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Step 16Cover the padded rail
Using the spray adhesive, glue the rail to the foam. This doesn't have to be great, just enough to hold it in place as you cover it. Cut the excess off, leaving enough foam to wrap down to the bottom of your rail. This ended up being about an inch and a half for us.
After the excess foam is gone, vacuum again. Just in case. You did just staple all of that speedcloth down on this same floor, and there's no reason to take a chance.
Lay the vinyl material out face down, and place the rail/foam combo down on top of it.
This is the most labor intensive part, since you have to go around the rail twice, but at least you've already had practice. We tried a diagonal staple pattern with the padded rail, and I believe it works a lot better. This would be worth doing on the fabric as well.
Do the entire outside first, before moving to the inside.
When you're ready, cut a large exaggerated H pattern in the foam, then radials in each end. It helps to have a second person here, with one pulling the material, and the other person both smoothing out the wrinkles and wielding the staple gun. Take short breaks as needed, your hands will most likely start to cramp up if you're doing this right.
We also went around and hammered in each staple on the rail as well, just like we did for the fabric.
After everything is stapled down tight, cut off the excess.
After the excess foam is gone, vacuum again. Just in case. You did just staple all of that speedcloth down on this same floor, and there's no reason to take a chance.
Lay the vinyl material out face down, and place the rail/foam combo down on top of it.
This is the most labor intensive part, since you have to go around the rail twice, but at least you've already had practice. We tried a diagonal staple pattern with the padded rail, and I believe it works a lot better. This would be worth doing on the fabric as well.
Do the entire outside first, before moving to the inside.
When you're ready, cut a large exaggerated H pattern in the foam, then radials in each end. It helps to have a second person here, with one pulling the material, and the other person both smoothing out the wrinkles and wielding the staple gun. Take short breaks as needed, your hands will most likely start to cramp up if you're doing this right.
We also went around and hammered in each staple on the rail as well, just like we did for the fabric.
After everything is stapled down tight, cut off the excess.
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