Veltone carpet repair

[IAIN]

Has anyone successfully repaired a veltone rubber backed carpet with a large tear in it. I have tried glue and rubber patches behind the tear with out success.

[Peter Laidler]

Have you tried patching it from behind with that GORILLA GLUE stuff. Spray a bit of water on to the most absorbent part and the gorilla glue on the other, leave for 30 seconds or so then put the two together. It sticks like shi...., er......, crap to a blanket!

[mk1]

I did a huge amount of veltone chopping & gluing when I was fitting the veltone in my Speedwell car. I glued the actual joins with flexible supergule to begin with & then backed the repairs with spray glue & an old sheet.

It has worked a treat. I got better as I did the multiple repairs & the last couple were almost invisible.

[IAIN]

I glued the actual joins with flexible supergule to begin with & then backed the repairs with spray glue & an old sheet.

Thanks Mark. I will need to find some other glues. I used thin rubber backing and tried puncture repair glue and spray glue both came apart again after a while.
The sheet idea is good and worth a try .

[Nick W]

Hi Iain
I wonder if stainless bumper staple's would help hold the rubber together, also use an adhesion promotor on the rubber to help it stick.



Nick

[Pete]

By the way what’s the change over date from wooltwist to Veltone, third quarter of 1965?

[IAIN]

By the way what’s the change over date from wooltwist to Veltone, third quarter of 1965?

My woody reg Sept.65 has original wool carpet

[Pete]

I have a December ‘65 S with original Veltone so must have been between the two dates. Must check the Parnell book!

[IWmin]

Related to the original post I'm getting to the stage of my restoration where i need to start thinking about carpets. My current one is scrappy but i'm not sure if its the original veltone carpet or not. Apart from the front section its in reasonably good condition. Is this an original carpet and is it repairable. I guess the tears can be repaired as already discussed but what about the bald patches?

[360gts]

I have a December ‘65 S with original Veltone so must have been between the two dates. Must check the Parnell book!

As with many of these changes there were 'stragglers' on each side of the change date.
My Nov 5 65 S has Veltone....

[Peter Laidler]

I might be out on a limb here regarding your carpet IWMin. If you've restored your car to a decent standard IWMin, can I suggest that whatever you do to a carpet like that, nothing is going to make it look even half decent. Sorry, but that's how I see it! It's spoiling the ship for a hap'orth of tar. Replace it with a good modern repro and be done with it. If it's sentiment or patina, then by all means keep safe, rolled up in the garage for posterity but........ After all, you wouldn't keep old rusty moth-eaten panels on the car.

Just my view. That said, I did keep a couple of small rusty moth eaten panels in the attic just to remind me of how bad it was.

[IWmin]

Fair point Peter. Maybe i'm getting blinded by trying to repair and reuse rather than buy new. I'm generally a tight a**e at the best of times. Going to have to make a decision on the interior chrome trim next!

[mk1]

I can't agree with Peter's comments above. If I have an original Carpet, I use it!

They are incredibly rare & a repaired original will always be better than any reproduction, regardless of how good that reproduction is.

At the end of the day, it's horses for courses, but I bet that people will be queueing up to buy your original if you choose not to use it.

[IWmin]

I’ve already had someone enquire about my carpet so know what you mean. The front section is the only bad piece so guess what I will be looking for for the next 6 months. I intend to use the original brocade trim and seats so it’s not going to be a fresh out of the showroom restoration anyway.