fishinglibin Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Howdy All. After a few years of good use I need to replace the carpet on my boat bench seats. The prior owner did a superb job of gluing the carpet down,( as expected, as Dave does all jobs well). I am scraping and spraying adhesive remover and scraping, and scraping and scraping. Trying to clean it as good as I can to re adhere the new stuff. Any suggestions what I can use to remove the rest. Tomorrow I will try a heat gun and scrape. Thick stiff and hard to remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagleflyfisher Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Yeesh sorry fella, ahh maybe wire wheel on grinder ? I never thought about getting that shyt off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monger Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Wire brush on a drill? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professori Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Acetone. Use in in a well ventilated area (outdoors is best) and use rubber gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdfcontracting Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 X2 on acetone. Takes anything off anything. Be forewarned,if the boat is painted, paints coming with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinglibin Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Yeesh sorry fella, ahh maybe wire wheel on grinder ? I never thought about getting that shyt off. Even slow going with the drill and wire brush tip. May use some acetone, otherwise have blasting caps on the ready. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Course belt on a good sander. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Home Depot sells a product call xylene it is more powerful thank lacquer thinner be very careful with it but it will remove anything as well as melt rubber if u leave it too long. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangus Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Were you able to get the carpet off, and now you're left with the bond on the aluminum? if the bond is strong and not too bulky, what about bonding to that? If it's rough, Slap some PL down and put new carpet on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinglibin Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 Carpet is off 1 of 2. Bond was on most of bench but spotty. I have used a wire brush on a drill and a heat gun and scraper. Slow and tedious. May use acetone or xylene. Not to happy to but may save a lot of work. I think i will spray some rustoleum paint too. as I have scraped the paint alot to the alum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitalshok Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 They have scotch brite pads that attaché to a drill I'm working on my inflatable right now but wish I could push harder lol they attaché to full size grinder as well.I have a bunch if you need some shoot me a pm and I'll get some to you if your interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangus Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I wouldn't paint anything that you're going to bond to. A clean rough surface will be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinglibin Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 I wouldn't paint anything that you're going to bond to. A clean rough surface will be better. Yes, I now agree. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinglibin Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Got 1 of the 2 done. The second is much harder and the first was not easy. I used plutonium and nitro. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Stay away from the xylene it evaporates too quickly and is very toxic.Why even bother removing?Just re glue over top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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