This is the adhesive remover I use for most everything in my shop. It is way better than 3M's product.
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Check out the Glob of glue I removed from this little hatch. The lid is 10 x 16.5 inches. #747 didn't touch it.
This is the adhesive remover I use for most everything in my shop. It is way better than 3M's product.
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Check out the Glob of glue I removed from this little hatch. The lid is 10 x 16.5 inches. #747 didn't touch it.
Well the #747 didn't scratch the glue on the hatch covers. I used a gasket scraper but tried a razor blade scraper and that was the ticket for glue removal.
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After scraping I ran over the 3 hatch lids with a DA loaded with 80 grit paper.
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So before I apply the glue to the hatch I traced where it goes on the carpet to maintain the carpet grain direction. Then I trowel on the adhesive just on the top.
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After placing the carpet like I wanted and smoothing it out I put the hatches outside in the sun which set the carpet glue within a few hours.
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After the top glue set I brought the hatches back inside to do the final fitting of the carpet then glued the rest of the carpet down with contact cement. Carpet trimming was everywhere on the floor.
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Once the carpet gluing was finalized I put the hatches in the boat where they go to finish curing.
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It's starting to come together. The binding arrives tomorrow. The boat really needs a wash too.
Well the binding tape finally arrived today. It got lost for two days, FedEx sent it all over but Mississippi.
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I've got the binding tape and carpet up on the sewing machine. I don't know if I'm making a mistake but this binding tape is rated for marine use. I'm looking for a finished edge and sewing this tape on with a regular 1-1/4in binding attachment turned into a challenge for sure.
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Here is a shot of the carpet going thru the binding attachment and the finished edge on the backside of the job.
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Now I have a finished edge on every area the edge is exposed. Carpet is cut to finish out all areas under the console and after that is done the finished edges on the cockpit floor carpet will cover all the raw edges.
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The front deck carpet was way easier to bind than the cockpit floor carpet.
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After placing the front deck carpet where I wanted to glue it down I put a 2x4 across the back with 50 pounds of lead shot to hold it in place. Then folding the carpet back out of the way first I carefully applied the carpet glue before rolling the carpet back over onto the glue.
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Here is a shot of the finished carpet glue job. Nice and smooth. Now I am installing the seat base & hatch like this is a Saltwater boat so this glue has to set well before cutting out the opening I need to cut.
A update on the #747 Adhesive Remover, I used it straight out of the jug as suggested on the Aft Livewell Hatch which also has the huge pile up of glue and it is softening the glue mess up. If you have a really trouble spot maybe try it straight to see if it will work for you. I really like the very low VOC working inside a air conditioned area.
Good job my friend and nice work with the sewing machine.
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Here are a couple of pictures of how the carpet job came out under the console. I need to trim the vertical edge in the second picture but I'm having a bit of trouble getting in the tight spot to do it.
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After stripping the front and livewell hatches of their old carpet I realized the aluminum looked sad. It had some kind of finish on it that was 1/2 gone. I decided to prep and paint both frames with black rattle can epoxy just to clean them up.
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They turned out much better than how they arrived. In one of the last pictures you can see how the livewell hatch looked originally.
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A couple more pictures of the job, really freshened up the look inside.
Nice!
Looks good. I would probably paint the screw heads black too.
2000 Ranger R83
2000 Evinrude Ficht 150
MG Trolling Motor
Garmin ECHOMAP 63cv, Garmin Striker 7 (helm)
Garmin ECHOMAP 93sv, ECHOMAP 73sv (bow)
"I've got the boat, the rods and reels, the lures . . . now if I could only catch some fish."
I like the silver heads, I need new ones though those are original. If I was a fish chrome lures would be all I bit I think. The replacement pulls are all polished stainless. Black screws would look just as good too.Originally Posted by KYRANGERMAN
I done something similar to your binding with the carpet in my boat. It was more redneck though. Used a the webbing from a black ratchet strap for the binding and it looks great. I've also used the bond products carpet binding and it is great. I'll post some pictures when I get back home. I like the bond brand because no machine I required.
You are incredible. I have always marveled at all your work, then you pull out the sewing machine. You must be an alien with superpowers
Thanks for sharing all the details.
Thank you Mr Charles, when a T-Top job came in my shop I did the entire job - no outsourcing the canvas work for the T-Top frame. I've had a few industrial sewing machines for about 30 years now. Sewing has been my weakest quality work. Fine quality for T-Top canvas but weak on seats. I just recently found out I have been using the wrong walking foot forever. The walking foot machine (pictured) came from a leather sewing shop so it came with a smooth walking foot. Slides all over as the feed dog has teeth. Now the walking foot has matching teeth. The proper Carpet Binding setup for my machine is $575 and you convert the machine over to a Carpet Binding machine, I would have to convert the machine back for sewing. I'm not planning on binding carpet on a regular basis so the job you see is as good as my current setup will produce.You are incredible. I have always marveled at all your work, then you pull out the sewing machine. You must be an alien with superpowers
Thanks for sharing all the details.
PXL_20250530_125816735.MP.jpg This is what I done with the ratchet strap.
PXL_20250530_130118477.MP.jpg and here is the bond products marine carpet binding that doesn't require a machine to install.
Looks nice, I have the machines so decided to sew a proper carpet binding but I think if I used the regular binding like I use on gun cases & duffle bags it would have looked a bit cleaner. The carpet binding is very thin not like the polyester binding used in luggage.
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