Okay, like several others out here I tried to do the CMC seat and had mostly ok luck (how's that for positive?). They're not as pretty as others but they'll do for now.
The top edges of the seats look like crap because the edge of the rug is pulling away. The Super 90 was great but I'm wondering if I could a tube of something to clean them up? Almost considered riveting them but yeah no...
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Weldwood contact cement. Regular stuff at Home Depot, etc. Follow the directions precisely. Works on carpet, etc. too.
Yeah put contact cement on both surfaces and let it dry - they you get one chance to align it up. See if you can sand the smooth back of the seat fiberglass to give it teeth to adhere to (probably mold release on the seat back too).
The reason the carpet s pulling away from the vinyl is there are a specific vinyl cements used to glue to the finished vinyl surface . I use HH - 66 it smells like the brush on cement we used decades ago to repair an blow up pool . RH Adhesives Br HH-66 PVC 4 oz Vinyl Cement Glue with Brush 791689822532 | eBay
When I was building my CMC seats I pop-riveted this stuff around the edge and crimped the carpet into it.
Good stuff! Thank all!
Funny part of this story is, I was mostly done with the seats then Lowe's wouldn't sell the Super 90 anymore. They had it on the shelf, but it three attempts I couldn't get it through checkout. Probably thought I was going stick something to a bridge abutment (like graffiti). "Really, this is for personal use..."
"Huffy" Super 90 doesn't sound enjoyable.
Ask DrClock about having a can of contact cement on his lite kerosene space heater. Funniest story I ever heard. I think he called Ghost Busters to investigate! @Alan Merklin
Bears telling the tale a-gain .... 1992 Working in a narrow one car garage on a cool fall morning with a kerosene heater running , I was installing carpet in a Bradley GT when through the garage back door comes a friend with Dunk'n Donuts and coffee. ( All this takes place in less than 10 seconds) hands me a coffee and I asked him to get me another can of off the shelf as I handed him a empty Super 90 adhesive can.... Stuffing our faces and enjoying the coffee with the usual BS, there was an huge explosion that blew every florescent bulb out of the lights , knocked photos from the wall in the living room and breaking couple of garage door windows. I turn to Rocky with a ........WTF was THAT ? He has a blank stare because he can't hear jack shyt as I say" You OK " ? All this as my neighbor Mark that heard the explosion from across the street comes running through the back door with the same WTF was THAT question ... Rocky in error had set the empty can on the hot heater, the can exploded with the top silver section of the can imbedded itself into the plywood roof, the real kicker was that the rest of the can remained in tact but the recoil collapsed the heavy gauge metal heater half way to the floor....
OMG--where was the camera????
Ahhh, Rocky. He's the guy who hooked up Max's spark plug wires on cylinders 3-4 backwards. Once Lenny and me figured it out we had the car purring, but before? It was bad.
Always check the basics.
Thankfully, Rocky is in Florida now and can't hurt anyone up here! Glad you survived that one, Alan.
THAT IS FUNNY! I hope you put a plaque under the top piece embedded in the ceiling "Alan & Rocky '92 -Both Survived"
