beavertrapper70
Cadet
- Joined
- May 2, 2008
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- 14
Hey Everyone,
I have my 24ft Grumman tore down to the joists, and I am ready to put down the Marine Treated plywood and Marideck. I will post some pictures when I am back in town this weekend.My next big purchase is Furniture, which is causing me some grief. Here is what I can tell you.
The seats I just tore of the 1989 boat were original, Grumman was stitched into each piece of Vinyl. The seats were rotten as heck on the bottoms, but were in good shape from about 6 inches up. The vinyl wasn't even that bad. I hated to see them go, I really liked the OEM look.
New furniture is all expensive, some more than others. I have checked out Wise, as well as the seats at Pontoon Specialist.com. The seats at Pontoonspecialist were comfortable IMO. Both of the previous seats have a plastic base. I also plan on checking out American Soft Trim this friday. It appears they use wood, or some type of wood composite. Lastly, I have a guy close to me, who will rebuild from the ground up, out of wood, my rear bench seat and sun deck, and re-upholster my captains chair for 600 bucks, which I feel is a steal. The disadvantage here is I haven't seen much of his work.
Can anyone give me some insight into their recent furniture purchases? I am leery about seats with plastic bases, but then again wood does rot, so I don't know where to go. Any advice would be appreciated!
I have my 24ft Grumman tore down to the joists, and I am ready to put down the Marine Treated plywood and Marideck. I will post some pictures when I am back in town this weekend.My next big purchase is Furniture, which is causing me some grief. Here is what I can tell you.
The seats I just tore of the 1989 boat were original, Grumman was stitched into each piece of Vinyl. The seats were rotten as heck on the bottoms, but were in good shape from about 6 inches up. The vinyl wasn't even that bad. I hated to see them go, I really liked the OEM look.
New furniture is all expensive, some more than others. I have checked out Wise, as well as the seats at Pontoon Specialist.com. The seats at Pontoonspecialist were comfortable IMO. Both of the previous seats have a plastic base. I also plan on checking out American Soft Trim this friday. It appears they use wood, or some type of wood composite. Lastly, I have a guy close to me, who will rebuild from the ground up, out of wood, my rear bench seat and sun deck, and re-upholster my captains chair for 600 bucks, which I feel is a steal. The disadvantage here is I haven't seen much of his work.
Can anyone give me some insight into their recent furniture purchases? I am leery about seats with plastic bases, but then again wood does rot, so I don't know where to go. Any advice would be appreciated!