bodeen
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Post by bodeen on Oct 22, 2012 16:48:36 GMT -5
Going to be putting a deck in my Jon soon and was wondering if anyone has done this and has any words of wisdom. It seems like a pretty straight-forward process. Dress it up a bit and I might use it in the river a bit more. Which is good since I have a ramp about ten minutes from the house.
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bodeen
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Post by bodeen on Oct 22, 2012 18:33:14 GMT -5
Here it is, in the beginning
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Post by Greenedog on Oct 22, 2012 18:46:30 GMT -5
Never done one. Like you, I would think it would be pretty straight forward. Have you ever been to www.tinboats.net/ ? You can spend hours reading about boat makeovers on there!
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Post by jsanders on Oct 22, 2012 19:05:24 GMT -5
Put a treated plywood floor in the boat at work, not a deck. Just used fine thread self tapping screws on the ribs that cross side to side.
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Post by topwaterbass on Oct 23, 2012 4:42:02 GMT -5
Going to be putting a deck in my Jon soon and was wondering if anyone has done this and has any words of wisdom. It seems like a pretty straight-forward process. Dress it up a bit and I might use it in the river a bit more. Which is good since I have a ramp about ten minutes from the house. curious to see what you come up with. Might be able to use on mine.
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bodeen
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Post by bodeen on Oct 26, 2012 8:20:29 GMT -5
Got the front decking cut to length, just need to trim it to fit. Front decking trimmed up. Deck Riser for trolling motor mount. Access below for a couple storage boxes. Rear deck area. Was thinking about covering the entire back, but with the cooler in there to be set up as a live well, I was thinking of just doing the seat area. Rear flooring. No floor in yet, just some insulation to deaden the sound. Rolling around the back end idea. Will probably leave it open. Other than putting in access doors in the front deck, I am almost at a stand still until I get the trolling motor and fish finder for the front. Can't do much of anything until I figure out the wiring now. Happy with how it is going so far. Front access panel configuration will be next up after rear deck and flooring. Went back out after supper and came up with a design for the access panels to below deck. The cubby hole under trolling motor riser should hold all the cranks I will need for the type of fishing this boat will be set up for. Getting ready to head back out and work on the rear end design I thought up. Always good to procrastinate every once in a while and see what ideas pop up.
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bodeen
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Post by bodeen on Oct 26, 2012 12:47:09 GMT -5
Got the floor cut to size and placed in the boat. Made the rear deck a little longer in the front to make a little cubby hole to put things in. Threw some scrap together to see how it looks. The uprights aren't needed for support. Can also just have the bottom cross board be a 1 by and use some brackets to secure it to the floor so items in cubby hole won't slide forward. Also thought of using cargo netting or some type of bungee. It is still up in the air, but I got plenty of time and options on that. I have put off cutting the access panels about as long as I can lol.
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bodeen
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Post by bodeen on Oct 26, 2012 16:34:08 GMT -5
Got the below deck access panels cut out. I think I will go this route for the cubby hole. Can put storage boxes three deep in it.
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Post by fishaholic19 on Oct 26, 2012 19:06:53 GMT -5
Looks real good so far!
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Post by strippitman on Oct 29, 2012 6:58:21 GMT -5
Are you going to mount the seat pedestal bases centered above each seat bench? Or is the front pedestal going to be closer to the front between the 2 storage cutouts? It looks like if you move it forward you will have to add support underneath since you made the cutouts. Also, just curious, why did you choose not to use treated plywood?
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bodeen
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Post by bodeen on Oct 29, 2012 9:24:02 GMT -5
Seats will be above the rear two benches. I initially planned on putting one all the way up front, but this will be a two man boat now and it wouldn't be needed and I didn't want the hassle with it.
There will still be supports up front though.
I didn't go with treated lumber because of the caustic reaction it has with some metals, including aluminum. I will be sealing the lumber prior to putting either carpet or vinyl over it.
Still not sure which way I am going on that front. Temps might shut me down from sealing it until spring, so I will have time to weigh those options.
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Post by bodeen on Nov 2, 2012 15:59:15 GMT -5
Shopping around I found some Minwax that runs 45 bucks a gallon. Was told it is the best sealant for boat decking.
Now the adhesive for putting down either the carpet or vinyl flooring says to go on a clean surface, no oils etc. How would this sealer affect the adhesive?
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Post by strippitman on Nov 5, 2012 8:18:53 GMT -5
Shopping around I found some Minwax that runs 45 bucks a gallon. Was told it is the best sealant for boat decking. Now the adhesive for putting down either the carpet or vinyl flooring says to go on a clean surface, no oils etc. How would this sealer affect the adhesive? I am afraid the adhesive won't be able to make much of a bond with the sealer since the sealer is a repellant. The only thing I can think of is to test a small piece and see how it works. You may need to go with a Thompson water seal type protectant because it soaks in to the wood instead of creating a layer on the outside which should allow the adhesive to bond although it does leave an oily residue. Another option you could try is using aerosol spray adhesive, that's what I used when I re-carpeted the decks in my boat 2 years ago. The way I did it is I removed all the decking that I was going to recarpet (there were exposed stainless steel self tapping screws that were easily removed to remove each deck). I was planning on reusing the decks but instead of going through the painstaking work of stripping the old adhesive off I just bought new treated plywood and used the pieces I romoved as templates for the new pieces. I then carpeted each piece individually before installing them back in the boat. To use the spray adhesive, I would start by stapling the carpet to underside of the decking along one of the lengths, then I would spray the adhesive to the decking then pull the carpet tightly over the top of the deck and then staple it on the underside of the opposite end. Then I would wrap the other sides underneath and staple them too. I then would reinstall it in the boat. It worked great! The carpet being wrapped around all sides created a buffer between the treated plywood and the aluminum. I also put carpet scraps on all aluminum surfaces to prevent the plywood from being able to contact these areas as well.
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