Carpet is thought of as a simple project by boat owners who start by shopping at a home carpet store and then come to us to install it.
Boat carpet grain direction.
Carpet does have a direction usually indicated on the carpet backing.
Work on one section at a time.
This would allow the stairs to be carpeted with left over pieces.
Next measure and cut the boat carpet start with the bass boat deck first.
Trowel the glue onto the cleaned surface don t be stingy with the marine glue.
It will seep through.
Most carpet installers do not like.
One suggestion that i have is to turn the carpet to where the natural direction of the fibers lays toward the stern of your boat.
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Then cut all pieces of carpet making certain to keep the grain of carpet running to the rear.
Home type carpet is not easy to install in a boat.
Make sure you allow more than enough carpet so you can trim it.
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For curved areas of your bass boat or the flooring you can use a can of soup as a roller to press the carpeting down wait for one hour until the glue has begun to set and press the carpeting down once again do not step or kneel excessively on the carpet when the glue is wet.
Due to the nature of the carpet this is the direction it should be installed whether on the floor or stairs.
Make sure your grain is going in the right direction.
Ideally you would install carpet on stairs as if the roll were rolling down the stairs.
Yes carpet has a grain direction and yes you should consider that when installing.
Once you get the marine carpet cut to the rough sizes for each section of the bass boat deck you can glue it.
Or some of our boat carpet customers will measure the length of the carpeted area and add 20 percent for an estimate of the bass boat carpet that they need.
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Make sure your grain is going in the right direction.
Be certain to lay all your carpet in one direction there is a definite grain and if you turn a piece sideways it will appear a different color that the rest.
