Boat Carpet

[t_brown1986]

I wanna redo the carpet on the bottom floor on my boat.. its tearing up around the drain.. So my question is what should i use to redo it.. Indoor/outdoor carpet or go to a boat place and get some?? The floor under it has a layer of glass over it.. so what kind of glue should i use.. only need a piece 4 foot by 6 foot..

 

[Boss Hawg]

Re: Boat Carpet

Bought mine at Lowes-
Used formica glue & applied by brush

 

[mphy98]

Re: Boat Carpet

menards, lowes all the same. use outdoor carpet glue, worked well for me

 

[HAV2FISH]

Re: Boat Carpet

I would recommend using boat carpet. I did my boat with indoor outdoor carpet from Home depot and on the front deck and mid deck it only lasted about 2 years. So in a hurry i redid it again using leftover carpet from the first time. This winter ill have to do the hole boat over again with boat carpet.

On a good note i did use Henry's out door glue and it has held up very well. Just use as little as possible for it can and will soak through the carpet if you use to much.

Also acetone will help in removing your old carpet and glue. Pore it on let it sit a few minutes and scrape off. Just use a good mask and lots of ventilation.

 

[redone4x4]

Re: Boat Carpet

double post

 

[redone4x4]

Re: Boat Carpet

lowes carpet for the trailer bunks, but i would use actual boat carpet for the interior. Trailer Boats magazine did a good write up on this...i think they said use around a 16 oz. carpet at the most, so its still pliable in the corners and stuff. I could be wrong, ill look for the article and post any corrections on that. especially a piece that small, i would spend the extra $$$ and get the good stuff.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Boat Carpet

If you go with carpet make sure you go with a color that will show the least amout of dirt (light brown or gray). I have navy in mine and it always looks filthy. I can clean it all up and the first time I step in the boat from the ground it looks dirty again. Because of that I'm seriously considering not having carpet in my boat and going with a painted on non-skid surface of some sort.

 

[t_brown1986]

Re: Boat Carpet

Well imma go with indoor outdoor.. i mean 2 years is a good length i would say to spend 40 bux... and thanks for telling me to just use a little glue.. makes sense.. any other glue used other than formica glue??

 

[HAV2FISH]

Re: Boat Carpet

I used, Henry 561 out door carpet glue from Home depot.

 

[t_brown1986]

Re: Boat Carpet

so it worked good for you.. you just brush on??

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Boat Carpet

Indoor-outdoor carpet glue is usually applied with a notched trowel, like thinset cement. The latex stuff is just as good as the oil based.

I have had good luck with the cheap indoor/outdoor carpet from the Home Despot. It lasts years and stands up to gas and oil spills.

 

[HAV2FISH]

Re: Boat Carpet

I used a notched trowel, and i used the smallest notches to put just a thin coat of glue down. You don't want to step on or put your knees on the carpet till after the glue dries over night, so its best to do one half of the floor one day then the other the next.

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Boat Carpet

Hav2fish, OK, I'll bite, why not put foot or knee on glued carpet? it might slip? I never had that issue, and I always glued it all down at one time.

A bit of mineral spirits to clean up the oil based cement, if you get it on the carpet.

 

[HAV2FISH]

Re: Boat Carpet

Just to be on the safe side you don't want the glue to soak through the carpet. If that happens it makes nice looking carpet look like s***. Better to be safe than sorry. Just my opinion.

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Boat Carpet

Ok, That makes sense. A lot of the marine carpets have the rubber backing, so that cannot happen. Some don't of course.

 

[Nandy]

Re: Boat Carpet

Indoor-outdoor carpet glue is usually applied with a notched trowel, like thinset cement. The latex stuff is just as good as the oil based.

I have had good luck with the cheap indoor/outdoor carpet from the Home Despot. It lasts years and stands up to gas and oil spills.

Ditto, I have one boat that I restored over 5 years ago using homedepot outdoor grey carpet (not even there most expensive) and outdoor carpet glue and the carpet still looks great and its glued properly. Just like the other post, dont use too much glue or it will zip thru the carpet. I had that happened where the gas tanks go so no problem.

 

[Jeff-in-PA]

Re: Boat Carpet

I wanna redo the carpet on the bottom floor on my boat.. its tearing up around the drain.. So my question is what should i use to redo it.. Indoor/outdoor carpet or go to a boat place and get some?? The floor under it has a layer of glass over it.. so what kind of glue should i use.. only need a piece 4 foot by 6 foot..

Since you only need a small piece, look in your yellow pages under "marine upholstery". They probably have a piece that size that is leftover from a job and you'll be able to get a good price on the correct type of carpet.

Jeff

 

[t_brown1986]

Re: Boat Carpet

we dont have any places like that near here.. we got one marine place around imma call them tomorrow.

 

[TJDave]

Re: Boat Carpet

I re-carpeted my boat 3 years ago with Lowe's outdoor/marine carpet. Seems to be holding up great.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Boat Carpet

Sorry Dave, no way your carpet could have been called "marine". Then it would have cost twice as much