92 Sport—help w/ swim platform foam

Hi all,

I have a 1992 Sport Nautique, which came with the fiberglass swim platform. I have the stock black thin “foam” non slip material and despite the boat always being stored indoors, the foam is cracked and needs replacement. How much of a nightmare is it to remove, and does anyone have any recommendations for replacement material? Photos would be great.

Thanks all. I’ve been off this board for quite a while. Bought a Lotus, and some Harley’s....been “over there” but I’m back.

GHTILL wrote: Removing the old will require some elbow grease and a good scraper. .

Dave,
Do you have one of the muti tools? If so, get yourself one of the scraper blades.



Also, Acetone evaporates to quickly. Go for something like Toluene. Great solvency and doesn't evaporate as quick.

Daveinater wrote: Scraper blade.....uh....no. Is that something that goes on one of those nibbler tools?

Dave,
The original multi tool:

Yes Dave, I was just going to add that. Tiny or small scrapes won't really matter if you're going to replace the non-slip, but only UNDER the new material. My suggestion is to get some green painters tape (sticks better than blue but still doesn't leave a residue) and tape around the perimeter right up to the original pad - A couple of layers wouldn't hurt.

Sea Dek might have a pattern, otherwise they can send you a template.
Get ready to drop your drawers when you price that stuff however as they must be very proud of their products

There are some alternative materials out there, want to say there was just an install on this site using an alternative product

Thanks for the recommendation all. I did find Planet Nautique offers pre-cut SeaDek at “only “ $220. YOWSA. I e-mailed SeaDek to see if I can get it direct from them but somehow I doubt it.

This evening I took a sharp paint scraper and was able to scrape the entire 3 piece oem stuff off the swim platform. Despite the boat always being garaged or on a lift under cover, the oem stuff had cracked and was looking terrible. The paint scraper was able to get underneath it and it came up a LOT easier than I thought.   It looks like acetone will get the glue off but THAT is going to take some time and elbow grease. I might try a wire brush.

Question: does it need to be totally bare with no remnants of glue, etc. before applying the SeaDek? If so, that’s going to take some serious doing.

Thanks all. I used acetone and a wire brush on my drill to remove the remnants of the glue. It’s now all one big white shiny swim platform, with only a few specks remaining. Probably clean enough. LOL

FYI I called SeaDek and their price for a single color pre-cut kit was $280 plus shipping. NautiqueParts.com has the exact same thing, SeaDek material in one color (grey) for $225. The SeaDek lady couldn’t explain why their price was so much more but clearly I’ll be buying from NautiqueParts. Pays to shop around I guess....

YESSSS! Got this in just the nick of time. Thank you! You just saved me almost $25.