Re: IML: Carpet - to glue or not to glue

["sjak brak" <imperial1973@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you install a pre-cut and molded carpet, I would only use a few dots of glue to ease up installation, but keep it unglued if possible at all. You never know if you'll have to remove the carpet for some wiring job, rust removal (maybe not applicable where you live, but here its a real issue), etc.

If you use some piece of carpet from a store and cut it to fit, then you might need more glue, depending on the carpet material you're using.

On 10/21/07, Ken Miller <kdmiller44@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am putting the interior back into my 61 Imperial convertible.  I
refinished all the leather and vinyl and I am very pleased with the
results.

I am just about ready to replace the original carpet.  There seems to be
two schools of thought about installing carpet.  Some say it should be
glued in place and some say it shouldn't.

The original carpet was not glued.

What say ye experts?

Ken Miller 61 and 67 converts
Portland, Oregon

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