Gluing Marine Carpet To Steel

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Gluing marine carpet to steel.

Professional boat carpet adhesive is the first choice for long lasting boat carpet glue. Spread a layer of contact cement onto the steel. It has an advanced engineered boat carpet adhesive formula for an excellent bond to fiberglass and aluminum as well as marine plywood and concrete. Spread the contact cement onto the backside of the carpet in the same pattern perimeter or all over that you did the steel allowing for a 3 inch.

If you have any questions about boat carpet adhesive give us a call at 888 283 0704 before you begin. Marine carpet glue is a type of adhesive that is specially formulated to adhere marine carpeting to boat floors. Fold carpet in half lengthwise bow to stern revealing the right side of the floor. Cold weather especially can inhibit or prevent bonding to your marine carpet and deck.

Carpet glue needs several days of warm dry weather or a 65 plus degree heated shop to cure properly. Allowing the carpet to warm softens the backing making it more pliable and easier to handle position and cut. If you have the right type of trowel to install the carpet glue y. Lay carpet out unrolled in the sun for several hours on a dry day between 65f 90f.

I have done this heaps of time as well if you are going to glue it down use contact glue and put it on the ally only make sure you start really straight with the carpet and start at an end side put some glue about 2 feet or so roll press the carpet down to nearly the end of the glue apply some more and repeat till finished easy as.