Carpeting Tutorials?

[xSomeguyx 10+ year member]

I'm going to be carpeting my box in a few days, but I'm not too sure about it. I can't seem to figure out if I should put the carpet around the sub (so it's not underneath the edge at all), or under the sub (so that it's sandwiched between the edge of the sub and the wood). Same thing with the terminal cup I've got.

Does anyone have a good tutorial on how to carpet? Something with TONS of pictures is always helpful!

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[xSomeguyx 10+ year member]

Nobody's got anything?? Can someone at least answer my question about whether to put the carpet under the rim of the sub/terminal cub?

Bump!

 

[azn121184 10+ year member]

a couple prefab boxes i've seen just carpet it up to the edge of the hole for the sub.

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

take ur knife and poke through and go around the circle is what i do... make sure u use contact cement not spray glue and apply it to both the box and the carpet for the best adhesion.

 

[xSomeguyx 10+ year member]

Ok, and then you would put a sealent (like a piece of weather-stripping) on top of the carpet around the edge to make sure it stays sealed, right?

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

no..ur gasket does that.. just make sure when u screw it in right.

 

[i3abyjay25 10+ year member]

i would like to see how to do corners.. as for the over lapping of carpet(or whatever material may be used)... ive tried a few differnt ways, but neither are the correct way....so how do u cut the material for the corners/ sides of box??

 

[xSomeguyx 10+ year member]

For the major part of the box where the two ends of the one piece come toegether it looks pretty easy. Just laying them overlapping, then cutting straight down the middle seems to be the way to go, and then just glue it down. The two ends have me baffled though!

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Wrap it like a present. Cut it just like you would with linolium.

 

[xSomeguyx 10+ year member]

http://forum.sounddomain.com/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=11;t=070780

How's that look? Like I said, doing the big edge is no big problem to me, but doing the ends seems a little tricky.