Enclosure Carpet

[Caldwell 3]

Ok, where do you guys buy your carpet for your builds? I want some really good carpet that doesnt have a bunch of crap on the back and is easy to use. I will be carpeting parts of my box, trim work and false floor. I've always used 3M 77 glue but I saw where some folks were spraying on that contact cement stuff. There really isnt much difference in the 2 right? I was checking out a lot of Thumper's enclosure builds and that guy did really good work. His forum looks like it hasnt been active in a while. Any idea what he uses?

Thanks for any help.

TST

[Micksh 16]

Most car audio shops stock the basic gray. Parts Express has some nice stuff too. You can get away with the 3M glue for unbacked carpet like that, it works fine. The contact cement, (especially the Landau top stuff) is especially important if you are doing vinyl or tweed.

[Julian 641]

I got mine from autozone, it's a bit thick.. it works fine as long as you're not trying to wrap something crazy.

[Caldwell 3]

Thanks guys. I have some black carpet from parts express that I purchased a couple of years ago that I like. I have just seen some enclosures with carpet that seems to have a different texture than what I have. I was looking at Mark's box for his XCON 18's that I had and that is very similar to what I'm talking about. Thanks for the replies.

[brian p 1]

i lkie the carpet partsexpress has, it streches well so you end up with a tight wrap, looks good.