Fabric Wall parts 350 mariner

[RGrew176]

Lots of knowledge here. That's a good thing.

[650Guy]

Ok, just wanted to update you all on this in case someone wants to tackle this project down the line. I just finished on my 350 Mariner and this is what I found:


Difficulty Level: 3 of 10 in the skill level area
Time it took me: about 4 hours
Material need:
* 2 boxes of 1/4" stainless steal staples
* good staple gun
* 2 96" drape panels for fabric (we used this to match the curtains that we made)
* Silicon
* caulk gun
* good fabric scissors.
* Long screw driver (flat head)
* Phillips screwdriver (I used a power one)
* Long puddy knife if you have one
* Patience


- MOST trim pieces were held on by those barbed, plastic clips that pop into a pre-drilled wholes. They made it a little more challenging though by adding silicone on ALL these parts to hold them into place better. You need to be VERY careful as you pull these off. Work in small increments and make sure you are getting the silicone to separate before moving forward. Most of the pieces are thin pressboard and will crack or split if your not careful! I had a few pieces where a layer of the board separate from the board. Not a big deal, just get the pieces stuck to the boat off once the main piece is off. I am not completely sure the previous owner did not do the Silicone, but it looked OEM to me.

- the overhead area around the big side windows is simply screwed into the ceiling. I think there is 4 of them. Once you remove those screws the pieces just drop down. THIS IS NOT THE CASE FOR THE AREA OVER THE GALLEY! those are Siliconed and use those poppet things into a wood support behind it. Don't be fooled by that piece of wood up there, there is no need to monkey with that piece of wood. just take it slow and careful and you will be fine. Work those pieces off just like all the other poppet pieces.

I choose to leave the old fabric on the pieces and just cover over it. This was OK, but to be honest, you can see the fabric pattern slightly in the new fabric. Its not hateful, just not perfect like I'd prefer. I chose this because when I removed the first pieces that were around the sliding glass door, I noticed the foam was old and deteriorated and thought I could get away with holding it together by leaving the old fabric alone. Worked pretty good and saved a TON of money (Price out good foam, its insane how much that stuff costs!!). This being said, if I were to do it over, I'd buy the dumb foam... I went that far, should have just bit the bullet!

I'll post some pictures later, but in the end I'm happy with the final outcome!! Hope this helps anyone interested in doing this.