Salt Away Tip

[Bduck]

Sorry Curt if there is a misunderstanding. When I elected to remove the floor for deeper cleaning of keel & bilge areas, I found the black mold on the bottom side of the plywood floor. This was the main reason I made the decision to replace floor, also to add I had a damp musty odor that was imbedded inside prior to removing floor. Since the original vinyl side was glued down and had torn wear & faded areas, this was something I wasn't willing to deal with trying to salvage the old vinyl. So, I also purchased new marine vinyl flooring to put over the new marine plywood. After removing old floor, I found corrosion in some of the aluminum floor bracing where salt penetrated. A lot of the corrosion areas was from 2 dissimilar metals came in contact with each other, stainless steel screws attaching floor to aluminum bracing. 



Old floor brown vinyl with carpeted sides.
The carpet was nasty with salt crystals 
and who knows what other imbedded crud



New floor blue vinyl with new 
indoor/outdoor carpeted sides