Hey guys. I've replaced carpet in several boats probably 20 of them. I've always used the original Weldwood and sprayed it on. I still see lots of these boats and carpet is holding strong. I'm doing one for another guy right now and I don't have a warm place to put it. The Weldwood needs to be above 50° to bond correctly and that's just not going to happen any time soon. Any of you guys have any suggestions on an adhesive to use around 40°?
I thought about trying to cover it with an electric blanket for a couple of hours before gluing down and then after gluing down to try to keep it warm enough for the glue to cure
You can order a gallon of glue from Ranger. I spray it and have used it below 50* but it was only on a lid and trailer side boards. I think I would hold off till I could get my temps above 50*.
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I use a 2 quart pot and put it on a coffee cup heating pad thing. It works great, and I blast the lid with my forced air heater.
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Henry 263 carpet adhesive is made for cold weather But I don't think it's sprayable.
You can sit a salamander outside and open the door partway, and blow heat inside the building. Then use the weldwood.
I'm having to do the front deck and floor in an open carport. I ended up having temps around 50° and used a electric blanket to heat the deck and floor then glued down and put blanket back on it for a day and everything held good.Originally Posted by brushsjigs
You can close most of it with the blue tarps. We have had to do this while painting epoxy in pits and it works quite well. Temps were in the teens those nights, and the pits stayed in the
low 40s.
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