Hey Im new to the site but love all the info Im finding. Im about to redo the carpet in my 93 Nitro 180tf. I ended up getting bassboatseats.com size 16 carpet, pro tech matting, and weldwood contact cement. About to knock out the job shortly and had a couple small questions. My old carpet is pulling up easy and whole, and it would be easy to trace and cut as a template, but since Im adding pro tech matting should I add width to the template to compensate for the matting that will raise it up a little bit?? My boat doesnt have any carpet trim. Also, how do you do seat bases when recarpeting? My logical guess would be put the matting around 1-2” from the seat post hole, 45* the edges and then carpet all the way to the seat base hole and singe the edges with heat?
Thanks!! Pat