What do you guys use to glue down the carpet? The instructions are kinda vague. I'd like something in an aerosol spray can or I guess brush on if possible.
Chappie is right...plain old contact cement. Brush it on both surfaces (back of carpet and interior body panel) . Let it dry until it is no longer tacky to the touch (usually 15 minutes or so). Then apply the carpet to the interior. A trick I used for larger pieces was to put wax paper on the areas, then peel off the wax paper and stick the carpet as I go. Also make sure you have several new utility knife blades for trimming the pieces
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I had to strip the interior of carpet and re-install. I used a spray on "contact" glue and it didn't hold very well at all.
So I pulled it all out and next used some spray on "commercial heavy duty" really sticky glue.
... it didn't hold either. Looks like a brush and DAP is up next!
In both above cases at first it looked like it was working well. A few weeks and ENGINE HEAT and the carpet was sagging badly on the sides and under the dash area. The "floor" was fine, after all it hasn't got anywhere to "fall".
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When I put mine in started with contact cement wasn't proficient enough to get it in the right place the first time even with wax paper so went with premium grade liquid nails and my glue gun that worked for me. I did install insulation first.
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I used the 3M spray on adhesive as well. It's way easier than using a brush to apply contact cement. If I remember correctly, you'll need about 6 cans.
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Since it is contact cement and requires application on both surfaces, it needs to be allowed to dry to tacky before joining the two surfaces together.
When one surface is pourous like carpet or insulation is, apply it to that surface first. Let it dry. That seaals the pourous surface so it won't keep on absorbing the glue.
Then apply glue to both surfaces, let it dry to tacky. Join them.. It ain't going nowhere!
Chuck:
When using contact cement you've only got one chance to get it right. Once those surfaces contact one another that's it so make sure you've positioned (dry fit) everything first.
DonC
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