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Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. #11642005 06/02/16 01:14 PM
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I am looking at redoing my Bass Tracker floor this summer, hopefully. It has set-up for the last 10 years before I bought it. When I started walking on it and fishing the carpet started tearing. On top of that good news I have a soft spot in the bottom of the floor which I would like to fix.

Pics and advice are greatly appreciated.

Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: Tatorbones] #11642271 06/02/16 03:03 PM
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You need look at BBC in the tin section...Lots of good info.......

Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: Tatorbones] #11643508 06/03/16 12:12 AM
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Is it a metal floor? I have a 20ft SeaArch that had nasty glued carpet over the floor. I tore it all out, stripped off the carpet glue then painted the floor with a textured boat floor paint. It came out great.

Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: Tatorbones] #11644322 06/03/16 12:21 PM
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Snake oil tin section? Metal floors do not get soft DonaldM. I have replaced several Tracker floors. They are easy because the wood is held down with screws. Remove the console. Get the new plywood cut, then coat the back side with resin. Coat top side after install. Get ready to replace the floatation once you get the old floor up. Good Luck


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Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: gary purdy] #11644340 06/03/16 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted By: gary purdy
Snake oil tin section? Metal floors do not get soft DonaldM. I have replaced several Tracker floors. They are easy because the wood is held down with screws. Remove the console. Get the new plywood cut, then coat the back side with resin. Coat top side after install. Get ready to replace the floatation once you get the old floor up. Good Luck


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And don't cheap out by not using the resin or you will be doing it again in two years. Ask me how I know.


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Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: gary purdy] #11645640 06/03/16 09:36 PM
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My bad, I didn't read carefully.

Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: Mudshark] #11645846 06/03/16 11:54 PM
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Snake oil tin section? Metal floors do not get soft DonaldM. I have replaced several Tracker floors. They are easy because the wood is held down with screws. Remove the console. Get the new plywood cut, then coat the back side with resin. Coat top side after install. Get ready to replace the floatation once you get the old floor up. Good Luck





This.


And don't cheap out by not using the resin or you will be doing it again in two years. Ask me how I know.



How do you know? banana

Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: Tatorbones] #11646670 06/04/16 01:44 PM
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Mi spent a week redoing mine and thought I could just paint it. Now, all my wood is rotten and crunchy and it's as bad as when I first started


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Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: Tatorbones] #11647009 06/04/16 05:17 PM
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Be aware there is a good chance your wood stringers will be rotten where you have the soft spot. Take pictures once you have it opened up.

Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: Tatorbones] #11651366 06/07/16 03:47 AM
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i appreciate the advice. Sounds like it takes a good while to do. Defiantly not a weekend projected.

Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: Tatorbones] #11655137 06/08/16 08:50 PM
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I'm redoing a bass fracker floor now as well. Already done main floor doing the back n front decks now.


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Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: Tatorbones] #11655139 06/08/16 08:51 PM
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Does your boat have a single or double live well lids?


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Re: Heads up Please! Looking at redoing my floor on Bass Tracker. [Re: Tatorbones] #11655219 06/08/16 09:23 PM
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If you're gonna keep the boat for a long time, invest in Epoxy resin. I built my boat using MarineEpoxy from here: http://bateau2.com/ Not sure you can find it cheaper. Coat all surfaces with 2 coats, and any holes you drill for attachments. Any hole I drill gets filled with epoxy putty I mix up from resin and wood flour. No chance of any moisture getting to the plywood that way. Do that and it will never rot again. A little more money and time up front for never having to worry about it again.

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