Date:         Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:46:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Mrs. Squirrel gets nice (NOT) floors in Mellow Yellow.
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Oh, come on, George, it's not like those hideous RVs we see. It's one 
of the nicer floor "upgrades" I've seen. But I put that stuff in my 
office and kitchen and wouldn't have it again because of the way it 
swells when you spill something on it.

Anyway, I think Rocket is to be commended on his craftsmanship and good 

taste. If it doesn't work out, it's not the end of the world.

I loved no flooring better than the rubber mat in my 69 bus. Just yank 

it out and hose it down, as you say. Do you have a picture and a source 

for your rubber mat? I tried a machinist's mat with a spongy underside 

and a slick, marbley looking top surface. Didn't like it either.

Best,

Jim
On Jun 16, 2005, at 11:19 AM, George Goff wrote:

> In a message dated 6/16/05 11:19:27 AM, j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM 
> writes:
>
> << looks very, very nice. We especially like the café curtains! >>
>
> I guess I'll have to be the lone voice of dissent (surprised?) on this
> number.  I think it looks like . . . gotta be careful here . . . well, 

> like what it
> is  - dreck.  It's a result of the same mentality which gives us those 

> RV's
> outfitted like Mediterranean styled (excuse me while I puke) rolling 

> bordellos.
> Just like shag carpeting, cheap phenolic laminates on chipped wood 
> substrates
> have no place in a proper car regardless of what the boyz at West Coast
> Customs say.  That flooring is known as a "floating" floor system for 

> a reason: it
> sucks up humidity like a sponge so if it can't float, it heaves.  And, 

> I bet
> that stuff is just peachy keen to tread upon whenever you have some 
> snow or
> whatever surprise your dog left in your yard sticking in your Vibrams.
>
> Other than for Soccer Mom service, I think that carpeting in a van also
> sucks.  Over the past 16 years I have chosen to go with rubber matting 

> in four vans
> and I could not be happier with the performance or the aesthetics.  My
> current matting was cut from a 6' X 8' foot utility mat which is just 

> like the
> pickup truck bedliner made by a company in Ohio.  Counting the ribbing 

> on the front
> and the drainage tits on the back, it is about 3/8" thick and tougher 

> than
> the doornails of hell.  I have the stuff custom fitted to the front, 

> middle and
> rear.  Since I didn't have to glue and screw it in place, I can pop it 

> out,
> blast it off and then it is like new.
>
> Cafe curtains?  What can I say?
>
> George
>