Taking out the old carpet in my Rhino,carpet up date 5/3

[BASSNUT]

Well here it is, I just got done taking out all of the old carpet in my alum Rhino, it was very east because most of the glue dried out and turned to dust as you can see, tomorrow I will start scraping and cleaning up the old glue as for know it’s time for a beer. :beer:

 

[Cheeseball]

Nice cleanup job! Planin any mods?

 

[BASSNUT]

Nice cleanup job! Planin any mods?

No I am keeping it the way it is, I am happy with the way it is for know, mybe some day I will do a Mod to it, I am in no big hurry.

 

[Zum]

That first picture...is that the original carpet?
Looked pretty good in the picture,not so in real life?

 

[BASSNUT]

O ya it looks good it the picture, If you looked at it in real life it's bad, and if you walked on it you can here the old glue crunch

 

[BASSNUT]

Ok I just got done scraping out the old silicone, my question is should I seal that whole area up again? And if I do will the glue stick to the silicone? The area you see is the rod locker.

 

[ben2go]

3M 4200 or 5200 marine sealant would work better and last longer.You can paint over it also.I would reseal the areas to cut down on water infiltration inside the hull.

 

[BASSNUT]

Thanks for the info, I will pick some up :beer:

 

[ben2go]

Thanks for the info, I will pick some up :beer:

You're :WELCOME:

 

[BASSNUT]

Ok I need more info. The carpet on the right is the old carpet and the one on the left is a sample from Lowe’s. The backing on the old carpet has grooves in it and the sample has none it does have a rubber backing. Do I need carpet that has grooves in it? do you think I will have problems with all the pop rivets after I lay down the carpet? Won’t it show little bumps?

 

[ben2go]

The rubber backing will shed water instead of holding it against the glue, aluminum or wood.The rubber backing will usually hide the rivets pretty well, unless the rivets are really protruding.Have you laid the sample over a rivet and rubbed over it?Since the carpets aren't being streched over the the floors, I don't think they will be noticeable.

 

[BASSNUT]

Ya I did put the sample on top of a rivet,there was just a little bump nothing big,I thought about putting flater rivets in but that's just to much work to drill out a 1000 rivets :lol:

The rubber backing will shed water instead of holding it against the glue, aluminum or wood.The rubber backing will usually hide the rivets pretty well, unless the rivets are really protruding.Have you laid the sample over a rivet and rubbed over it?Since the carpets aren't being streched over the the floors, I don't think they will be noticeable.

 

[ben2go]

Yes it is.I used to be a pilot.One saturday while I was pulling line service and ramp duty at my FBO,Where I worked.I helped re-rivet a Cessna 182 wing.The whole wing,not just one side.We done it by hand because we had to reach through the inspection ports on some of them.It took 3 of us and we rotated who was bucking,who was backing,and who was passing rivets and tools.It took 16 hours to do it.I don't know how many rivets it was but my hands were raw and sore for a week. :LOL2:

 

[BASSNUT]

If I can find the same thickness as the old carpet that would be cool

 

[dedawg1149]

you will be fine with the lowes carpet when you trowel the glue down and carpet you wont see the rivets

 

[BASSNUT]

Well after being in the hospital for four days with Diverticulitis the doctor gave me a clean bill of helth this Friday. I didn’t do to much on the boat today I just worked on the boat lids, I got some stuff from work called SoySafe paint stripper this stuff works wonders, after I took off all the paint stripper, I gave the lids just a little rough sanding now the carpet glue will have something good to stick to, I will start on the inside of the boat Sunday, I didn’t want to over do it today because the doctor told me to take it easy.

 

[Zum]

Looks like it did a great job.

 

[BASSNUT]

UPDATE WITH MORE PIC'S

 

[dedawg1149]

really nice job

 

[ben2go]

Whooa!Nice werk.That's a lot cleaner than I plan to get mine.