Yep its time for another...

[pyro723]

Yes boys and girls its time for another foothold install. This was my first time working with glass. So everyone go easy on me. These are waterdogs on a 04 SJ. It was not the easyest thing in the world, but i had some help so it was not to bad.

 

[pyro723]

More....

 

[SuperjetSteve]

maybe i could fit my feet in them?


size 14 what you guys say?

 

[vomitspot]

gotta let us know how the right foot warmer works ...j/k
looks great !
jason

 

[pyro723]

Theres alot of cutting to be done on them things.:bigeyes:

 

[Matt_E]

REVs?

 

[pyro723]

yes there REV's

 

[pyro723]

yes there REV's. few more pics.....

 

[restosud]

toasty toes.what a job!that's some big feet you must have!is that cobosil i see in the epoxy?nnniiice

 

[pyro723]

not sure what your talking about restosud.:sneaky:

 

[tor*p*do]

lookin good!!:biggthumpup: :biggthumpup:

 

[pyro723]

Man these things suck. If you never installed turf
before. :banghead: Any Tips on what can help me out with this. Im ripping the side out to redo it.:banghead:

 

[onesojourner]

you could try acetone. I just started a thread about turfing with no seems. its got some good info on it. http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/14513

 

[surfjetlouie]

Man these things suck. If you never installed turf
before. :banghead: Any Tips on what can help me out with this. Im ripping the side out to redo it.:banghead:

I have show someone in this forum and he became the #one:biggthumpup: at it he is a great innovator on how to make it work. and even got a trophy for it.
Look like the rickter is a lot more easy to install and turf.:bigeyes:

 

[pyro723]

Well the 2nd try did not go much better.:banghead: I'll have pics up tom. It's going to stay like it is tho is sick of messing with it:sad:

 

[douglee25]

I'd redo the tray too. The diamonds are going the wrong direction.

Doug

 

[pyro723]

Why does it matter what way they run?

 

[meatball]

it is a bit slippier running front to back, however I think the difference really dont matter. I'd leave it. But, when you think about it, considering the front->back direction as the y direction on a coordinate plane, when you are running diamonds front to back, considering the total area of the absolute vertical vector lengths of the 'y' directional vectors, the y vector sections of the diamond 'cuts' are greater in total area then when you run it side to side. (trigonometry and just plain looking at it)

With that in mind, think, what is slippier for a walkway, vertical slats, or horizontal slats? The answer is horizontal, and with the diamonds running front to back, it is more like a walkway with vertical slats rather then horizontal.
Heres the best example I could find:

http://www.maion.com/photography/_photos/finl2681.jpg

consider that the diamonds running right to left. If the boards were running done the length of the dock, which do you think you would get better traction on when running down the dock and coming to an abrupt halt?

I dont think it will matter too much however considering the size of the 'slats', I wouldnt worry about it. Still plenty of surface area to grab.

 

[LBE]

Get out the heat gun!! Warm that turf up and wrap it in those holds!:biggthumpup:

 

[restosud]

yeah but the water will drain faster with the pattern that way,so therefore your foot's coefficient of traction should be higher.less aquaplaning,specially with the fancy footwork that you sj guys are capable of.i wouldn't worry a rodent's butt about the way the pattern runs.looks like a good job from the pics!