Spent 4 hours on a seam that should have taken 45 minutes

I was working on a House of Carpet job in Lincoln last Tuesday and ran into a bad seam that kept peeling up no matter what I did. Tried adjusting my seam iron temp three times, even swapped out my roller, but it was the backing on the carpet itself being super slick. Finally called a buddy who told me to use a different adhesive tape and it set in 10 minutes. Has anyone else dealt with a carpet that just refuses to hold a seam?

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sage525d ago

Wait, are we talking about that slick backing stuff? I used to blame myself for bad seams all the time until I figured out some carpets just have that weird coating.

the_julia5d ago

Oh man, that slick backing is the absolute worst. It makes you feel like you're doing something wrong when really the carpet just has that weird coating that won't let anything stick. I've had that exact same thing happen with a couple different carpets over the years and it's so frustrating because you think you're the problem. The seam just keeps popping up no matter how hot your iron is or how hard you roll it. That whole "blame yourself until you figure out it's the carpet" feeling is so real. Glad your buddy had the fix with the different tape because without that you'd probably still be out there wrestling with it.