I found that 3M was not too good - The spray stuff is fine if you don't
mind getting it all over the place! I was told to use (and did) the same
adhesive that auto shops use for vinyl tops. Apparently "normal" contact
glue goes ooey in the heat and peels off. If you do not want contact glue
use the stuff the carpet people use for floors - industrial strength!
Carpet shops can do cars - and do them well
At 08:57 PM 4/17/2003 -0400, Brinkman, Gerardo V wrote:
>If we are talking of just the carpet kit - I have had much better
>luck with local automotive upholstery shops. They have a variety
>of different quality carpets in endless colours.
>
>There are no complex shapes in an MGB (except for trans tunnel),
>most of the carpets are flat panels with bound edges. I usually buy
>a couple of yards of carpets, use the old ones a templates and then
>proceed from there. Any edge binding is done by the upholstery shop
>at reasonable rates. I think I paid $80 for the carpet (a fairly thick
>"wilton" type) and the edge binding ran less than $50.
>I have found that use the best quality spray contact adhesive works
>better against the heat generated in the cockpit (from the trans tunnel).
>3m makes a heavy duty contact spray adhesive.
>
>Gerry
>
> >There's a "deluxe" carpet kit from Moss Motors for
> >$373.00 that looks pretty sweet. Molded transmission
> >tunnel, etc. But at that price, by the time I get all
> >the rest of the pieces to do the interior, the total
> >cost will be fairly high.
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
barrier@bconnex.net
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