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pmt2234 
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 Topic: Carpet installationPosted: May-27-2005 at 12:28pm |
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I'm about to reinstall carpet on the sides and rebuilt floor of my 1984 SN2001.
Does anyone have tips about how to get it to lay flat and glue down well? When test fitting, I get a lot of wrinkes. TIA |
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bkhallpass
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Posted: May-27-2005 at 1:57pm |
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pmt2234,
I'm sure you'll get some step by step advice (in fact, you might want to search old posts here, I think I've seen some previous discussion) Anyway, I've only done one boat, and it wasn't a correct craft. A key for me was a good heavy roller. One of the kind with a black rubber roller as opposed to a flimsy paint roller. I think it might have been a wallpaper roller. It was really helpful in spreading the carpet, making good contact, and ensuring that the glue below the carpet was distributed evenly. Just put the carpet down and then used the roller to spread stretch, coax, etc. BKH |
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Mr SPOK
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Posted: May-31-2005 at 4:52am |
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Here are some advices about re-carpeting.
Good luck. http://www.the2001.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=79 |
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80nauts
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Posted: June-04-2005 at 8:39am |
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You should roughly cut the carpet into the spaces needed. Then Glue the carpet and trim afterwards. I used a rolling pin to smush the carpet onto the glue for my boat. Use a outdoor carpet glue trowel or whatever. It has teeth which makes grooves in the glue. wrinkles are due to wrong cut carpet or no glue.
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S.T.
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Posted: June-04-2005 at 6:34pm |
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I think what BKH is describing is called a "J-Roller" and it's often used for gluing veneers and laminates. I think I got mine at Home Depot for $9. Anyway, it lets you apply a lot of pressure and is fairly comfortable to use (compared to something like a rolling pin).
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Jim_In_Houston
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Posted: June-04-2005 at 10:19pm |
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I would like to carpet the side boards on my '68. The existing side boards are covered in some lame vinyl that is peeling off. They look terrible. The mid 60s Mustangs had side boards with some kind of pockets for convenience storage. They suck. The vinyl is drooped into these pockets and they trap water. I don;t know how else to explain it but they need to go. I like the look of the side boards on the main page of this website. Has anyone crafted new side boards for mid-60s Mustangs? I need some ideas.
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