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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sokmace" data-source="post: 432527" data-attributes="member: 22050">Ya, so the carpet is going to take forever. I did the driver's seat bench last night and it took me an hour and a half.<img src="https://i65.tinypic.com/b6f0ao.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i68.tinypic.com/2mz9pv9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I feel like it looks pretty good for the first piece I've ever carpeted, but it takes so long. A brand new razor only made 2 cuts before it started shredding the edges. On this piece, where the carpet wraps around a sharp edge, the carpet sort of parts away and you can see straight through to the backing. Anyone know of a way to avoid this? Am I stretching it too tight? I really didn't tug on it at all - just wrapped it around and applied pressure so the contact cement could bond. I'm not so concerned on this piece because it'll be hidden for the most part once the boat's back together. But I'd like to put a stop to it before I get to the more prominent pieces. Here's what I'm talking about:<img src="https://i64.tinypic.com/2mz0h8p.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This only happened on the edge where the carpet has to make a 180 degree turn, which won't be visible for the most part. The 90 degree angles look good, and those are the one's that you'll be able to see. I'm just a little concerned that this will weaken the material and start coming undone sooner.</blockquote>

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