Deck Pad -- self install -- Tips and Tricks?

[DaddyDog]

Rand-man.  Why did you go grooved over diamond?    The clock is ticking, I've already got 72 hour lag to wait for the PSA.  HELP! 

[betteryeti]

For whatever it's worth, I just did my SUB with HydroDeck grey diamond. My SUB is a serious beast -- 12'6"x32" -- and none of the standard deck systems seemed to be quite bit enough. So I got the $100 40"x60" (with 3M adhesive) traced a pattern and made a single piece as big as I could. I made a stomp-pad-style tail with some of the leftover. It came out pretty well. Nothing fancy, but I spent like 30 minutes on it.