I'm working with a Lees carpet. I'm not a fan of some of the newer carpet with the super soft, thin, kinky yarns that want to curl down into the seam as you move the iron forward. With this carpet, I tried something different and it seemed to help a little.
I thermo-sealed the seam as I always do, then centered the tape under the seam and stay tacked the narrow 18 inch wide fill piece. I stay tacked it to avoid making adjustments as I made the seam. This carpet is thick so I need all the tricks in the book to help me.
Lastly, I opened up the seam and slipped a 1/4 inch nylon rope on the seam tape the full length of the seam, then layed the carpet edges back together.
I slowly pulled the rope up and out of the seam in hopes that it would pull those little wimpy curly yarns upward so I wouldn't have to spend so much time digging and straightening them upwards as I made the seam. I think it helped a little bit.
I was thinking later that my shop vac might do this even better. I have a few more important seams to do before this job is complete, so I'll try the suction method next.
I thermo-sealed the seam as I always do, then centered the tape under the seam and stay tacked the narrow 18 inch wide fill piece. I stay tacked it to avoid making adjustments as I made the seam. This carpet is thick so I need all the tricks in the book to help me.
Lastly, I opened up the seam and slipped a 1/4 inch nylon rope on the seam tape the full length of the seam, then layed the carpet edges back together.
I slowly pulled the rope up and out of the seam in hopes that it would pull those little wimpy curly yarns upward so I wouldn't have to spend so much time digging and straightening them upwards as I made the seam. I think it helped a little bit.
I was thinking later that my shop vac might do this even better. I have a few more important seams to do before this job is complete, so I'll try the suction method next.