Jute replacement- water proof?

[sandcruiser]

I get a fair amount of water on my floorboards. Rain, puddles, rivers, surfing trips, dog spills her bowl, etc etc

the jute is pretty ripe. I usually vacuum it out and all is acceptable, but I'm thinking it might be worthwhile to replace the ute with something less absorbent.

If possible, I'd like to improve the sound-deadening, not sacrifice it.

I've been eyeing some underlay from composite flooring, like pergo. Not very expensive at about $1/ft2 (if I recall correctly). Any reason that I shouldn't take that route? Eventually I'll probably also lay down some sort of fatmat or something underneath it, but for now, I'd just like to clean out the stanky fabric.

I could also use regular or vinyl/rubber mat. Also cheap. But heavy. And I don't know if it'll really offer the cushy padding that I want.

 

[Volcano cruiser]

I get a fair amount of water on my floorboards. Rain, puddles, rivers, surfing trips, dog spills her bowl, etc etc

the jute is pretty ripe. I usually vacuum it out and all is acceptable, but I'm thinking it might be worthwhile to replace the ute with something less absorbent.

If possible, I'd like to improve the sound-deadening, not sacrifice it.

I've been eyeing some underlay from composite flooring, like pergo. Not very expensive at about $1/ft2 (if I recall correctly). Any reason that I shouldn't take that route? Eventually I'll probably also lay down some sort of fatmat or something underneath it, but for now, I'd just like to clean out the stanky fabric.

I could also use regular or vinyl/rubber mat. Also cheap. But heavy. And I don't know if it'll really offer the cushy padding that I want.

I'm interested in this topic as well. I have been concerned for a while about three things, heat from the tranny tunnel, sound dampening generally and waterproof flooring. I have emailed some of the sound dampening guys. They have all come back steering me towards thick paint on bedliners and a paint on sound dampening product. I'm unsure about effectiveness of the paint on sound dampener products. At the same time I want to have some carpeting but the only thing that seems to make sense would be a waterproof carpet material which you could install some way and take out to clean thoroughly when it got stinky with creek water. As you can tell I'm far from decided on this and will be following your thread with interest. Do you have a picture of the jute that you have in now? The PO had just thrown in some ratty house carpet in mine and that was in tatters.
John

 

[sandcruiser]

I'm not near the truck right now, but the jute is the standard Toyota jute. Looks just like the linty interior of recycled envelopes.

I'm going to check out some high-density foam and see if that would work for me.

I recently added some roofing leak-patching tape stuff to the hood, with some roofing insulation (not pictured). It made a big difference to the overall noisiness of the motor. I'm planning to do the same to the tranny hump soon.

 

[philos1]

try using "ensolite" over some sound dampening material. I used it in several places in my 60. It's a neoprene-based material, so it's waterproof and durable. It isn't cheap though. It is available in many thicknesses and durometers.