I Hate Removing Yamaha Mats!

[mjammer]

Argh! I am going to blow up my wife's ski. I decided to be nice a swap out her factory mats for some Hydro-Turfs but am going nuts trying to get that backing tape / glue junk they use. After an hour of working with 3M adhesive remover, I am only ~1/3 of the way done, if that. I tried getting it off when I pulled the mats but being 5 years old, they weren't real cooperative. I guess I get to sniff more fumes tomorrow night so I can glue them Thurs. We are off on a camping trip this weekend with the skis - don't suppose she would be real happy riding without mats, huh!

[Chrisrokc]

Yea that the is biggest pain. But the way your doing it is exactly how i did it. No better way.

[mjammer]

Yea that the is biggest pain. But the way your doing it is exactly how i did it. No better way.

You blew up the ski! All I know is my SeaDoo was a piece of cake compared to this. Drill the rivets, fill the holes, and glue them down.

[addicted]

once you get down to mostly the tape, get an eraser wheel for removing pinstripes. Little messy, but super easy. A good auto parts store that carries painting supplies should have it.

[seadoo951]

A little carb cleaner and a razor was how I did it. Took me 30 min. if that to do all the mats on a GPR.

[mxvet]

Forget the 3M remover. Gasoline on a rag will dissolve the glue like magic. Keep you garage open to disperse the fumes and make sure there are no open flames.
It works.

[mrbtd]

Forget the 3M remover. Gasoline on a rag will dissolve the glue like magic. Keep you garage open to disperse the fumes and make sure there are no open flames.
It works.

Acetone works well also. Just keep it off of where the maps arent going to be.

Next time try and pull slowly - I just did my rear piece last night and was luck that 90% came off in one piece.

One thing on the SeaDoo rivets though ...How long do you spend fishing the bottom side of the rivets out of the ski ? It took a good 2 years to get all the ones out of the one I did.

[mjammer]

Most the rivet ends are still floating around in the hull.

I plan on trying about every solvent I have at my disposal tonight as I have to finish the cleaning tonight so I can install them tomorrow. As far as a next time, unless Yamaha changes there methods, thre probably won't be. That and the new style mats are much nicer than the older ones.

[MPower]

Use hairdryer or heat gun to heat the remaining glue, then pour acetone on it (it will penetrate better). then get a little 1 inch scraper and the glue comes right up.

[RX951]

Use hairdryer or heat gun to heat the remaining glue, then pour acetone on it (it will penetrate better). then get a little 1 inch scraper and the glue comes right up.

ditto on dat

http://www.hydrotoys.com/gpr/tuners/rx951/mats/


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