Spent 45 minutes fighting a seam that kept curling up on me

Turns out I was using too much adhesive and it was drying before I could get the seam roller on it. Switched to a lighter spray and it laid flat in about 5 minutes. Anybody else run into this with low pile carpet?

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sean4814d ago

Respectfully have to disagree a bit there. If you used too much spray it would just make the glue too wet and it would soak through or not stick at all, not dry faster. Usually curling seams come from not enough adhesive or the carpet not being stretched tight enough before you roll it. I run my seams with a damn good stretch and just a light tack spray, and it never curls unless the backing is shot. Your issue might be more about the carpet not being flat to start or the seam not being aligned right. Low pile can be tricky but it sounds like you were just lucky the lighter spray worked, not that it was the actual fix.

xenam8414d ago

Hold up, wait a minute. You're saying you RUN your seams with a stretch? That sounds like you're actually walking on the carpet edge while it's glued down, am I reading that right? I've never heard of anyone doing it that way, I always thought you had to keep off it until it's set or you'd risk shifting it. And your backing can just be shot? Like straight up falling apart? That's wild, because I always figured if the backing was bad you'd see it long before you got to the seam. That kinda changes everything I thought I knew about low pile carpet, I'm kind of shocked you'd even try to seam it if the backing was already going.

casey26814d ago

Yeah that "lucky the lighter spray worked" part got me too...

the_mary14d ago

Yeah lighter fluid just burns off quick, not actually speeding up cure time lol.