Sticky Carpet

I don't know if that is the right stuff, but I used it for trailer bunks and it worked well. It is contact cement so when the carpet touches, that is where it wants to stay.

jim

 

Sounds good. I'm going to go ahead and finish the carpet. Thanks Jim!

 

Hi Mark:

Yes, I believe thats the stuff that I used. Does it say neoprene on the can?

Kevin-

 

Hi Mark:

I googled the product you are using and thought the can looked farmilar, thats the stuff I used. I forgot to tell you how powerful the fumes are. I wore a respirator and kept the air moving in the garage. I think I had breakthrough on one pair of cartrages too. This stuff can give you an awlful chemical hangover if your not careful.

Kevin-

 

It is indeed strong stuff. I did the main part of the floor this evening. I had good ventilation and plenty of flying insects.

It all seemed to be down smooth and then 1/2 hour later there were a number of "bubbles" in the carpet. Not sure what to make of that. I have put flat folding tables on it with weights and will let it sit overnight and see what I can do to smooth out any other areas tomorrow. It seems like this stuff will stay sticky for awhile so hopefully I can get everything to stay down. Not sure if I did something wrong. We'll see how it turns out.

 

This is a dumb question, but are you glueing both surfaces and letting it dry befor putting them together? It is contact cement.

jim

 

I tried to, as best I could.

The carpet bubbled up everywhere. It has to be torn out.

I called my boat guy - who installs this stuff all the time - and he said not to use contact cement because of just this problem. He says that the marine stores sell contact cement because it is more forgiving than other adhesives but it also has a tendency to not adhere and causes some carpets to bubble. The irony is that the adhesive I was using originally is the stuff he recommends. The first 15 inches of the floor that I did with the original adhesive looks great and the rest bubbled everywhere. That's the breaks. The carpet has to be soaked in acetone and removed. I'm looking forward to that... :roll:

 

Sorry Mark,

I have a friend that has been using it for years on bunks.

jim

 

Jim

I'm pretty confident that it would have worked if I had done it properly. I don't think I did.

I'll get it straightened out. It isn't the first setback on the project and it likely won't be the last. I'm getting there...

My boat guy says that he removes and reinstalls carpets by dumping acetone on the top to release the glue. It could be that I can pull this up and reuse it. If nothing else, I'll just hire him to install the carpet. I hate to wimp out, though, so I'll take another shot at it first.

 

I think I would go with what you know will work.

jim