22-06-2020, 04:17 PM
I have been using 4mm thick fine ribbed mat sourced on ebay at £20 a 2m length x 1m wide delivered from Ark Rubber & resin solutions. There are many suppliers.
This length easily does a SWB tourer. I am trying to velcro some small sections, but the adhesive is not keen on rubber. Abrading the rubber surface helps a bit though.
The alternative on larger pieces is to use carpet circular push on three piece fixings ...Tags hold them on to the rubber & a csk screw onto the steel (I am against Self tappers so am using a woodscrew into a wooden batten glued to the underside of the panel! Long winded....
With the rubber; measure three times, cut once!
Only problem is that where bolt heads etc stick up it is a bit lumpy!
With carpet, of course it is different:
As Nicholson said "Get your womenfolk to buttonhole it where the carpet frays!" .......Try that today.....!
This length easily does a SWB tourer. I am trying to velcro some small sections, but the adhesive is not keen on rubber. Abrading the rubber surface helps a bit though.
The alternative on larger pieces is to use carpet circular push on three piece fixings ...Tags hold them on to the rubber & a csk screw onto the steel (I am against Self tappers so am using a woodscrew into a wooden batten glued to the underside of the panel! Long winded....
With the rubber; measure three times, cut once!
Only problem is that where bolt heads etc stick up it is a bit lumpy!
With carpet, of course it is different:
As Nicholson said "Get your womenfolk to buttonhole it where the carpet frays!" .......Try that today.....!