[Zmagnette] Carpet adhesive & maybe a trick?

[Fletcher Millmore]

That is good, Steve!
Always hated carpet that did not fit.
But, don't put your foot in it, especially if it is contact cement.

FRM

On 5/17/2014 1:28 AM, Steve wrote:
> David--
>
> At the rather realistic risk of once again putting my foot right into 
> it, let me proffer this.  However, no doubt you and the entire rest of 
> the esteemed group already knew this, starting back in 1937.
>
> Oh well, here goes:  It might be that your problem isn't the adhesive, 
> but "shaping" the carpet around and into corners, curves, convex and 
> concave areas, and other tricky spots? Probably lays down fine in the 
> flat?  What someone told me, and I've used it ever since, with good 
> success, is to find an old steam iron that still makes steam.  Heat 
> 'er up.  Now, get a nice ol', clean towel, and fold it maybe in half 
> (or more, if it’s a crappy towel!)  Try this a couple of times on a 
> practice piece of cut-off carpet before you go launching into the most 
> visible part of your job.  So, with the ol' towel on top of area 
> needing "coercion" , hit the area with some steam.  Depending on how 
> good of an old iron you have, how hot you have it set, blah, blah, 
> blah, you'll see pretty quickly that the carpet becomes like a big ol' 
> piece of lasagna, and you can bend it, curve it, etc.  Just play 
> around with the settings, how close you hold it, how long, etc.  Do 
> NOT, I repeat do NOT, put the iron directly onto the carpet.  Ask me 
> how I know.  Fortunately, an ash try covers that spot.  A future owner 
> may consider it some sort of trademark or copyright!  This does not 
> hurt the carpet.  Cruise by about any upholstery shop, and you'll see 
> them doing the same thing, but with something fancier than an ol' 
> steam iron.
>
> Some of my more sophisticated friends have suggested a wallpaper 
> "removing" steam tool, but I'm too cheap.
>
> Good Luck, and may the Steam be with you.
>
> #2SteveK
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: David F. Darby
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 9:18 PM
> To: 'List for the Z Magnette Group - North America'
> Subject: Re: [Zmagnette] Slightly OT-Carpet adhesive
>
> Thanks for the tips on adhesives. I've been fussing around with the 
> carpet,
> and I definitely need a repositionable adhesive; something not too
> aggressive. It lays really well in some areas, not so well in others. I'm
> thinking I might not glue it where it has the backing pad attached, 
> but will
> try to stick the edges and where it climbs in and out of wells and 
> over the
> trans/propshaft hump.
>
> I haven't re-carpeted the Magnette, but it will be very similar to this
> exercise.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Fletcher Millmore
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 5:51 PM
> To: List for the Z Magnette Group - North America
> Subject: Re: [Zmagnette] Slightly OT-Carpet adhesive
>
> Contact cement is forever! Not what you really want for carpets that are
> sometimes necessarily removed.
>
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