carpet flooring

[chris srsc]

Going down the marine carpet way....
Cut it all ready..
Used 1lt of glue just for the fuel tank hatch covers.
Ahh well stop past bunnings for a 4lt to finsh it off..
Says put on both sides and wait till tacky...
Wonder how it will go if i slap it on one side and lay it down straight away

[chris srsc]

Going down the marine carpet way....
Cut it all ready..
Used 1lt of glue just for the fuel tank hatch covers.
Ahh well stop past bunnings for a 4lt to finsh it off..
Says put on both sides and wait till tacky...
Wonder how it will go if i slap it on one side and lay it down straight away

[Nude up]

The carpet in my boat is held down with press studs when I need to I just take it out and pressure wash it comes up great.

[chris srsc]

The carpet in my boat is held down with press studs when I need to I just take it out and pressure wash it comes up great.

Do you get much movement between studs?
Did think about that but would need quite a few make it work

[Nude up]

No its pretty good you can buy rubber backed marine carpet which is better. The studs are about 500mm apart.

[purple5ive]

No its pretty good you can buy rubber backed marine carpet which is better. The studs are about 500mm apart.

that would be a royal PITA to mould around corners and edges.

[purple5ive]

Wonder how it will go if i slap it on one side and lay it down straight away

use on both sides, works better that way, ive just recently done this, and will be doing another one again in a months time i reckon.

use artifical turf glue from bunnings, its good stuff.

[chris srsc]

Ive already bought the carpet but second guessing if i should glue it...
If i glue it and dont like it...its gunna be a pita to get out again
If i use press studs i will have screw holes in the floor

[ThomasG]

yeah, I have that blue stuff, think I used the turf glue. Looks good and easy to clean, I usually just vacuum it a couple of days after I wash the boat......If I wash the boat.
My wife is a bit anal when we fish and if she is not pulling a fish in, she is cleaning something.
We have had the carpet down for about 18 mths.. All good.

ThomasG

[purple5ive]

Ive already bought the carpet but second guessing if i should glue it...
If i glue it and dont like it...its gunna be a pita to get out again
If i use press studs i will have screw holes in the floor

Theres always velcro.