Is anyone else bothered by dirty footprints?

[fishnfool]

My OCD is showing I know, but I like a clean white deck.  Everyone boards with shoes off and it seems no matter how careful and clean peeps feet are it seems no matter what, the deck gets scuzzed up.  

White shows everything and when the deck is sparkling white eap it seems to magnify the dirt.  I give my wife a hard time because it seems her feet are always dirtier than her flops even if she just got out of the shower.  If my deck has any moisture on it at all I can follow her dirty footsteps.  Drives me nuts.    Now of course if I'm fishing I suppress my feelings on the matter.

Does anyone else suffer from this affliction?

[finatic]

I know the feeling it's a pita. Here's what I do to help. Before leaving the dock after everyone is on board and has made a shit show of your deck. Have one person get the hose and rinse the deck down and the dock where that person will board. Now it's clean along with everyone's feet. We do it all the time even before heading offshore.
Now we can talk about OCD 🤣🤣

[hookedup]

Get older like me and clean decks are only important when you wash the deck. Granted I do pick up grandkids trash and put it away if they forget, but IMHO dirty or bloody, decks look best when used. I enjoy the company too much to complain about dirt.

One time I did get upset...when my granddaughter started to use spray suntan lotion when on the boat! Told her spray can be used at the dock, but not on the boat. That can leave nasty orange foot outlines on fiberglass that you'll need on/off to remove. And you can guess why I know about the stains.

[fishnfool]

Oh and don't get me started on people that try to sneak on with black soled shoes! 

[schlnrnd]

So are you saying red wine and Cheetos aren’t allowed either?

[hookedup]

Sept 10, 2023 15:51:04 GMT -5 schlnrnd said:

So are you saying red wine and Cheetos aren’t allowed either?

Allowed? How about expected. The poor deck had endured most every food and drink imaginable. Had grandkids on boats from diapers to college grads so we've pretty much had every deck disaster possible.

[nickbhw]

Haha. My main things are spray sunscreen, cheetos/cheese puffs/etc and sand. At least with dirty footprints, we can get the satisfaction of spraying down the deck and watching the dirt flow down into the scuppers.
I love how easy it is to wash down the deck. I looked at a lot of boats, and some of the Sea Ray type boats look beautiful, but probably a nightmare to clean. There are so many crevasses that I would be trying to reach with a toothbrush. With the Sailfish, I just spray down the deck each day I'm out, and once a week, use some soap.

[boatfly]

My marina is covered in gravel. The gravel dust migrates everywhere, especially the boat floor. My boat's previous owner used liquid nail or something similar with some crappy rugs. Of course that was first curse words on this boat. Short of grinding down the nonskid, that glue was permanent.
So concealment was the answer, with Marinemat snap-in flooring. I love the comfort, the footing, and it does hide most of those footprints since the flooring is teak colored. Rinse with water, good as new.

[jerryk]

A decent marine carpet or the teak-look topside can do wonders to hide the dirt, but are more of a pita to clean well. So far I've just stuck with the non-skid and hosing it down along with a brush and some soap, but I do kind of miss my last boat and it's snap-in carpeting. Carpet is cooler, cushions better, deadens sound, isn't slick when wet, and is my preference when I am not fishing or doing water sports and beach visits. However, that's mostly what I do now with the Sailfish so no carpet anymore for me. If I was still cruising, carpet for me.

[boatfly]

If anyone is considering marine carpet,especially from Corinthian Marine, I highly recommend getting a floor mat size sample of the exact style you are considering. Place it on your boat deck, pool deck, whatever, and test the traction, especially wet. You may be surprised and scared by the slip factor like I was.

[finatic]

Carpet and boats are old school, IMO. Seadek is the ticket.

[jerryk]

Old-school yes...but so am I. But carpet works. I can tell you than now I have to hose and scrub the floor EVERY TIME we go out with the non skid gelcoat. Sometimes just jumping on board on a dewey morning leaves footprints that I dislike. I sure didn't worry about it with the snap in mats on my last boat...once or maybe twice a year hose the mats down is all it took other than an occasional vacuum maybe...if a bug hatch left a lot of bug bodies around or something. Ah, the good ole days...

[finatic]

I'm a little confused are we talking about a few deck mats, or covering the entire deck with carpet.

[fishnfool]

Are we talkin shag carpet here?

[finatic]

Nov 19, 2023 8:41:33 GMT -5 fishnfool said:

Are we talkin shag carpet here?

You bet your ass right back to the seventies.🤣🤣