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Sea-dek install

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The theory of "southern boats are the worst to remove turf and install sea dek" are 150% correct!

But. It's done. 100% done. Thank. ****ing. God.

Will, you're a rockstar. My OCD at least 95% approves of your cuts, so consider that good. My OCD is crazy strong, definitely get this shit from Will @JetBoatPilot if you are looking into it.

As you can see, this stuff doesn't come off easy if you live down here...

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Lucky for me, my wife kept working on it while I was at work today:

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...and kept working,

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Then I got home with MAN tools, and continued, until it looked like this:

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(thanks to @jeremy0011 for the eraser wheel tip!!!) (it was a bit too late, you can see the one DEEP mark I made with a non-recommended tool that I quickly learned should NOT be used)

And then of course,

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Contrary to photographic evidence, the entire boat is done. D. O. N. E. Done. I couldn't be happier about that. Wasn't the easiest thing we ever did, but holy shit is this stuff nice. I'll add more photos later, as we were running out of daylight. If you are OCD, you better have at LEAST one other person to help you install this. If not, lucky ****ing you!

Overall recommendation - 15,633,476 stars out of 10. I put hydroturf in my old seadoo, and Will's Seadek in this one. No comparison. Holy shit not even close. Get this stuff, you will not regret it. And have plenty of beer on hand. Overall install, we have about 12 hours in this. If you don't drink beer, change your tampon and try again.
 

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Looks great! Hope those IPA's went down smooth! You'll love the SeaDek out on the water, I went 10 years on the fiberglass floor before I upgraded.
 

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I have been working on removing my old stuff off the swim deck for the last 3 days. Not going well to say the least (I have to figure out how to patch fiberglass now thanks to a scraper through the clean out hatch). what is the eraser wheel tip? I have got all of the glue off but it is still dirty and I can't get it clean.

I don't normally drink beer but had a few during this process.
 

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@Murf'n'surf . IPA's and the Penguins and Yamaha jetboats. If I swung that way, I'd ask for your hand in marriage. (even though most of this install went with CBC - carolina brewing company - Barleywine style ale). I'm definitely an IPA kinda guy.
 

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@thcole , assuming you have a drill, just go to any reputable auto store and ask for an eraser wheel. It's AMAZING what it does. Not hard to figure out once you see it.
 

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@Murf'n'surf . IPA's and the Penguins and Yamaha jetboats. If I swung that way, I'd ask for your hand in marriage. (even though most of this install went with CBC - carolina brewing company - Barleywine style ale). I'm definitely an IPA kinda guy.
Next time you are in the area we must meet up!
 

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My 10 year plan includes moving to FL. I WILL live there. Bugs and heat be damned! IDC!
 

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That should work great, @Evil Sports . I didn't even use the arbor adapter, mounted my drill right to it. (I didn't have the adapter). FYI - slow speeds work much mo betta.
 

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Finally an advantage to living in the north. Not to rub it in but the old material came off in less than an hour. I didn't use any chemicals, instead I used steam to remove any residual glue. On the down side the lake was 54 degrees yesterday. :(


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and, your hockey teams suck. :p
 

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I'm with you there. The Leafs are terrible. I've been a Pens fan since I was a little kid. Of course back then the Penguins sucked but so did the Leafs!
 

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Anything I should wipe the floor down with before I install the seadek? How long do i have to let it sit before I can walk on it.
 

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Hah! I'm with ya. Although, it looks like you guys just signed Babcock. That's enough to make the leafs a serious competitor next year!

@thcole , I wiped the floor with acetone before installing (about 30 seconds before installing). Then kinda stomped on it a bit. It's sitting out there covered up now, and we'll be on it Saturday morning.

Should we be? I dunno, shoulda read the instructions I guess!

@JetBoatPilot , how long should this setup before we actually use it? :p
 

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The theory of "southern boats are the worst to remove turf and install sea dek" are 150% correct!

But. It's done. 100% done. Thank. ****ing. God.

Will, you're a rockstar. My OCD at least 95% approves of your cuts, so consider that good. My OCD is crazy strong, definitely get this shit from Will @JetBoatPilot if you are looking into it.

As you can see, this stuff doesn't come off easy if you live down here...

View attachment 22206


Lucky for me, my wife kept working on it while I was at work today:

View attachment 22207

...and kept working,

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Then I got home with MAN tools, and continued, until it looked like this:

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(thanks to @jeremy0011 for the eraser wheel tip!!!) (it was a bit too late, you can see the one DEEP mark I made with a non-recommended tool that I quickly learned should NOT be used)

And then of course,

View attachment 22210



Contrary to photographic evidence, the entire boat is done. D. O. N. E. Done. I couldn't be happier about that. Wasn't the easiest thing we ever did, but holy shit is this stuff nice. I'll add more photos later, as we were running out of daylight. If you are OCD, you better have at LEAST one other person to help you install this. If not, lucky ****ing you!

Overall recommendation - 15,633,476 stars out of 10. I put hydroturf in my old seadoo, and Will's Seadek in this one. No comparison. Holy shit not even close. Get this stuff, you will not regret it. And have plenty of beer on hand. Overall install, we have about 12 hours in this. If you don't drink beer, change your tampon and try again.

Looks great! Nice job.
 

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I wiped mine down with lots of acetone. Go heavy and use a cloth that doesn't leave lint.

You can walk on it immediately. In fact you need to press it down completely before you get it wet.
 

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Oh, yeah. All stickers gone, @cozilla ! All 14? of them. Jesus **** was there alot of stickers! So much cleaner now.
 
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