boat carpet
Submitted by bull on Mon, 2011-07-25 22:28
Hey guys
Anyone out there know the easyest way to get boat carpet out of fibreglass boat that has been glued down.
Any surgestions would be great. I want to rplace it with stuff i can remove
tilbs
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grantarctic1
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Date Joined: 03/03/11
Hard job
Hard job to do Tilbs. If its contact glue only solvent's will remove it, but on fibre glass i wouldn't recomend that path.
Elbow grease might be the only way, rip it up and scrape the glue off. Then sand back the last bits.
Another member might have a better idea, best of luck.
Cheers Grant
strike_zone
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Date Joined: 09/09/10
heat gun
use a heat gun it softens the contact adhesive and allows you to pull it up
bull
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Date Joined: 28/03/11
ok
cheers for feedback guys will try both those techniques.
tilbs
Simon C
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Petrol will work, just not
Petrol will work, just not sure how good it is for the fibreglass??
bull
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Date Joined: 28/03/11
cheers
simon c
will try a little bit and see how it goes.I suppose it's not much diff to spilling a bit of fuel when filling up.
strike_zone
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not a good idea
i wouldnt do that deliberetly petrol and fibreglass and flotation ect dont go together to well unless you want to make some home made napalm
bull
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Cheers
Strike zone will take that on board.i might just try a light grinder wire brushing then pressure kleen the rest and see how i go.