I pulled up the carpet in my main salon today. There is still a good amount of adhesive residue left behind and also some of the underside of the carpet itself.
What is the best/easiest way to remove this stuff?
I was thinking of a heat gun. Any other solutions?
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Never wrecked a boat while awake or sober
go to a carpet store. they have a spray you can use on the glue with a putty knife, they used it on 2 of our boats. we then had them lay the new carpet as they would in a house with padding and tack strips.....no more glue or staples!!
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My intentions are to lay down a teak and holly floor - plywood. If I get a chance today I will take the boat out for a hard run and see if this is practical based on noise. if not, we will use carpet again.
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Never wrecked a boat while awake or sober
We glued the edges here and there works fine. I agree with OHB.
Fred
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Thanks for the helpful hints folks.
Weather was too bad today to take boat for a run. Started engines and ran them in the dock. They were pretty quiet. Will try again Sunday for a 'noise level' run. I'm pretty sure that the noise will not be an issue. We normally buy a relatively inexpensive throw rug every year for the main salon during the winter months and chuck in the spring and buy a new one every year. During the summer months, carpeting holds the heat in.
As for the glue thing. I tried a heat gun and it worked really well if I was going to re-carpet, but I am not. Also the existing corners of the plywood are damaged and would take a while to repair strong enough for my needs. Since I am always on limited time, I figure I can cut new plywoood faster than I could clean and repair the existing ply pieces. I will be gluing the teak and holly ply down on top of the new ply.
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Never wrecked a boat while awake or sober
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