Good evening all you good buddies.
We are progressing in the construction of the Mary E which we plan to use to cruise up the Mississippi River from Guttenburg Iowa to the upper limits of the mavigation channel some where north of the Twin Cities after labor day this fall. This will be our way of celebrating the 50 wonderful years we have been together.
I have described our trip before with a much longer itinneary ( starting on the upper Ohio and going down to the Mississippi and then up the Mississippi.)
A bit of common sense has prevailed and we have shortened our maiden voyage to the one described above for several reasons.
We are now in the process of preparing to install the deck on the pontoon structure and would like some advice on a filler to use to fill the voids in the PT 3/4" plywood we have decided upon based on the advice of one of you good buddies. There arent many, but I feel they should be filled before we put the sealer, adhesive and carpet down.
We purchased the PT plywood last fall and have been air drying it so that it will receive a coat of Zinsser Bulls Eye 123 Sealer - also recommended by a good buddy on this forum.
I hope one of you can reccomend a filler suitable for filling the voids in the plywood, since I feel they should be filled.
We are planning on using outdoor carpet adhesive to seal down the carpet after we get the sealer applied.
Reading some of the other threads, I am a bit confused, for some do not feel this is the best way to apply the carpet.
The carpet we purchased is the 8' 6" wide carpet used by Lowe on their Pontoons. I dont think we will be able to staple it on the underside. However, if I can, I will.
I thought I would use a propane tank as a roller to roll the carpet down onto the adhesive.
Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.
Thank You
Macamato.
P.S. I will attempt to attach a photo of the Mary E as it appeared on Memorial Day.
We are progressing in the construction of the Mary E which we plan to use to cruise up the Mississippi River from Guttenburg Iowa to the upper limits of the mavigation channel some where north of the Twin Cities after labor day this fall. This will be our way of celebrating the 50 wonderful years we have been together.
I have described our trip before with a much longer itinneary ( starting on the upper Ohio and going down to the Mississippi and then up the Mississippi.)
A bit of common sense has prevailed and we have shortened our maiden voyage to the one described above for several reasons.
We are now in the process of preparing to install the deck on the pontoon structure and would like some advice on a filler to use to fill the voids in the PT 3/4" plywood we have decided upon based on the advice of one of you good buddies. There arent many, but I feel they should be filled before we put the sealer, adhesive and carpet down.
We purchased the PT plywood last fall and have been air drying it so that it will receive a coat of Zinsser Bulls Eye 123 Sealer - also recommended by a good buddy on this forum.
I hope one of you can reccomend a filler suitable for filling the voids in the plywood, since I feel they should be filled.
We are planning on using outdoor carpet adhesive to seal down the carpet after we get the sealer applied.
Reading some of the other threads, I am a bit confused, for some do not feel this is the best way to apply the carpet.
The carpet we purchased is the 8' 6" wide carpet used by Lowe on their Pontoons. I dont think we will be able to staple it on the underside. However, if I can, I will.
I thought I would use a propane tank as a roller to roll the carpet down onto the adhesive.
Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.
Thank You
Macamato.
P.S. I will attempt to attach a photo of the Mary E as it appeared on Memorial Day.
