Supercab carpet

[bucks77ford]

A hand held steamer works pretty good to form that carpet. I had to do that with mine and it turned out pretty good (except the problem of also being too short on the sides. An dang that looks good in there.

 

[mrfixit]

Exactly, Buck- used to use one that I picked up in a pawn shop. Guess I didn't suggest it because it's such a rarity, LOL

 

[Austin]

Exactly, Buck- used to use one that I picked up in a pawn shop. Guess I didn't suggest it because it's such a rarity, LOL

hand who steam what?

 

[mrfixit]

hand who steam what?

Mine was an old suit steamer- but I think the SHARK is a steamer, nowadays available...http://www.sharkclean.com/steamlanding.shtml

 

[Austin]

Mine was an old suit steamer- but I think the SHARK is a steamer, nowadays available...http://www.sharkclean.com/steamlanding.shtml

Oh, that! Waaaayyy retro.

I could see the usefulness, though.

EDIT: I have one of those mops...

 

[m78]

I put a 50 lb bag of sand on it, hope it works.

I had a chance to buy a commecial steamer but passed. It would have just sat in the garage.

 

[m78]

It's been 4 days since I sand bagged the carpet, it worked far better then I expected.

Thanks for the great tip Tom !

 

[mrfixit]

Glad to have helped- We used to use that technique in the 70's on custom cars and *ahem* Vans (oh I can hear the ol' squirrels a-chattering now!)

 

[Compressorguy]

Just to update this thread a little. I just installed the new carpet in my 78 F250 4x4 Regular Cab C6. It is from ACC (isn't all of it). Used the "mass back" option Fit nearly perfectly. Maybe 1/2 inch narrow at the kick panels. A little long under the dash, but will trim it slightly. Looks really good! I have pics if anyone is interested