Damaged Stained catamaran salon floor acid

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by smj

We’ve had that in our catamaran for over 5 years, wears very well.
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Edging is quite annoying between a flat cabin sole and a curved hull.

What did you use?

My boat also has extremely annoying corners where the bulkheads and hulls meet. Those areas are large radius cove joints. A compound negative curve. Been wrestling with how to make them look nice. In the shower, I just loaded them up with caulking which came out pretty good. In other areas… it’s a mystery

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by smj

We’ve had that in our catamaran for over 5 years, wears very well.
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Did you flip your cat?

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

Did you flip your cat?

Right?? I thought he was showing it as a wall covering for a moment, which it would also do well

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by boatpoker

Cork tiles with a factory polyurethane coating. Amazingly tough and looks great.
https://www.corkstore.ca/Products/Fl...-Floors?page=1

These were my first thought also and high on the list for being a renewable resource, natural and having no chemicals or off gassing. Lighter than vinyl I suspect also. . Probably the winner, actually.

[boatpoker]

Originally Posted by Chotu

These were my first thought also and high on the list for being a renewable resource, natural and having no chemicals or off gassing. Lighter than vinyl I suspect also. . Probably the winner, actually.

The cork is also very easy to work with on odd surfaces. Might be hard to tell in these photos but the sole of the V-berth has compound curves.
Before and after ...

[smj]

Originally Posted by boatpoker

Cork tiles with a factory polyurethane coating. Amazingly tough and looks great.
https://www.corkstore.ca/Products/Fl...-Floors?page=1

We used a similar product on a catamaran from Lumber Liquidators 17 years ago.
https://www.llflooring.com/p/renatur...zzdI8PEAlB-oSM
Looked great and very forgiving.

[smj]

Originally Posted by Chotu

Edging is quite annoying between a flat cabin sole and a curved hull.

What did you use?

My boat also has extremely annoying corners where the bulkheads and hulls meet. Those areas are large radius cove joints. A compound negative curve. Been wrestling with how to make them look nice. In the shower, I just loaded them up with caulking which came out pretty good. In other areas… it’s a mystery

The edging was binding tape.

[smj]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

Did you flip your cat?

You funny man

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by smj

The edging was binding tape.

Thanks! Always trying to figure out new ways to do that stuff.

[s/v Jedi]

I have researched cork flooring. Note that you can get it any color you like. Also, there are several textures to choose from.

I found this to be my choice but we didn’t make the move yet as the floor isn’t at the top of the list yet

https://corkfloor.com/colors/

[psk125]

Originally Posted by AZ_Zoner

Thank you all for your input. I really appreciate it!
Replacing the floor seems to be unanimous. I did have others along with a professional tell me the same thing although I wanted to get "outsider" opinions. He did tell me that it is formica and that he could replace new formica on top of the old. I'll wait and get other opinions and prices. We just bought this boat and are currently in Florida where prices are very high. Once we head down island we will explore other options. I will definitely post an update once we do find someone to replace the flooring at a reasonable price.

Aren't prices "down island" likely to be higher than they are in Florida? The materials have to be purchased (in Florida?), shipped to the islands, import taxes paid, and then the workmen there are the only guys on the island who do it, so they charge whatever they like. If it's a simple resurfacing job, similar to re-doing a kitchen floor, maybe Home Depot's flooring department would be worth trying.

[Skipper Kenny]

Originally Posted by Shrew

IF it's wood, then sand the entire floor, and refinish it.

If it's vinyl or some kind of composite flooring, then either buy rugs, or have the interior refloored.

Rugs could be good, but because curious souls are apt to lift the rug to inspect the floor, stain the light spots red and write, " GET OUT NOW!" next to the spots.

[sailingforfun]

Yacht Concepts in La Rochelle, France is a third party vendor who has access to Lagoon woods. They do fantastic wood work.

If it was me and I was in France, I would take it to them and have the floor replaced

[CaptainRivet]

There are 3 till 4mm thick "click rigid vinyl" tiles avaliable that are waterproof "made for bathrooms" as the backside consits of SPC = stone power coat and not hpc wood. Rigid means there is also stone powder in the vinyl which makes them extra rigid.
An example i wanna use:
https://www.planeo.de/klick-vinyl/pl...st-rs7339.html

Makes laying down much easier as you just deal with boards 130cm x 25cm that click into each other. Also cutting the them to odds shape is much easier and if you made a mistake you loose 1 board which you mostly can use somewhere else.
Just put on existing floor and because you don't glue easy to replace if you don't like or something like this happens again you can just replace parts, just order one pack more and store in case that happens.
My plan to redo floors on my lavezzi because they are too dark and hulls have a mixture of gelcoat and wooden floorboards and would like change that to one uniform surface.