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bob_t 06-12-2011 02:36 PM


Originally Posted by Fountain4402 (Post 3425082)
Id check both, but vinyl is vinyl and as long as they copy the ones you got on, why pay the fountain premium when they probably arent even made by fountain. Plus if you buy locally and something breaks a week after u bought them chances are they will fix it locally.

In one of the buildings at the Fountain campus, there is a room full of people with industrial sewing machines, rolls of high(er) quality vinyl, and patterns. They sit there all day and sew all the vinyl pieces for the boats. Iv'e been there and watched them.

nick9671 06-13-2011 01:10 PM

I have another question for you guys, I know several people have asked about this but I couldn't find anything......
Anyways I am sure everyone is getting these from fountain but I am having no luck getting a hold of anybody there right now. I am looking for the rubber latches that are on the top door that locks the 2 swinging doors to the cuddy cabin in place. Thanks

Nick

boatnt 06-13-2011 01:24 PM


Originally Posted by bob_t (Post 3427354)
In one of the buildings at the Fountain campus, there is a room full of people with industrial sewing machines, rolls of high(er) quality vinyl, and patterns. They sit there all day and sew all the vinyl pieces for the boats. Iv'e been there and watched them.

Must have been a long time ago..

Fountain4402 06-13-2011 01:41 PM


Originally Posted by nick9671 (Post 3428076)
I have another question for you guys, I know several people have asked about this but I couldn't find anything......
Anyways I am sure everyone is getting these from fountain but I am having no luck getting a hold of anybody there right now. I am looking for the rubber latches that are on the top door that locks the 2 swinging doors to the cuddy cabin in place. Thanks

Nick

mine are vinyl. If mine broke I would just find something to replace it with, new vinyl, and put my own snapsm on it. Could try cutting a black rubber bungee cord

nick9671 06-13-2011 02:10 PM


Originally Posted by Fountain4402 (Post 3428104)
mine are vinyl. If mine broke I would just find something to replace it with, new vinyl, and put my own snapsm on it. Could try cutting a black rubber bungee cord

They aren't broke, just discolored from mold and age. Been working on fully updating interior and they kinda stick out......

JoCo32 06-14-2011 05:05 AM


Originally Posted by nick9671 (Post 3428076)
I have another question for you guys, I know several people have asked about this but I couldn't find anything......
Anyways I am sure everyone is getting these from fountain but I am having no luck getting a hold of anybody there right now. I am looking for the rubber latches that are on the top door that locks the 2 swinging doors to the cuddy cabin in place. Thanks

Nick

They are made by Southco. I found mine on Ebay for $16.00
Southco.com

bob_t 06-14-2011 04:36 PM


Originally Posted by boatnt (Post 3428088)
Must have been a long time ago..

2007 ... In this economy, that would qualify as a long time ago.

Jpzaluski 06-14-2011 07:31 PM

nick... I replaced mine when I bought my boat too. No matter how clean you keep your hands they just discolor in a few months. I scrub them with some degreaser and they clean up about 90 percent.

bob_t 06-14-2011 10:31 PM


Originally Posted by nick9671 (Post 3428127)
They aren't broke, just discolored from mold and age. Been working on fully updating interior and they kinda stick out......

Baby wipes work amazingly well to clean them up, too. Someone posted that many years ago - when our kids were little, we found that they worked well.

Fountain4402 06-15-2011 09:57 AM

Did you try vaseline? Sometimes that brings back rubber


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