Boat Repair for James

James had the engine on the bass boat worked on but the interior still needed quite a bit of work. He and I stripped out the old carpet and coated the floor and walls with bedliner material (we like how it turned out) but did not get the carpet work done nor did we manage to refinish the paint. Since we will be here in Texas (on a lake) until April, we decided it was worth James bringing the boat half way and Becky and I would then pick it up and I would finish the job James and I had started. This is the result.





Here is one of the original lid covered with the old carpet.






First you have to pull off the old carpet (easy) but then you have to remove the old glue and the underside of the old carpet (not easy). These two shots show the results after each of the processess.








Here is what a finished lid looks like alongside an old one. Yes, the old ones were green and the new ones are grey - it actually works - trust me.






A few shots of work in progress and then some after all carpet is in place.










The console has seen a lot of modifications over the years and had left a hole right in the center. I decided that we could use a power outlet to charge cell phones, run a spotlight or whatever so now we have a power point where the hole use to be. This worked out since I had previously put a cover and toggle switch in the hole but had a 'leftover' toggle switch hole so it was just a two move operation and now all holes are used!





The boat had been in some of the 'dirty' lake water at Lake of the Ozarks long enough to make the stern look pretty bad. Should have taken a 'before' shot but this 'after' shot demonstrates what a bit of elbow grease and finish renew can accomplish. You bought some good stuff James.




Believe it or not these shots were my attempt to show how much the finish is improved. For some reason I just cannot get it to show up as well as I would like. The console does the best job but, believe me, it looks as good as it has in many years. May not be new but sure runs and looks good.












After all that work the new cover will keep it looking good until James gets to use it after we go west in April. Enjoy James and Cher!!!