Ana
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Summer appears to be over and it is time. We blinked and 16 years have gone by since we bought our Parker.
Mechanically is close to perfection but suddenly is looking very old, specially inside the cabin.
We never managed to clean up the surface rust of the window frames, and the carpet covering the cabin just fully gave up.
What once looked almost luxurious as headliner and all around the V berth, now seems like may be the source of a contagious disease. The sections where it isn't wore out is just disintegrating, the slightest touch produces a cloud of dust.
Anyways, the plan is to remove all that carpet, now that we have working outdoors weather for a couple of months.
We know the area underneath will have wood with a ton of dried up glue and many imperfections. I figure there will be plenty of sanding and some sort of surface preparation, before the "whatever we decide" is applied.
Just not sure what to use for those surfaces.
The only thing we know for sure is that we want to put something that can be wiped at cleaning time, so defineyly no carpet or any fabric.
I'd like to take into account the effort in labor and money for both: the preparation and application. The plan is to take this coming week or so to decide what will it be, so we can begin planing the sequence of tasks.
Being old and lazy, I'm thinking we would do it in sections. For sure we start with a small section as a test.
So what would you use and why? Would love to hear from all but specially from @Wookie and @CuzzA
Mechanically is close to perfection but suddenly is looking very old, specially inside the cabin.
We never managed to clean up the surface rust of the window frames, and the carpet covering the cabin just fully gave up.
What once looked almost luxurious as headliner and all around the V berth, now seems like may be the source of a contagious disease. The sections where it isn't wore out is just disintegrating, the slightest touch produces a cloud of dust.
Anyways, the plan is to remove all that carpet, now that we have working outdoors weather for a couple of months.
We know the area underneath will have wood with a ton of dried up glue and many imperfections. I figure there will be plenty of sanding and some sort of surface preparation, before the "whatever we decide" is applied.
Just not sure what to use for those surfaces.
The only thing we know for sure is that we want to put something that can be wiped at cleaning time, so defineyly no carpet or any fabric.
I'd like to take into account the effort in labor and money for both: the preparation and application. The plan is to take this coming week or so to decide what will it be, so we can begin planing the sequence of tasks.
Being old and lazy, I'm thinking we would do it in sections. For sure we start with a small section as a test.
So what would you use and why? Would love to hear from all but specially from @Wookie and @CuzzA
