Boat Upholstery

[SBS933]

Getting the boat re-upholsered this winter, going to scrap the white. Is there any reason I shouldn't go with a light grey before I pull the trigger on it ?

[28eliminator]

A friend of mine had his whole interior done in light grey...... Looks horrible. It sounded good at the time, but when it was done...... Oh fuc!!!!

Just my 2cents.. Maybe it was just his shade if grey, I don't really know. Just looks really plain..

Be careful... He didn't do it in carbon fiber, just the plain vinyl though.


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[WESTERNAERO]

Yep, friends spectra is all grey, looks like shit.

[Wendi]

I hope your friends don't come in here and see you saying their boats interior looks like shit lol. I personally would not go from white to light grey.

[gn7]

Yep, friends spectra is all grey, looks like shit.

Only two colors work when you are talking ALL one color. White and black and we know you don't want to go with one of those.

LIGHT grey can work, but you have to bust it up with some color. Piping and strips, maybe light and darker grey, maybe a little white and black or some color, or something. But if its more than 2 buckets, then you have to have something to break it up.

[Paul65K]

Believe it or not it seems like every little shade darker away from white is also about 1 degree hotter in the middle of summer......plus I think it doesn't look as "Clean" or crisp IMHO.

Cheers!

[Stainless]

Getting the boat re-upholsered this winter, going to scrap the white. Is there any reason I shouldn't go with a light grey before I pull the trigger on it ?

I'm terrible at colors, looks like some good advice coming out though.


CH3NO2

[SBS933]

Damn, sure am glad I asked, it is gonna stay white for sure. THANKS

[WESTERNAERO]

I hope your friends don't come in here and see you saying their boats interior looks like shit lol. I personally would not go from white to light grey.

Friend: I'm going all grey on the interior
Me: Are you sure???????
Friend: Yep

Brings the boat home.........

Friend: What do you think?
Me: Looks like SHIT!!!!
Friend: Yeah, what was I thinking....

[HB Vic]

I yanked the all white out of our boat a few years ago and added some color. But also went with carbon fiber vs. straight vinyl. Made a few other changes lol. First was before, second was after.

[WESTERNAERO]

I yanked the all white out of our boat a few years ago and added some color. But also went with carbon fiber vs. straight vinyl. Made a few other changes lol. First was before, second was after.

That interior looks great, very nice job. But it's got more than JUST grey. Looks about 40% grey.

[HB Vic]

Thank you, we were pretty happy with it. I think its actually closer to 50-60% grey. The upper panels are grey, the gunnel panels are white. The seats are maybe 50/50 and everything below deck is grey. The carpet gets the hottest of all of it LOL.

[Paul65K]

Thank you, we were pretty happy with it. I think its actually closer to 50-60% grey. The upper panels are grey, the gunnel panels are white. The seats are maybe 50/50 and everything below deck is grey. The carpet gets the hottest of all of it LOL.
That is a great looking interior :thumbup::thumbup:

Who did the work??

[gn7]

http://www.hotboat.com/frm/attachment.php?attachmentid=21480&stc=1&d=1381375377

I rest my case. Very nice Hotboat.

[HB Vic]

That is a great looking interior :thumbup::thumbup:

Who did the work??

Thank you. DCB did, but the guy who actually did the upholstery now owns West Coast Marine. I think that's the name of his place.

[riverrunner1984]

Nice looking interior Hotboat?
Question, did you go from a 4 person back seat to a 3 person back seat?
Im the only person with a boat out of my group of friends so of course I need to take everyone out and the more seating the better for me. I had 6 people in my small ass boat over labor day weekend lol.

[HB Vic]

Nice looking interior Hotboat?
Question, did you go from a 4 person back seat to a 3 person back seat?
Im the only person with a boat out of my group of friends so of course I need to take everyone out and the more seating the better for me. I had 3 people in my small ass boat over labor day weekend lol.
Yup. Took out the bench and went with a poker run setup. Honestly, I'd remove all the back seats if I had my way j/k LOL. Boat does roll over so much nicer with only 2 people in it.

[chevellesb406]

Thank you. DCB did, but the guy who actually did the upholstery now owns West Coast Marine. I think that's the name of his place.

That would have been my guess, cool that he did it while at DCB. He actually has a very good website showing different jobs he has doen organized by boat size and configuration, open bow, closed bow etc. Really gave me ideas for mine, now I just need a great idea on how to afford to have him do it. If you like grey and carbon fiber, I think there is a 21 daytona on there that is off the hook.

[314joey]

I think it's all what you want, we had a little color in our Formula before I re-did it and in the hot Summer sun it was hotter than fock when someone stepped on the color on the sunpad, swoosh, it's gone, went to all white, but that's me, I want a 100% all white boat and that's what I've got.

The only color is that carbon fiber dash that I had custom made so I could fit the new GPS on the dash in front of me, need that bad boy big time on the ICW.

[SBS933]

I think it's all what you want, we had a little color in our Formula before I re-did it and in the hot Summer sun it was hotter than fock when someone stepped on the color on the sunpad, swoosh, it's gone, went to all white, but that's me, I want a 100% all white boat and that's what I've got.

The only color is that carbon fiber dash that I had custom made so I could fit the new GPS on the dash in front of me, need that bad boy big time on the ICW. I'm with ya Joey, I had the white w/ all the colors to match the boat and I hated it. I went to all white and it looked awesome. I was just looking for a little change and found out it wouldn't be good. I've always used Simple Green to clean them until I used some orange stuff. Well I didn't dillute it and it stained the crap out of it. So i'm just going to stay with the white.

[314joey]

Post some pis when you're done, love to see new stuff.

[SBS933]

Post some pis when you're done, love to see new stuff. Sure will, I'm taking Mon. off to get a Quote. This time I'm going with the smooth look, last time he talked me into keeping it looking time period with all the stitching.