Curious if anyone has ever used this stuff. Getting rid of the old dirty, heavy carpet .

Check it out: http://www.randolphaircraft.com/wingwalk.html

I think it would be difficult to clean, based on some decks I have with non-skid paint jobs.

My plane is finished inside with dirt, spiders, candy wrappers, and dog hair, all installed over bare aluminum.

tom

Yes, on the wings of work planes. It looks great new, and then... well like a work plane. Dirt sticks to the grit, and is hard to clean, and it is a bear to change out of once you go this way.

I opted for rubber. It's heavy, but cleans super easy, deadens noise well, and allows immediate and easy access to the bare floor.
http://www.metzeleraviation.com/Metzeler_eCatalogue.pdf
Take care, Rob

Robb's right. If you put this stuff down, it'll quickly look awful, and it will be next to impossible to take off. Stick with something removable--like rubber.

MTV

Thats the stuff I was looking for. Did not like the idea of the spray/roll on stuff for those reasons. Actually had this rubber flooring in my old 182. Could not remember it at all. Thanks!

That plane is going to be soooo sweet when its done you should go for some reclaimed brazilian cherry hardwood foors

A friend of mine uses corrugated cardboard on the floor. Protects the aluminum, absorbs dirt & blood, deadens sound, easily changed out, recyclable, AND free to boot.

I found the carpet held the dirt and stuff way better than any of the rubber type flooring materials and stopped the junk from migrateing into the hidden parts of the plane like the bushings and pulleys and other secret places. My carpets are in two pieces with the split under the front seats and held in place with velcro. It takes 10 minutes to take the carpets out and shake the dirt out and put them back in. I find giving them a shampoo once a year just to spruce them up works great. The corragated cardbopard over the carpet in the back works great during hunting season. I do a lot of hunting , fishing and playing around on the gravel bars of the Fraser River so i tend to pack a lot of sand and mud into the plane and this set up works good for me.
Ken

Where can you buy the Metzler rubber flooring and how much do you have to buy? Rob - Did you just call the sales contact in the catalog you posted? I'm interested in flooring a Citabria and only need about 10 linear feet. Do they deal in small quantities like that?

Thanks,

Chris

I use a rubber floor mat with deep corragates. It traps the melted water from winter ops and keeps most the summer gravel and dirt located.

10 seconds to pull, dump, and re-install. Napa or Checker Auto!

PlastiDip it!


and removal

"I use a rubber floor mat with deep corragates. It traps the melted water from winter ops and keeps most the summer gravel and dirt located.

10 seconds to pull, dump, and re-install. Napa or Checker Auto!"

I like that idea and i bet it holds way more stuff than the cardboard at hunting season. And anthing that is 60 times as fast to clean as carpet is way good.(hehe)
KenW

Home Depot sells a ribbed rubber/vinyl hall runner for something like $15 in a roll or by the foot. Almost enough to do 185's floor. Used it a couple of times for a disposable flooring. Not heavy at all and can be trimmed with scissors. You can lay it down with velcro or the carpet laying double sticky tape.

The one thing that is nearly impossible to get out of non-skid flooring is vomit. Most military planes use a non-skid type flooring and they become impregnated with hydraulic fluid and vomit. Gives the military aircraft their unique "Dead Englishman" smell. So if you want that Frat House ambiance, then non-skid would be the way to go.

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100174337/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=vinyl+runner&storeId=10051

175 magnum wrote: I found the carpet held the dirt and stuff way better than any of the rubber type flooring materials and stopped the junk from migrateing into the hidden parts of the plane like the bushings and pulleys and other secret places..........

This worked well in my old C170. One piece carpet from the rudder pedal area to the aft end of the baggage department, slit to fit down over the front seat rails & punched for the rear seat hold-down bolts.. A wonderful mottled orange color from the 70's-- guess they must have been out of avocado green. The color helped make me feel OK about it getting grubby. Pulled it out once a year at annual time & vacuum'd it.