Super Jet Anyone ever turfed ther complete top deck

[zimmy]

Thanks for the pic I didn't think it was gonna look that ugly. lol

LOL, at least you have less to worry about if you ever land on the ski haha

 

[227]

Well why we're here, any one have Pics of a line-x / rhino line finished ski?

 

[Matt_E]

For full disclosure, my suggestion to rhine-line it were tongue-in-cheek because that is even more ridiculous than turfing a top deck. Yet it comes up with noobs every now and then. I suppose I was underestimating some posters who took it seriously.

 

[alberta guy]

Every ski I see at a freeride has F'ed up turf and nice paint (ones that were initially done right, not the ones that were just slapped together). Turf peals off. It would add a bunch of weight. Give you an equivalent of a rug burn if you slide over it. Probably look dumb. etc etc.

If you want an alternative to paint, use Vinyl. Turf however is expensive and doesn't last. Paint it (or if you paint is oxidized and faded but not pealing, just sand lightly and prep). Wrap it. Done. I added up cheap chinese vinyl, $100 gets you enough material to wrap a whole ski in one color (I have "3d" flat black carbon on my pole and nose cover). You will have about 8 seams, but they aren't that visable, and for the most part, even a pro-printed job would get you a few seams.

Here's a pic (page 5 of my ski thread). Note that covering that nose piece took about 1-2 hours. The pole doesn't look that great but the pole was my 1st try and I did it in one piece (should have done 2 or 3 pieces with seems going the length of the pole). Seems are not very noticable despite what you might think. (there are a few seams in the 'nostrils' of the nose piece and you can't see them in this picture.

I looked at this option a bit and I think its the way i'm going to go. The majority of my topdeck is flawless its just a few spots that are bad. A cat decided to use the sides of the tray as a scratching post so the paint on the outside got messed up. I could just sand those spots down and vinyl over them and vinyl a few other places to make it look good. This route would cost me about 30 bucks worth of vinyl. I've done vinyl work before it would take about an hour to to what I want. Then some new turf and this ski would look mint again. When floating in the water.

 

[EfX]

For full disclosure, my suggestion to rhine-line it were tongue-in-cheek because that is even more ridiculous than turfing a top deck. Yet it comes up with noobs every now and then. I suppose I was underestimating some posters who took it seriously.

Personally, I think full disclosure makes some of these threads a little less exciting or interesting to read. A topic started like "Anyone ever turfed ther top Deck" just sounds like a sexy train wreck about to happen. I mean, I had to read this thread when I saw that - and there's even a pic! Gotta give that guy an A for effort and thanks for showing us why we don't see it too often :biggthumpup:



Just don't use cheap neon rattle can paint. That crap will fade fast in the sun and your neon becomes faded to a pastel.

 

[zimmy]

Well why we're here, any one have Pics of a line-x / rhino line finished ski?

Yes, might not be worth pursuing. You will probably end up defending your decision for the remainder of your jet-skiing days, without many high fives for innovative thinking....

Rattle can FTW. Easy to touch up as your ski will inevitably get scratched and beat up...

 

[Fro Diesel]

Pics or it didn't happen

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I didn't want to put the fully turfed ski on my trailer to take it to tona that year. But the dude from Chicago who owned it was a riot. That eventually peals up and looks worse than anything. Fasleillusion was the kids screen name. Not sure if it was spelled that way or not. Search for pics. It was years ago.

 

[DarkWater]

For full disclosure, my suggestion to rhine-line it were tongue-in-cheek because that is even more ridiculous than turfing a top deck. Yet it comes up with noobs every now and then. I suppose I was underestimating some posters who took it seriously.

You crack me up!
We need a "WHAT WOULD MATT_E DO?" Sticky, STAT.

 

[swapmeet]

That turfed ski reminds me of when this was cool on 'stunt' bikes.

 

[b.lee]

That turfed ski reminds me of when this was cool on 'stunt' bikes.

That was never cool, never... lol

Now this one... maybe. lmao

 

[Vumad]

I looked at this option a bit and I think its the way i'm going to go. The majority of my topdeck is flawless its just a few spots that are bad. A cat decided to use the sides of the tray as a scratching post so the paint on the outside got messed up. I could just sand those spots down and vinyl over them and vinyl a few other places to make it look good. This route would cost me about 30 bucks worth of vinyl. I've done vinyl work before it would take about an hour to to what I want. Then some new turf and this ski would look mint again. When floating in the water.

Look at my ski again... If you look close enough, squint hard enough, I bet you still can't see the 1/8" deep gouge in the nose piece that is about 3" long, that I didn't do anything to sand or prep. I just wrapped right over it. So far is holding fine. The "3D" isn't as nice as the gloss, but it hides almost all the imperfections (small bubbles, scratches, seams, etc).

 

[Vumad]

Here is what I used... copied from the ebay section of this site (don't forget to post there).

I went with this supplier because they offer so many different sizes of vinyl (10"x24 up to 24"x138") and they offer it in a bunch of different colors. If you have enough talent with vinyl, you could do the whole hull in 2 pieces, the hood in 3, the pole in 2 and the nose in one. You'd have like 5 seams on the whole boat. I wouldn't suggest doing that however. I would do the hull in about 6-8 pieces. The videos online make the vinyl look a lot easier than it is.

$10 gets the pole and nose done.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BN-12-x48-2...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item1c2abaa926

 

[227]

For full disclosure, my suggestion to rhine-line it were tongue-in-cheek because that is even more ridiculous than turfing a top deck. Yet it comes up with noobs every now and then. I suppose I was underestimating some posters who took it seriously.

Agreed

 

[227]

Yes, might not be worth pursuing. You will probably end up defending your decision for the remainder of your jet-skiing days, without many high fives for innovative thinking....

Rattle can FTW. Easy to touch up as your ski will inevitably get scratched and beat up...

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I never said I was thinking about doing it, I dont think riding a piece of sand paper would work out so well, I just wanted to see a pic and I knew someone on here had to of tried that. Actually this pic of the X2 doesn't look all that bad, I've seen way worse.

 

[Half flip95]

I haha'd at that one

 

[mthomps]

I never said I was thinking about doing it, I dont think riding a piece of sand paper would work out so well, I just wanted to see a pic and I knew someone on here had to of tried that. Actually this pic of the X2 doesn't look all that bad, I've seen way worse.

Yeah that x2 doesn't look too bad. I'd like to see more pics if anyone's got em :headbang: