Restoring my boat

Scarface02

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Hey guys, I just found these forums! I was given a 1998 aquatron 180 sailboat that has a mercury 3.0 engine in it. I am currently working on restoring it and wanted to get hall's input on how I would reupholster the cushions in the picture. Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks, eddie
 

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tpenfield

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Hey guys, I just found these forums! I was given a 1998 Aquatron 180 sailboat that has a mercury 3.0 engine in it. I am currently working on restoring it and wanted to get y'all's input on how I would reupholster the cushions in the picture. Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks, Eddie

Welcome to iBoats. . . :D

That does not look like a sailboat :LOL:.

If a mild bleach & water solution won't do the trick, then you may be best to have the cushions recovered. Most local upholstery shops that handle cars also can do boat cushions. Since those are fairly simple, just about any upholstery person could do them.

How it the rest of the boat?
 

Scarface02

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Sorry! I put skiboat, but it changed it lol. I'm going to try bleach next. If it doesn't work, my problem is I can't figure out how those cushions are attached to the boat so I don't know how to take them off. I can't get behind the cushions to undo a bolt or something. I'm not sure if they were glued on.
 

88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

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Good morning 😊
I used Westleys Blech-White with warm water and a scrub brush. I liked using this because of the foaming action and was thicker, so to speak, so I could concentrate on the worst areas.
 

Scott Danforth

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Either christmas tree fasteners or z-clips
 
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