For this reason after you pull up the carpet you must then spend some time removing the glue that remains stuck to the fiberglass.
Removing carpet glue from boat deck.
Latex based glue for instance is water soluble and won t work for boat carpet installation.
What is a good solvent to use to remove old carpet glue off an aluminum boat deck.
How to remove boat carpet from the aluminum floor is my challenge.
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Bks72 jan 14 2008.
Carpet installed on top of fiberglass can typically be found on a boat.
How to install boat carpet.
Be sure to buy a glue that s suitable for marine carpet installation.
During the installation protect your hands with disposable vinyl gloves and work in a well ventilated area.
In my case this is a 1996 ba.
Anyone ever do this type of work before and have any good suggestions.
Removing carpet glue from aluminum discussion in boat repair help started by fishingbuddy4 oct 28 2007.
Lemme know branden bks72 jan 14 2008.
I am going to be doing this job myself this time.
In with the new.
But if you ve got a lot of glue and if i remember right your boat had a lot of carpet the glue will tend to clog up your discs and flappers arent cheap.
I thought i d put out a video on what i currently have figured out with regards to stripping carpet glue from an aluminum boat.
Your first measure is to manually remove as much glue as you can with a scraping tool while this may not banish every last bit of carpet glue from the floor.
Start with a scraping tool.