At 10:52 PM 8/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>The carpeting in my Tiger is fine, but the foam backing has
>disintegrated. Some of it is on the back of the carpet; most of it is
>stuck to the floor. Anybody know something that will remove the foam
>from the floor without removing the paint as well?
>
>Jim Pickard
>B9473298
Jim,
Sounds like you have replacement carpet. The original
wool carpet snapped down and had some "cotton rag" type of
filler underneath in the depressions of the floor board.
It is tough to get the foam up off the paint. Could be the
foam backed carpet was stuck down with contact cement.
Ronson lighter fluid (or gasoline) will slowly soften up contact cement.
Need plenty of ventilation when using flamable solvents.
Try not to light a cigarette or make a spark when using solvent.
Best bet is to scrape it off, sand, prime and repaint.
This also helps the rust spots on the floor (if any).
Maybe use Ospho on the rust spots before priming and repainting.
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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