I've answered numerable questions about boat carpets over the years. I accept if I can get two years out of one, I'm winning. Last one got terminated by a sick dog and then a puppy along with a presurised holding tank due to nasty things down the toilet.!! Along with tomato soup in a storm ect, ect!! It was weary after six months. No point having them bound, they dont last that long.
But whats best, bearing in mind they have to come up often. Woven, foam backed thingies. Felt? Sick of those stringy plasticy backed type that have bits of white stringy things sticking out round the edges.
How about varnished teak, like wot i got [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] or proper boat carpet,like wot i put on top of the teak [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
I dunno about the material but I can never understand why peeps put cream coloured carpets on boats as you see at every boat show. It makes as much sense as putting cream carpets in your kitchen at home. We reckon dark blue is a no-no as well as it shows every speck of dust and dirt. FWIW, we think a sort of woven speckly brown colour is the best for hiding stains and muck plus industrial quantities of carpet cleaner to keep it looking nice. We had some badly stained carpets in our last boat professionally dry cleaned and they came up really well. What might help as well is to keep the dog in the anchor locker or the lazarette. Does 'em no harm, they soon get used to it and they can drink the bilge water if they get thirsty
I have a felt backed carpet that has been in use in my boat for abt 4 years and is still as good as new. I had it edge stitched , and we steam clean during winter.
Biggest downside for the felt backed carpet is that it needs doublesided tape to hold it down, otherwise it will tend to move over the grp or wood deck.
Best point, doesnt matter if it gets damp/wet, as it will dry out without the backing destructing.
a high quality bathroom carpet has a lot of advantages as it doesnt need the edge stitching as much as the felt backed, and it doesnt need double sided tape, but the end finish doesnt look as good.
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We've gone cream in our Falcon 45, really lightens up the interior. Got a couple of those Dirtmaster mats at the top and botom of the stairs which seem to prevent anything being walked in. Still have to be careful of red wine stains tho'!
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Yup, saw pictures of the P67 you posted and marvelled at quantity of cream carpets and seating. You must have very well behaved family and friends. Pets are a problem. Perhaps if hlb swapped his dog for a tortoise, he might get 3yrs out of his carpets
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