Cleaning and replacing interior adhesive

[MIm20c]

My plane is down for an annual and I want to replace the carpet on the floor and around the wheel well.  What is the best way to clean the old residue and the best contact cement to reapply?

Also what type of adhesive is good to bond layers of foam together?

 

[carusoam]

Goo-B-gone and Industrial hook and loop (Velcro), sound familiar...

A search on these may find how others have handled this lately...

Best regards,

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[Marauder]

My plane is down for an annual and I want to replace the carpet on the floor and around the wheel well.  What is the best way to clean the old residue and the best contact cement to reapply?
Also what type of adhesive is good to bond layers of foam together?
 

When Bruce Jaeger did my interior he walked me through the rug installation. The cleanup of the old stuff is a pain. I used a 3M adhesive remover that worked pretty well. Will still need to do some scraping of the thicker stuff. He also marked my floor to show where I should put the Velcro.

If you buy new carpets from SCS interiors, they will provide the heavy duty Velcro. Bruce had me buy a 3M contact adhesive to use on the carpet side to get better adherence. Send me a PM as a reminder and I will find the cans and let you know which remover and adhesive I used. I will also take a picture of the floor markings.


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[jetdriven]

i havent seen velcro that holds up without sliding, adhesive and all. Snaps wont.

[Marauder]

i havent seen velcro that holds up without sliding, adhesive and all. Snaps wont.

I haven’t installed mine yet but do know that the SCS Velcro attached rugs went into a number of Bruce’s finished planes. Maybe some of them will chime in and let us know how they are holding up.


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[jetdriven]

I tried the Velcro, the first hot summer day the garnish strips on the sidewall panels fell off and the carpet in front of the passenger seat slid and reglued itself in the 2" forward and wrinkled position. I sewed it to the carpet but the part that was glued to the floorboard skidded and resolidified.  Not reliable.

Edited April 3, 2018 by jetdriven

[MIm20c]

13 minutes ago, jetdriven said:

I tried the Velcro, the first hot summer day the garnish strips on the sidewall panels fell off and the carpet in front of the passenger seat slid and reglued itself in the 2" forward and wrinkled position.

Glue down all the carpet?  If snaps and velcro wont work for the long haul what other options are out there?

[jetdriven]

Snaps work, I haven’t found Velcro to 

[Andy95W]

6-32 screws and rivnuts.

[RLCarter]

+1 for the snaps

[ArtVandelay]

WD40 removes adhesive, whatever you use be sure it’s safe to use on aluminum.

[N201MKTurbo]

The fuel selector holds it in place on the pilots side. For the passenger's side put two sheet metal screws in at the rear of the carpet this will keep the passenger from scooting it forward with their feet.

Glue just makes a big mess and you can't remove the carpets for cleaning.

Edited April 3, 2018 by N201MKTurbo

[LANCECASPER]

On 4/3/2018 at 4:04 AM, teejayevans said:

WD40 removes adhesive, whatever you use be sure it’s safe to use on aluminum.

Piloto, who is a major WD-40 stockholder, will chime in.  

[PTK]

On 4/3/2018 at 5:04 AM, teejayevans said:

WD40 removes adhesive, whatever you use be sure it’s safe to use on aluminum.

[Sime]

I recently removed and cleaned the carpets in my '76 F. There wasn't too much adhesive on the floor so I didn't bother removing it.

I ended up using Sika brand contact adhesive in the yellow tin (1 litre) which I brushed on in sections. Pilot side I first glued down around the fuel selector and then moved to the back, then stuck the front down. I did the right side by starting at the back and moving toward the front. I applied the glue in 3" sections laterally with a 6" break between sections.

I also used the glue the other day when I repaired and recovered my glareshield in black vinyl. Both the carpet and glareshield came out great! Carpet does not move!