Gluing Marine carpet

[3 Lions]

Right I have finally got around to installing the Dynamat I purchased at Christmas time.

Firstly I stripped out the child seats, bench seats, matting, removed all the seatbelts from the floor and anything else that was going to get in the way.

I have now fitted the Dynamt extreme. Gee that is damn sticky...
I am now fitting marine carpet over the top, like some other people have done.

My question is what is the best method of gluing the carpet down, coat the carpet and the other surface it is being glued to and let semi dry before sticking together?

Or, coat both surfaces and attach straight away?

Or coat one side let dry etc before attaching?

I have not really had any previous experience in carpeting and using marine carpet etc.Any tips from anyone who has experience with doing carpets on drawer systems etc would be greatly appreciated.

Col.:D

[ScottyD]

Hi Col,

I used marine carpet to cover wood/aluminium shelves/draws in the back of my Defender. To attached I used contact glue. Simply apply glue to both surfaces, wait until it is tacky (a few min), then place carpet down onto the surface. Once the surfaces touch it is pretty difficult to move/remove it, so make sure you are happy with the position of the carpet before anything contacts.

I would recommend not using too much glue, it doesn't need a whole heap to hold and that way you can at least pull it up if you need to, not that it is easy :)

Cheers,
Scott

[marty]

ive been a serial user of marine grade carpet over the years since i found a skip bin with about 80m of carpet in it.( yes i carpeted my garage and workshop)
Ive tried most contact adhesives and the best ive found is a 3M spray adhesive. Its expensive approx$50 but for ease of use its worth it. I made headliners out of marine grade and glued them directly to the aluminum roof of my series 3. I, out at the moment but will get a new can this weekend and post the type(there are several grades)
Marty

[87County]

IMHO it is better to screw it down with stitchings - much easier to replace when it inevitably deteriorates and powders :)

[akelly]

What's a stitching?

[87County]

What's a stitching?

a short drive screw with a flanged head

at bunnnings they're now called "button head" screws