Hi Everyone, I have a 2008 230...

[Mike42]

Hi Everyone, I have a 2008 230 Select.  While the top of my carpets are in good shape, the bottom black rubber foam-like material is disintegrating in some areas and leaving small black granules on the floor.  Does anyone have a way to repair the bottom of these carpets that will be a solution to this ongoing problem? Thank you.  Mike

[Bow_Tie]

Not a new topic, it's time for new carpet. Nothing can be done except replace it.

[Mikeeh]

Actually, you can delay replacement by coating the bottom of the carpets with one of the spray on rubber products like Flex Seal. I did mine several years ago and they're still doing ok.

[Lumbo]

I sprayed mine with flex seal as well and works great

[Pigpen]

I had the same on my 390MY. Took rough sand paper and roughed the backside. Sand it enough to expose the plastic mesh. Got a gallon of flex seal and painted a thick coat. That was 2 years ago and it should last this season

[Tgarris]

Seadek! It’s beautiful

[Mikeeh]

Tgarris, true, costly but beautiful.

[Richard07290]

I bought the flex seal in a can and brushed on. Put two coats, and it is working great.

[2jacksdig]

Hi Mike, I just picked up an open bow to run around in. I just put the new PVC carpet on my Sundancer so I did not want to spend money on more carpet. The carpet on the open bow looks brand new until you look at the bottom. I bought a can of flex seal paint and rolled it on. It looks great and will allow me to use the carpet for another few years. I highly recommend using the flex seal paint.

[Mike42]

Thank you all for your comments and the flex Seal paint solutions. Much appreciated!

[good_karma]

That’s pretty funny I’ve been doing the flexseal for a couple years to fix the carpets

[Admiral_Purrl]

We just tried this. Only had a small spot on one piece so we did the spray can. Will report back end of season to see how it held up.

[Tgarris]

Not trying to be a negative nilly here but I also tried the flex seal and found that when it got hot in the sun it melted and stuck to the fiberglass floor, I had to put wax paper between to avoid problems. I decided instead of replacing with carpet to just spend the extra money on Seadek which is also comfortable on the feet. We used Castaway Customs and they did a fantastic job and were reasonably priced.

[Admiral_Purrl]

Thanks for the warning. We usually only use our carpet Spring and Fall... I use throw rugs during summer.

[Pigpen]

Can’t really comment other than yours must have been exposed to more direct sunlight than mine.

[joe_t]

Mine's been about 3 yrs.. Never stuck to floor so far

[Paulswagelock]

I have fixed several sets with this problem. Scrub the black coating with a stiff scrub brush and shop vac them. Then use a product called durabac smooth in black color, use a small roller and trim brush and put on two coats. It will look brand new and they will be good for at least 5 years.

[Steele_y_Tutz]

Durabak smooth, the truck bed liner?

[Paulswagelock]

Yes, works amazingly well. And looks like brand new.

[Steele_y_Tutz]

Well before you could comment back, I went and got a can of the Herculiner (the only thing that could be found) and sprayed the bottom of the carpet on the swim deck. I figured, what the heck, so taped and sprayed. Turned out great. Took a whole can to get it sealed. Will see how it holds up. If that one works for the season, I might pull others in the boat and just roll it on thin during the winter.

[Flynlyon]

Sounds crazy, but buy a gallon of white or black Flex Seal. Clean the carpet first with laundry detergent with some bleach. Rinse the heck out of it the hang it over a fence to dry well.
Get a small paint roller and on mine I put 3 heavy coats... works fantastic.. that was 3 years ago....

[Steele_y_Tutz]

I was worried about the sun hitting the carpets and heating the stuff up and having it glued to the floor. There is comments above about that happening. I have enough to clean up from the PO