Gluing carpet to wood

[Arthur 51]

Hi. I want to glue pieces of carpet to the bottom of some chair legs. The carpet I have has a plastic-hessian type backing. Will pva do the job?

Thanks.

Arthur

[Ash]

Depends. Will you be using carpet tiles or just a roll of say Axminster on each chair?

Sorry ... couldn't resist. We found our local DIY shop sells sell adhesive felt patches which just fit nicely on the bottom of the chair leg (little bit of trimming with the scissors to fit required). I assume you're doing it to stop the chair scratching a wooden floor as was our case?

[Roger Mills]

I think you may struggle to get it to stick - or the carpet may de-laminate. If you're simply trying to protect a delicate floor, you can get some self-adhesive felt pads which are purpose made for the job.

[Jules]

We used those too, for the same purpose. The chairs lasted a year and a half before the first one fell off, which is pretty good considering (and it's no bother to replace - so long as someone notices before the floor gets scratched). They collect pet hair something chronic, though :-)

[Arthur 51]

Our 3 piece suite has 6" diameter bun feet so I doubt the pads you mention are big enough.

Arthur

[The Natural Philosopher]

no. hot glue or evostik contact will tho.

[Dave]

No, go for the hot glue. I wish I had thought of that years ago.

Dave

[Dave Liquorice]

You can get sheets and quite large (40mm?) round pads. Use 3 or 4 depending on how they fit. Of course a few bit of offcut carpet will be far cheaper. Glue? an impact will do it or Copydex is the normal carpet glue.

[Cicero]

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I think *felt* carpet would be better for this job - it's very hard wearing. Contact adhesive should stick it.

Cic.