What product would you use to bond carpet to a car's floor? Or what else would you do for lots of edge curling? Thanks!
Dear Ferraristi, You need 3M General Trim Adhesive # 08088.....slightly larger glue stream for better adhesion with rough carpet backing. Avalible at Walmart / Home Depot Super 77 is a much finer spray glue....better for leather. Shamile Freeze....Miami Vice !
Liquid Nails...comes in squeeze tube or chaulking gun tubes. Worked great on some carpet coming loose in the passenger footwell of my previous 308GTS.
I asked the upholstery shop that was recovering my interior this exact question. I was doing the carpet while he was working on the "parts". He said to use this stuff http://www.dap.com/product_details.aspx?BrandID=46&SubcatID=8 It's what he uses in his shop and can be rolled or painted on or thinned and sprayed. I can tell you from experience that it sticks very well if used properly. It should be available at most home improvement stores. I bought a gallon and ended up using most of it for the whole carpet set and a few odds and ends here and there. If you're just trying to do repairs to small spots I think it also comes in quarts.
Rereading the application, trying to tack down some edge curling, then yes, contact cement by all means. Apply to both surfaces, allow to dry a bit, then press them together....I would put some weight down on it overnight too.
+3 Worked great. I found my carpet was detatching from the velcro strips the factory used (which were still in good shape.) I sprayed the velcro strips with the adhesive and put the carpet back down. Worked like a charm.
Has anyone added any additional "backing" to their carpeting to provide some structural rigidity? For example, my footwell carpets have loosened up, and need re-glueing....but seems as if you do, they will lose some of the natural curvature, and become more indented as they form to the footwell. I always see the re-do's of interiors looking nice and evenly curved. Any ideas as to a bit stronger backing? or heat/noise shielding as well?
I would be cautious on light color carpets. Maybe it doesn't matter on black carpet, but some contact cements bleed through the carpet and leave stains, which appear months after application. I have seen several white new headliners with that mess as well as light carpets. I use a special carpet cement I get from a specialist upholstery shop. They stock it in big containers and I get a cup of it for coffee funds. Best Regards from Germany Martin
I use my old orginal carpets with double tape, they stick even when I push the gas pedal, and the sound the sound, oh my god the weber song, jezus? Best regards Patrik, (hi Martin)
well, I dont know If martin know about the work, so anyway 1.5 years of work Ibland så är det illa. men jag gillar läget This is the enlisg verion Åfan, vem ska jag lura nu, jag har en ferrari hej jag har en jaguar,, skämt ådido, tack
