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anyone replace their factory flybridge/patio carpet with duarweave product? if so who did you purchase from and did they have the patterns for your model?

The captain recently saw the duraweave product on friends boat and "liked it" so of course i'm now doing the leg work to find out more...

ours is 2006 Carver 36MY with "tan" carpet, would like a darker/grey/black pattern to go with black canvas.

Thanks,
Cliff

IMHO carpet is not the best on a flybridge as it has to deal with some water here and there, gets dirty rather quickly and is difficult to dry out. I highly suggest you take a hard look at Seadeck. https://www.seadek.com I did the entire exterior with this stuff including the swim platform and cannot say enough good about it. See some pictures in my signature.

Midnightsun wrote:Source of the post IMHO carpet is not the best on a flybridge as it has to deal with some water here and there, gets dirty rather quickly and is difficult to dry out. I highly suggest you take a hard look at Seadeck. https://www.seadek.com I did the entire exterior with this stuff including the swim platform and cannot say enough good about it. See some pictures in my signature.

+1 on the seadek recommendation!

We have carpet in this area also, wife looks the Duraweave look. No discussions yet for us. We have Sea Deck everywhere else also on the exterior. Only thing is when you put a chair on the Sea Deck, worried about leaving a permanent mark.

Yes there will be a mark but it eventually comes out with warm weather. I freaked out first time I set up 6 chairs and a table mid deck only to see all those chair leg indents even a few days later. When warmer sunny weather hit they disappeaered. That being said, we have a couple of small 2' x 3' mats we roll out and put our chairs on when on the swim platform. Works really well and no marks.

See, That would make sense to do.

SeaDek is a good product but one needs to consider a few things about the product before making a decision whether it's right for you;
- Keep in mind that the bulk product is only so wide so the finished covering for large areas will be a combination of separate panels, some like the look, some don't for a few reasons, so keep this in mind.
- I've had reports that some stains are impossible to remove including bird poop if it's allowed to sit long. You can abrade or sand those areas but that would be noticeable in most pattern options.
- If you have a cat or dog on board with nails, eventually you'll see the consequences of not keeping their nails trimmed.
- All indications seem to point to an average lifespan of about 7 seven years under regular use and still look reasonably good before replacement.
- It's a peel and stick product that's designed to be installed right over flat and non-skid surfaces. The problem with aggressive or patterned non-skid surfaces is that you can end up with voids under the product right from installation or product release. The voids and channels eventually collect water that will not dry quickly, stay in contact with your gelcoat, and cause surface blisters much like you'd get under a bow cushion when left on a wet deck, that surface takes forever to dry out. Some installers will caulk all the edges of each panel in hopes of preventing water intrusion and the edges from lifting which is very common, however it soon becomes a task that needs doing every year as the seal fails along the edge at the point where the caulking meets the product as the product seems to shrink slightly over time. And when it's time to replace the panels, it's be a bear to clean up the caulking especially on non-skid.

Again, good product, looks great, but consider the above before you decide.