Taking out the old carpet in my Rhino,carpet up date 5/3

[russ010]

That is for sure some elbow grease work that will pay off tons in the long run! Nice Job!!

 

[BASSNUT]

To tell you the truth, it realy was not that much work,most of it is coming off easy because most of the glue has dryed up,the new carpet glue will know have a new clean surface to stick too.

That is for sure some elbow grease work that will pay off tons in the long run! Nice Job!!

 

[BASSNUT]

WELL HERE ARE TWO MORE PIC'S, THE ONLY THING I HAVE LEFT IS THE FLOOR AND THAT WILL ONLY TAKE ABOUT A HALF HOUR AND THEN I WILL PULL THE BOAT OUT AND HOSE EVERYTHING OFF

 

[dedawg1149]

you will get excellent adhesion cant wait to see it finished

 

[BASSNUT]

I BET IF I TAKE OUT THE BOAT NOW I WOULD GET A BAD SUNBURN :LMFAO:

 

[dedawg1149]

yeah i put diamound plating in for the bottom of my sea ark and it would burn your feet

 

[BASSNUT]

YEP ALUM GETS HOT!!!!!

 

[BASSNUT]

Well I just got done cleaning all the old glue off, as you can see in some of the pictures there are two areas where I could not clean off the old glue because that area in between the livewell is to small for me to get anything in there so I installed some wood in between the livewell that way I don’t have to worry about putting carpet down in that tight area. Tomorrow I will scrub down the inside of the boat with acetone to get everything clean that way I will be ready for the carpet, I will get the carpet when I get my vacation check.

 

[BASSNUT]

Well after riding my mountain bike around town this weekend I decided to cut out the carpet for the boat, the carpet is not glued down yet; I will start that next weekend that’s if I don’t have to do any overtime.

 

[Waterwings]

Nice carpet cutting there! Gonna look great! 8)

 

[ilinimud]

Looking good!!

 

[VA Bassin]

lookin good!! Rhino boats are very nice boats...All your river smallies guys use them here in the river with a 65hp jet on back! Fun to watch them tackle a set of rapids going up river and dont even look back! Ive seen those guys go in less then 4'' of water where other guys just get stuck! Theres a company here in scottsville , VA that builds them and mods them out. Good luck!

 

[Hanr3]

Great work so far.

What kind of glue are you using? Can you use contact cement with that Lowes carpet. I am planning on getting my carpet from Lowes too. Its just down the street, closest place for me to go.

 

[BASSNUT]

Im going to use this

https://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_90891_225004004_225000000_225004000_225-4-4

on the lids i will use contact cement

 

[bAcKpAiN]

Looking very good there!

 

[BASSNUT]

Well after getting some time off from work I finally finished putting the carpet on the lids and the seat plats. I used contact cement that stuff works grate, this weekend I will start putting the carpet in the boat, I really need to get this done because I am going through withdrawals.

 

[Hanr3]

Looks great.

I ended up useing the Lowes carpet and contact cement. I love using the contact cement. Its quick and easy.

 

[CowboyHokie]

What brand of Contact Cement did you use? I'm getting ready to purchase from Lowes and my carpet will be over aluminum and wood. The Lowes guy recommended something called Henrys and use with trowel.

PS - your rig is shiny and clean - like new.

 

[BASSNUT]

This is what I used on the lids, and this is what I will use for the glue, I used a brush to put the contact cement on, Lowels has both of them

 

[BASSNUT]

Well I just got done gluing down other parts of the carpet, it’s coming along pretty good, and all I need is some good worm weather and the glue will dry faster.