Fitting Automotive Backed Carpet

Peel back small sections of the carpet and use spray adhesive to spray the back of the carpet.

Fitting automotive backed carpet. Press the carpet against the vehicle floor smoothing out the carpet as you go. How to cut fit and shape automotive carpet. Wholesale auto carpet shop online for automotive carpet and padding and automotive upholstery supplies. Auto carpetreplacement kits for your car truck or suv custom made using a mold of the original floor pan of your vehicle.

This video demonstrates on a mock up for ease of instruction several traditionally used techniques to cut fit and shape the front and rear of a transmission tunnel using non heat molded non backed automotive carpet. Spray contact adhesive onto the center of the floor using the glue gun. Spray adhesive over the entire carpet for best results. Once the contact cement has dried about 5 to 10 minutes depending on conditions lay the carpet down into the interior and press the carpet down onto the floor.

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