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satchmoe27

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Posted: July 12, 2004 at 9:41 PM / IP Logged

are their any instructions on putting carpet on the fiberglass box. I dont want any points where the carpet butts together to show. Are their any special ways of cutting the carpet to make it look like i bought the box with the carpet on it already. (I want to look like a professional did it).Im using 3m 77 spray.

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Posted: July 17, 2004 at 2:39 PM / IP Logged

It depends on the shape of the enclosure. With fiberglass there's not set box shape so we can't tell you to "trim it at the corners" or something like that. If you wrapped the piece in fabric to resin it then you should have no problem wrapping carpet over it. You may have to cut the carpet along hard edges if you need multiple sides covered.

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Posted: July 17, 2004 at 9:38 PM / IP Logged

Use Flock. It is cheap, and super easy to use. Plus, there are no seams, and you can apply it to as many curves as needed!

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Posted: July 17, 2004 at 11:57 PM / IP Logged

Just curious, but why carpet a fiberglass box? It is like spray painting a ferrari.

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Posted: July 18, 2004 at 4:59 PM / IP Logged

Fiberglass will give you the shape you need, but to have it perfectly smooth will consume time and effort. It is not as easy as sanding for a few minutes, it could take hours. Each and every blemish needs to be removed, and the contours need to be perfect -- if they are not, it will be greatly emphasized in the paint as it is applied. Flock is just an easy alternative, that only requires a quick amount of sanding!

carpet on fiberglass box -- posted image.

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Posted: July 18, 2004 at 5:29 PM / IP Logged

agreed ... i just sanded down the large bumps and streatched some more fleece over mine =)

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Posted: July 19, 2004 at 12:02 PM / IP Logged

i live by the flock now...... very nice finish, barely any sanding, covers everything....... only thing to worry about is evenly painting the flock adhesive, we had some issues with that on the Alpine civic

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Posted: July 19, 2004 at 11:07 PM / IP Logged

so what is thsi flock stuff id like to knwo a lil mroe bout it

what is is, hwos it work, where can i get it?/??

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Posted: July 20, 2004 at 5:33 AM / IP Logged

yes i want too. Flock, is it that stuff shown in the picture above?

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Posted: July 20, 2004 at 7:07 AM / IP Logged

Flock is a two part process. You paint on a layer of adhesive and then use a little tube device to apply the flock fibers. There's a how-to on the manufacturer's website. You can buy it there or you several other places. Just do a search for "mini-flocker" or "suede tex".

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