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Keeping Carpet from Sliding?
The carpet sections in the front of my 1979 Warrior keep sliding
forward and get "bunched up" under the pedals. The carpet is in pretty good shape but not stiff enough to hold itself in place. There is only the metal airframe underneath. How do people keep the carpet in place? I've thought of Velcro strips (probably not strong enough), construction glue/adhesive (too permanent?), stapling to plywood cut to fit (too difficult)?, punching grommet holes in the carpet and gluing hooks on the metal floor (like in my car), installing metal snaps on the floor and carpet??? Ideas needed. THanks!! --JB |
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Keeping Carpet from Sliding?
Velcro works great.
"JB" wrote in message ups.com... The carpet sections in the front of my 1979 Warrior keep sliding forward and get "bunched up" under the pedals. The carpet is in pretty good shape but not stiff enough to hold itself in place. There is only the metal airframe underneath. How do people keep the carpet in place? I've thought of Velcro strips (probably not strong enough), construction glue/adhesive (too permanent?), stapling to plywood cut to fit (too difficult)?, punching grommet holes in the carpet and gluing hooks on the metal floor (like in my car), installing metal snaps on the floor and carpet??? Ideas needed. THanks!! --JB |
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Keeping Carpet from Sliding?
On 28-Mar-2006, "JB" wrote: How do people keep the carpet in place? One thing you could try is to place foam antislip padding between the carpet and the metal underneath. The inexpensive padding is sold in sheets or rolls of various sizes in stores like Target. It is intended to be put under throw rugs that sit on slippery hardwood or linoleum floors. To keep things neat, you may want to glue the padding (which you will cut to the shape of your individual segments) to the back of your carpets. For this I would use contact cement or possibly rubber cement. The stuff works great in our house, and I don't see why it wouldn't work equally well in an airplane. The padding weighs next to nothing and might even add a smidgeon of sound and thermal insulation. -Elliott Drucker |
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Keeping Carpet from Sliding?
JB wrote:
The carpet sections in the front of my 1979 Warrior keep sliding forward and get "bunched up" under the pedals. The carpet is in pretty good shape but not stiff enough to hold itself in place. There is only the metal airframe underneath. How do people keep the carpet in place? I've thought of Velcro strips (probably not strong enough), construction glue/adhesive (too permanent?), stapling to plywood cut to fit (too difficult)?, punching grommet holes in the carpet and gluing hooks on the metal floor (like in my car), installing metal snaps on the floor and carpet??? Ideas needed. THanks!! --JB Carpet Tape. Double sided sticky. Works on Airliners too. Michelle |
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Keeping Carpet from Sliding?
JB wrote:
The carpet sections in the front of my 1979 Warrior keep sliding forward and get "bunched up" under the pedals. The carpet is in pretty good shape but not stiff enough to hold itself in place. There is only the metal airframe underneath. How do people keep the carpet in place? I've thought of Velcro strips (probably not strong enough), construction glue/adhesive (too permanent?), stapling to plywood cut to fit (too difficult)?, punching grommet holes in the carpet and gluing hooks on the metal floor (like in my car), installing metal snaps on the floor and carpet??? Ideas needed. THanks!! --JB I tried the small Velcro strips on my Archer and no joy. The adhesive didn't hold. I finally broke down and bought the 2 inch stuff and it has held for years. My intention was to put it on with contact cement but I never needed this step. http://www.velcro.com/CONSUMER/products_is.htm Tom -- NewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth |
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Keeping Carpet from Sliding?
check www.planeplastics.com
There is a 3M adhesive that I purchased from them for this purpose. The rug hasn't move since! part # - K08031 3M Fast Tack Trim Adhesive (Clear) $9.95 |
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Keeping Carpet from Sliding?
Thanks for the ideas! I think I'll try the HD Velcro for starters.
Bill's 3M adhesive looks permanent. I probably wouldn't remove the carpets except for cleaning but I don't want to have to yank and rip to get them out. But I may have to go that route eventually. Passengers usually stand on the carpet to enter/exit and the carpets get pushed under the pedals. The adhesive may be the only way to really hold them down. --JB |
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