nboettcher
07-03-2014, 01:06 PM
I finally got my SeaDek pad last night and got it put on. Here is the process I went thru, maybe it will help someone thinking about doing the same.
I started here, with the 3-piece black pad that was tracking black throughout my boat on the white vinyl.
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I was able to start peeling off some of the black pad, but it would come up in sections. The pieces that I couldn't pull up, I ended up using a drywall knife blade and hammering it under the pad. This was my last effort to get it off. It actually didn't do any damage and worked well. I was then left with this mess of adhesive leftover.
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I then used Mineral Spirits and smaller putty knife to scrap off the adhesive. I let the MS soak into the adhesive a little before I scraped it with the putty knife. Worked to get a majority of it off. I was then left with some small residual adhesive.
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Being a bit of a perfectionist, I worked to get it almost all gone. After finishing with the MS, I used a clean rag and Acetone to remove MS, debris, etc from the board to get it nice and clean.
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Before I put the new SeaDek down, I used window cleaner one last time. I then used the method from SeaDek's video on their website to apply the pad. It literally took me 5 minutes to put the pad down. End result - looks awesome!
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I started here, with the 3-piece black pad that was tracking black throughout my boat on the white vinyl.
14625
I was able to start peeling off some of the black pad, but it would come up in sections. The pieces that I couldn't pull up, I ended up using a drywall knife blade and hammering it under the pad. This was my last effort to get it off. It actually didn't do any damage and worked well. I was then left with this mess of adhesive leftover.
14626
I then used Mineral Spirits and smaller putty knife to scrap off the adhesive. I let the MS soak into the adhesive a little before I scraped it with the putty knife. Worked to get a majority of it off. I was then left with some small residual adhesive.
14627
Being a bit of a perfectionist, I worked to get it almost all gone. After finishing with the MS, I used a clean rag and Acetone to remove MS, debris, etc from the board to get it nice and clean.
14628
Before I put the new SeaDek down, I used window cleaner one last time. I then used the method from SeaDek's video on their website to apply the pad. It literally took me 5 minutes to put the pad down. End result - looks awesome!
14629