Rubber Floor Mat

[Nova Jed]

I was wondering if anyone has every fixed small tears/cracks in these rubber floor mats. The type I am talking about is for the bone stock, no frills, Nova's. I just removed a mat from one today and was wondering if it was junk or if it is restoreable? Any help is always appreciated.

Jed

[92646]

It seem that I remember somebody using a tire tube repair kit to fix a tear in one of these mats.
Mark Sheppard

[Nova Jed]

I will have to post some pictures of the mat. And some of you guys can let me know if it's too bad to restore. But, I will try the "tire patch". It can't hurt! Thanks Mark.

[chevelleheart]

This is a great topic !!!! Anybody that knows how to fix tears in these rubber mats,.........PLS help !!!

[mockingbird812]

Calling "MacGyver".....calling "MacGyver! Your skills are needed Steve.

[njsteve]

I'm thinking that rubber bumper (endura) repair stuff would be good for this. That's the 2-part epoxy-like material you use to repair/fill holes in GTO-type bumpers. It worked great fixing my rubber coated Trans Am steering wheel.

[firstgenaddict]

If I am not mistaken Frank has gone through the steps to repair holes as well as tears. From what I remember he would put a patch on the backside and then splice in on the front.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I've used the rubber tube repair kit with moderate success. I believe there is a better solution now-a-days, TomK can relay...

[Nova Jed]

Sorry guys, I have been between homes right now. Watching dad's place while he is away in Canada fishing, but I do have them on a camera and as soon as I have some time, I will download some pics and post them.

Jed

[Keith Tedford]

You might want to try Loctite 495 super bonder part #49550.
It will stick just about anything to anything....including your fingers. It is clear so a repair shouldn't be very obvious. I keep a small bottle of it in the refrigerator. Stores best when kept cool.

[Nova Jed]

OK,here are some of the pictures of the mat. http://www.yenko.net/attachments/342016-Silverbullet009.jpg

[Nova Jed]

more http://www.yenko.net/attachments/342017-Silverbullet010.jpg

[Nova Jed]

I will have more later, but you understand the general idea of what I am dealing with...

[Nova Jed]

More pics.

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/342175-gashes.JPG

[Nova Jed]

more

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/342176-moregashes.JPG

[Nova Jed]

Part numbers
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/342177-Silverbullet014.jpg http://www.yenko.net/attachments/342177-Silverbullet015.jpg

[Nova Jed]

The paint on the mat is like a grain affect. Can anyone reproduce that? http://www.yenko.net/attachments/342178-Silverbullet011.jpg

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Start glue-in! The 'grain effect' is actually the blue paint that has worn off of the high spots of the rubber textured mat. All ya gotta do is spray it blue again, after ya fix those holes.

[Mr70]

I remember a cheesey TV commercial for a product I bought that used to air here during the 1970's,similar to a K-Tel/Ronco type product that would show them repairing rips in vinyl tops,luggage etc.It worked pretty well for me.
It came with multiple cups of different colored gummy compounds to apply with a spatula & match to the tear,rip or hole you wanted to fix.
After application to the tear,you would let it set up and then choose from one of the many different madrid/pebble grained vinyl textured patterned pieces of paper they supplied and lay it over the repaired area to heat with a household iron.After cooling down,you would pull the paper off and see a final vinyl repair that closely matched in both color & texture.

Here is a Permatex products page showing items #80902,81781,81785 and 81786 that look like the same idea to me.
Scroll down to the bottom for prices..
http://www.caswellplating.com/permatex/permrepairprods.html

[Nova Jed]

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Start glue-in! The 'grain effect' is actually the blue paint that has worn off of the high spots of the rubber textured mat. All ya gotta do is spray it blue again, after ya fix those holes.

[/ QUOTE ] M, if you look at my pics of the part numbers, it looks almost like it's not worn high spots but like a burlap was layed over top of it and then sprayed? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[m22mike]

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Part numbers
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/342177-Silverbullet014.jpg http://www.yenko.net/attachments/342177-Silverbullet015.jpg

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Jed
I just noticed the "painted effect" your talking about.
Guy's, look closley at the flat field around the pn# on the right.
Good luck with that one Jed http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
One thing you might expirement with to get that look, is after shooting the blue, lightly wipe the high spots with a lightly dampened rag with thinner or reducer ???

Mike

[Keith Tedford]

It looks similar to trunk spatter paint. Perhaps clear and blue? Just a wild thought.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I think it's just poor coverage.

[Nova Jed]

It almost looks like burlap was laid over it and then sprayed?? And then when the PN was pressed in it created that spatter look. Isn't there anyone on this site that can shed some light on how they painted them? I just picked up another back half this Saturday that had no rips or tears and it was the same way. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif