Have an old Grumman we’re restoring and the carpet has some very good glue that’s giving us trouble getting the carpet to come up. Anyone have a solvent they would recommend for getting the carpet up?
Have an old Grumman we’re restoring and the carpet has some very good glue that’s giving us trouble getting the carpet to come up. Anyone have a solvent they would recommend for getting the carpet up?
My Two Cents, I would not use any solvents on a plywood deck, The solvent would leach into the plywood and potentially start to delaminate the decking. If I could not get up the carpet, maybe a belt sander of the area is small, if a large area then replace the decking plywood with marine grade.
Eric Beaty
2013 BassCat Cougar FTD
2013 Mercury 250 ProXS
It’s a ‘92 and wanting to replace seats and carpet. When I try to peel it off it’s bringing slivers of plywood also. Guess I’ll have to replace all the plywood
When I did mine all the carpet came off but left glue behind. I belt sanded the glue, brutal job, it still left high spots. My wood was in great shape, so I just flipped the sheets over. I was putting vinyl down and could not afford to have the glue react with new glue. If it does your vinyl will have discolored spots all over it. If I was using carpet I would just have gone over it. You may be able to seal the wood where it is peeling off and then flip the boards.
Jeff Edgarton
2001 929 CDX
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