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Subject:Re: Repairing rubber Vanagon floor
Date:Fri, 24 May 2002 11:05:14 EDT

In a message dated 5/23/02 5:13:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Doug@BEACONTEL.TV writes:

> 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?
>
>

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chris