Date:         Thu, 23 May 2002 14:30:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Repairing rubber Vanagon floor
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I have the same problem. I was going to try a material that we use to repair
sprayskirts with when kayaking. Ill let you know.

Sean Garrett
1981 Westy (his)
1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
sean.garrett@asu.edu




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fitz-Randolph, Douglas [mailto:Doug@BEACONTEL.TV]
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:11 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Repairing rubber Vanagon floor
>
>
> Hi all. I've got one of those "base model" vanagons that has the
> wall-to-wall rubber floor mats rather than carpeting. There
> are a few spots
> that have tears - at the base of the accelerator pedal and
> near where the
> center seat tracks would be. Has anyone ever figured how to
> repair these
> mats? Nothing I've tried seems to bond to the rubber. Is it
> rubber? I'm
> assuming it is. Tried Pliobond, Goop, Barge Cement, super-glue, epoxy,
> polyurethane - the repair just pulled right apart as soon as
> it flexed. Even
> tried an inner tube repair patch applied from the rear -
> wouldn't stick. Any
> ideas?
>
> Doug Fitz-Randolph
> Freeport, ME
> '90 Syncro
>