LVChris wrote:
Toddely wrote:
Not to sound dumb, what does soaping up the new bunks do. stationary wash board? lol I'm learning fellas. I'm learning.
I read somewhere to soap them with the new carpet, not sure why or if it made a difference. My guess is it didn't. However I will say that I keep a bar of soap on board for the zippers on my canvas and soaping them up every so often works wonders!
I helped a friend do this same project, only we didn't soap the carpet. Big mistake. The next weekend we came down to use the boat and it was stuck to the trailer. It was stuck so bad the trailer was trying to float during launch. After several minutes of reverse and forward on the throttle along with turning the steering back and forth it came unstuck and trailer dropped to the ramp. I was amazed, I've never seen that happen. The new carpet fibers had simply "bonded" themselves to the fiberglass. It was a hot week so that could have played a role. I can only assume a good soaping would have prevented this. The trailer and boat were not damaged, however, it was embarrassing.
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