up to investigate.
Here is what is odd. See how the deck looks brand new, but where it was attached to the hull, the glue is still present? When I pulled it up, it came effortlessly off the deck, but I had a real struggle when pulling off the side.
Here is the piece of carpet. The glue stuck to the carpet at the deck, but at the sides, you you can see where it pulled away backing, and tore up the carpet for me to pull it out.
My first thought was that the glue somehow didn't like the deck alloy, as it is a T6 treated 6061 alloy, and I am assuming the hull is a 5052 (most modern boats are anyway) alloy, but that idea is shot. The bow deck, stern deck, and all the hatch lids are made with the same 6061 stuff, and when I pulled up a piece of the bow deck, it acted just like the side of the hull. The only other issues with carpet, I can attribute to operator error when installing.
Does anyone have a clue what the heck happened with the carpet on the lower deck? As a matter of fact, that section of deck was actually made with 2 pieces of aluminum, both from different sheets facing different ways (print side down, and print side up). I am really lost here.
The boat was out for about an hour on both Wednesday, and Thursday of last week, just for test runs, so the interior was dry, and had very little traffic. But, it spent last weekend on the lake. It was put in the water on Friday evening, and not pulled out until Sunday. It was used for pulling tubes, (scout get together on the lake, people bring boats, and we spend the weekend skiing, and tubing and such) so it had water dripped on it, and a bit more traffic, but nothing real extreme, and still probably considered light compared to many boats.
On Saturday, I didn't notice any problems with the carpet. But, on Sunday, dad had the boat out for 4 or so hours, pulling tubes, and when he came back in, the carpet was bubbly, and seemed to shift.
But, the only place it had a problem was on the lower deck. And, both sections of the lower deck had an issue. So, I pulled a piece up to investigate.
Here is what is odd. See how the deck looks brand new, but where it was attached to the hull, the glue is still present? When I pulled it up, it came effortlessly off the deck, but I had a real struggle when pulling off the side.
Here is the piece of carpet. The glue stuck to the carpet at the deck, but at the sides, you you can see where it pulled away backing, and tore up the carpet for me to pull it out.
My first thought was that the glue somehow didn't like the deck alloy, as it is a T6 treated 6061 alloy, and I am assuming the hull is a 5052 (most modern boats are anyway) alloy, but that idea is shot. The bow deck, stern deck, and all the hatch lids are made with the same 6061 stuff, and when I pulled up a piece of the bow deck, it acted just like the side of the hull. The only other issues with carpet, I can attribute to operator error when installing.
Does anyone have a clue what the heck happened with the carpet on the lower deck? As a matter of fact, that section of deck was actually made with 2 pieces of aluminum, both from different sheets facing different ways (print side down, and print side up). I am really lost here.
