How to Replace Boat Carpet With Woven Flooring

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The floor covering on your boat sees a fair amount of water and traffic. Traditional boat carpeting can hold water and start to smell over time. We're going to show you how to switch out that old carpeting for a hard-wearing, modern-looking woven flooring.

Video Chapters:

Patterning – 0:39 min.
Creating Cutout for Table Leg – 8:05 min.
Sewing Binding & Finishing Cutout – 10:53 min.
Installing Snaps – 16:06 min.
Hemming Edge & Sewing – 18:06 min.
Materials List – 24:18 min.

Materials List:

3M™ Filament Strapping Tape – #5643
Seamstick 3/8" Basting Tape for Canvas – #129
Dura-Skrim^® Patterning Material 74" – #103134
Chilewich 72" Floor Covering Fabric – we used Basketweave Oyster, #106735
Sunbrella^® Acrylic Bias Binding Tape – we used Cocoa, #103018
PremoBond^® Tex 90 (V-92) White UV Bonded Polyester Thread 4 oz. – #123337
SnapRite^® Snap Fastener Button 1/4" (Nickel-Plated Brass) – #104154
DOT^® Snap Fastener Normal Action Socket (Nickel-Plated Brass) – #333050

Tools List:

Sailrite^® Ultrafeed^® LS Walking Foot Sewing Machine (110V) – #311502
Sailrite^® Canvas Patterning Ruler – #107040
Sailrite^®1" Swing-Away Binder – #100103
Easy Fit Kit in Waterproof Box - Snap Positioning System – #102565
Sailrite^®SnapRite^® System Complete Kit – #104500
Scratch Awl Yellow – #235411
Soapstone Fabric Marking Pencil White – #102766
Sailrite^® Edge Hotknife Package (110V) – #103800
Sailrite^®Self Healing Double-Sided Cutting Mat 18" x 24" – #123112
Sailrite^®Clear Acrylic Ruler 6" x 24" – #102400
Comfort Grip Rotary Cutter 60mm – #9655
Suisei Magnetic Sewing Guide – #102983
Scissors, Marker, Tape Measure

How to Replace Boat Carpet With Woven Flooring Video 2

We replaced the carpeting on our Project Powerboat, a Maxum 2900 SCR, with a woven flooring from Chilewich. Chilewich Floor Covering Fabric is an innovative blend of vinyl and fiberglass woven into beautiful designs and then secured to a 100% thermoplastic polyolefin backing. The material cuts without fraying and is easy to work with and install. Plus it’s stain, mold and mildew resistant, as well as antistatic and moistureproof. Clean it off with just a spray of the hose! Chilewich is a little more expensive than competing woven flooring options, but we really like it because it has a nicer weave and is more dimensionally stable.

How to Replace Boat Carpet With Woven Flooring Video 3

In our video, we’ll show you how to pattern and cut Chilewich for boat flooring. We also will demonstrate two different ways to finish the edges. For our boat project we opted to sew Sunbrella^® Acrylic Binding to the edges of the Chilewich but you can also fold the edges under to create a hem, or leave the edges raw (the material won’t fray). It’s all up to which look you prefer.