i have a boat that needs ether carpet or bed liner witch on is better and easier to deal with. the boat is a 18' fish and ski pro craft. i would be using it mostly to fish and maybe pull a tube some times. what are the pro-cons of them. thanks
Bedliner is way heavier and once you put it on you will never get it off and if it gets dinged you can't fix it, with carpet if you decide you don't like it or it gets dirty you can just change it.
You could check out Durabak marine coatings... A bunch of us in the resto forum have used the product with great success... You could use a coating and install snap-in carpet. My Bayliner thread link below shows all the fun details.
If your going to replace the carpet yourself or do the bed liner yourself you might want to consider this point. If the carpet your replacing is glued down when you remove it there is a lot of sanding and cleaning that will have to be done in order to get the floor ready to apply a bed liner. However if your going to replace the old carpet with new carpet there is far less prep work needing to be done on the floor. Also if you have hatches with carpet on them and you go with bed liner the gaps around the hatches will be bigger. Carpet takes up room.
The pros and cons as i see them are.
Carpet is usually cheaper to replace than bed liner
carpet is cooler on the feet than bed liner
carpet looks better than bed liner
carpet absorbers noise better and is a cushion to your feet
Bed liner is easier to clean than carpet
carpet only last about 6 or 7 years bed liner should last the life of the boat
carpet is more time consuming to install do to trim work
Bottom line is do what you think you will like best. It's half one half another.
i think i am going to wait a lil befor i do any thing. also my friend just put bedlinner in his boat and i want to see how it comes out and how hot it gets. thanks
I will never have carpet in any boat that I own, "bedliner" is not hot on the feet, I know my last 2 boats I've put bedliner in them. Also bedliner is so much easier to clean and will last the lifetime of your boat.
Don't forget to put a heating system under that marble, it gets cold on the bare feet early in the morning. Wait, this is NOT the DIY home repair section.
for anyone who has the bed liner in their boat can you tell me if it gets soft or has an odour when it gets warm .I was planing on using white , and was wondering thanks
