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<blockquote data-quote="Kirk" data-source="post: 4454176" data-attributes="member: 967"><p>Putting the new carpet on is fairly easy. Tearing the old carpet off and prepping the surface is where the work is really tough. I used the Marine Carpet Glue that was sold by the company I got the carpet from. I sent you a link SCN. </p><p></p><p>SCN on the big areas that you will be working on, an old fashion rolling pin rolled firmly over the carpet surface after glue application helps get all the bubbles out of the adhesive. I rolled mine and it worked great. The carpet rolled out smooth and had no loose areas. </p><p></p><p>I am a bit of a perfectionist so I probably worked a lot harder than was necessary. However, if any one else thinking about replacing carpet in your own boat. The removal and prep work is about 75% of the work. A simple scraper does the best job for old adhesive removal. A sander or a side grinder just heats the old glue up and smears it. I even experimented with placing some of the compartment lids in the freezer to get the old glue as rigid as possible. It came right off with a scraper so it did help some.</p><p></p><p>The compartment lids are a little tricky to put the carpet on. You will need some clamps and pieces of wood to clamp the glued carpet to the compartment lid frame. I was using 8 clamps per lid. This slows down your process unless you have 16-20 clamps. </p><p></p><p>If you have compartment lids,like live well, storage etc use a lighter weight carpet. The bulkier 20 ounce carpets and the Berber look better but are lot thicker than the factory installed carpet and will cause your compartment lids to be extremely tough to open. I had to use hair clippers to remove some of the fibers. That wasn't enough and ended using silicon spray on all sides to loosen it up enough to open.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kirk, post: 4454176, member: 967"] Putting the new carpet on is fairly easy. Tearing the old carpet off and prepping the surface is where the work is really tough. I used the Marine Carpet Glue that was sold by the company I got the carpet from. I sent you a link SCN. SCN on the big areas that you will be working on, an old fashion rolling pin rolled firmly over the carpet surface after glue application helps get all the bubbles out of the adhesive. I rolled mine and it worked great. The carpet rolled out smooth and had no loose areas. I am a bit of a perfectionist so I probably worked a lot harder than was necessary. However, if any one else thinking about replacing carpet in your own boat. The removal and prep work is about 75% of the work. A simple scraper does the best job for old adhesive removal. A sander or a side grinder just heats the old glue up and smears it. I even experimented with placing some of the compartment lids in the freezer to get the old glue as rigid as possible. It came right off with a scraper so it did help some. The compartment lids are a little tricky to put the carpet on. You will need some clamps and pieces of wood to clamp the glued carpet to the compartment lid frame. I was using 8 clamps per lid. This slows down your process unless you have 16-20 clamps. If you have compartment lids,like live well, storage etc use a lighter weight carpet. The bulkier 20 ounce carpets and the Berber look better but are lot thicker than the factory installed carpet and will cause your compartment lids to be extremely tough to open. I had to use hair clippers to remove some of the fibers. That wasn't enough and ended using silicon spray on all sides to loosen it up enough to open. [/QUOTE]
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