Securing Carpet to Trailer Bunk

[MetsFan9]

I just re-painted my trailer for my 92' Skeeter and was replacing the carpeted bunks and guides. To secure the carpet to the wood should I use a contact cement or should I use something like a staple gun. Wasnt sure if the contact cement would work with the constant dunking in the water. Any tips would be awesome/ Will be putting on the decals for the trailer tomorrow and will post so pictures.

[castaway2002]

I am fixing to re-carpet my boards and everyone I have talked to has said to use the Staples........but I don't want slack to get inbetween I think I am going to use staple.......the company that built my boat told me friday that they use staples on all there bunkers............. Just thought I would let you know what I was thinking.

James

[MetsFan9]

Was thinking the same, maybe I will use a little contact cement on the end wraps to secure the carpet in place and also use staples

[bassdad]

Did my 10 ft. bunks using waterproof carpet glue and staples - Next time i'll use contact and staples [quicker]

[perfect-storm]

You can glue the top so the carpet doesn't shift then use Stainless staples on the bottom edges to keep the carpet folded.

[tallbasser]

I think the rust proof staples are called Monel staples. You can get them at Home Depot.

[Hometownhandyman]

I used contact cement and my roofing gun.

[thudpucker]

Another Boat guy told me PL (polyurethane Roof n gutter) will hold up if it gets set.

When I put things like carpet, Paper, Visqueen down to stay, I use thing strips of Hardwood, and bronze or Stainless screws to hold the strips.
Make a "Wrap" around the Stick with your carpet and then screw, right through the carpet, you stick to the bunk.

[shawnjohn]

I just did this to my trailer. I wrapped the boards with the carpet and stapled on the bottom. The manufacture did not have any glue on the original boards so I didn’t use any glue. I folded over the carpet on the ends of the boards about 6 inches and tucked it under the sides and stapled it all down. It looks great and not as messy as using glue.

[aggieangler09]

If you dont have an electric or pneumatic staple gun, invest in one. I put about 650 staples in the bottom of my bunks. You go through staples faster than you think. Couldn't imagine doing that many staples with a manual gun. This was on two 5 ft bunks and two 10 ft bunks. I probably went overboard but I don't think my carpet is coming loose any time soon.

[haveme1]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by shawnjohn &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">I just did this to my trailer. I wrapped the boards with the carpet and stapled on the bottom. The manufacture did not have any glue on the original boards so I didn’t use any glue. I folded over the carpet on the ends of the boards about 6 inches and tucked it under the sides and stapled it all down. It looks great and not as messy as using glue.</td></tr></table>

+1

SS staples all within 1/8 of each other.