Question on cleaning a boat before restoration

[dlang123]

Just got my first boot. 18ft Pontoon used, wood deck, horrible tears in the seats.. and the prettiest bed of moss on the carpet. Thinking about taking all the furniture off, spraying the whole boat down with bleach/water mix, let it sit for a bit, then pressure washing it, and putting the furniture back on. Maybe try to do some upholstery work while I am at it.

Should I not remove the furniture? will it hurt anything? I really need to remove the sides too, cause lots of moss under them. Does this sound like a plan? Any other ideas? Any idea how long it takes to completely strip a pontoon? Doesn't look hard at all.

 

[sheboyganjohn]

Assuming it is a carpeted deck, it may be just as easy to pull the carpet off and put new stuff on but I will defer to people with pontoon repair experience, I just owned one from new for 5 years, so no restore experience.. Regardless, I would pull all the furniture first. There should be good carpet under the furniture so you will get an idea of what it should look like clean.