fishinglibin Posted September 10, 2016 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
eagleflyfisher Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Yeesh sorry fella, ahh maybe wire wheel on grinder ? I never thought about getting that shyt off. 1 Quote
professori Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Acetone. Use in in a well ventilated area (outdoors is best) and use rubber gloves. Quote
mdfcontracting Posted September 11, 2016 Posted September 11, 2016 X2 on acetone. Takes anything off anything. Be forewarned,if the boat is painted, paints coming with it. Quote
fishinglibin Posted September 11, 2016 Author 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
Rich Posted September 11, 2016 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
Dangus Posted September 12, 2016 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
fishinglibin Posted September 12, 2016 Author 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
Vitalshok Posted September 13, 2016 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
Dangus Posted September 13, 2016 Posted September 13, 2016 I wouldn't paint anything that you're going to bond to. A clean rough surface will be better. Quote
fishinglibin Posted September 13, 2016 Author 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
fishinglibin Posted September 13, 2016 Author 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
Tungsten Posted September 13, 2016 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
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