Drilling Through Car Carpet

I don t drill through carpeting very much but i picked up this tool at the supply house a couple of months ago on a whim.

Drilling through car carpet.

Get a drill bit the size of the hole you want. Use a propane torch to heat the butt end just barely red hot. Place it on the carpet and melt on through. The carpet cutter drillbit attachment slices through those melty snaggling manmade fibers like so much mdf and is.

I put a piece of masking tape on the carpet with the hole location marked and burn right through the tape. If you do or have you know that you have a 50 50 chance of unzipping a thread of carpet across the whole room. The carpet fibers could unravel and wrap around the drill bit potentially damaging the carpet and stalling the drill. I went to start drilling through it to install my seat belt bezels and the bit caught up in the carpet.

Shell busey shows you how to screw through carpeted floor. Auto carpet replacement kits for your car truck or suv custom made using a mold of the original floor pan of your vehicle. It left a small run in the carpet that luckily isn t noticeable. Luckily i was able to stop the drill before major disaster.

I don t know how many guys have occasion to drill a hole through carpeting. For more videos or to ask shell a question on any home improvement topic go to http askshell co. Rugs carpets and carpeting drilling through carpeted floor is there an easy way to drill through a carpeted floor without the drill bit winding up some carpet fibers and damaging the carpet and or. Installing a replacement auto carpet is the best way to restore your car truck or.

To drill a hole through floorboards requires lifting the carpet right. If you have upgraded loop carpet like the stuff that need for speed sells here s a trick. I find when drilling with holesaws into carpet or vinyl it pays to drill a pilot hole and then start the drilling in reverse. This usually allows the holesaw to cut through the fabric or carpet without catching and tearing the material as the holesaw in reverse is still sharp enough to cut the material.

I had occasion to use it last.