Snap in carpet

[bcollins 18]

Hey guys, so some of you with the older boats know how terrible the padding on the bottom of the snap in carpet is/was. Basically it would degrade pretty significantly over time and stick to the floor of the boat until it was essentially gone and the carpet wasn't far behind. A few years back I got a new carpet, old stock, and it's starting to do the same thing. It's still looking good and I would like to keep it that way. Any ideas on how to maintain the black padding on the bottom? I think I saw where someone suggested some type of vinyl conditioner or something along those lines while someone else said to spray some type of undercoating on it. Need some suggestions. Thanks.

[jiriki 13]

The underside of my carpet deteriorated but the surface was still good. I used that rubber in a spray can to fix my under backing.

[Bigcatpt 408]

Plastidip?

[jiriki 13]

http://www.rustoleum.com/pages/about-rust-oleum/rustoleum-press-room/rust-oleum-news/rust-oleum-leakSeal-flexible-rubber-coating-stops-leaks-instantly/

 

They have it in quart containers too. Seems to work. It's only been a couple of months. Stinks pretty bad for a week.

[bcollins 18]

Okay cool, after doing some searching some people were using a flexible bed liner type spray, not the textured paint, that worked well but was like $100+ for a gallon....for that I'm replacing with alt flooring. This might do the trick. Thanks Jriki.

 

Any other ideas?

 

Bigcapt, I was actually thinking plastidip....I heard it comes off pretty easy though, kind of why it's so popular, so I wonder if it would hold up.