Mohawk plush carpet with side sweep issues.
Do we have any inspectors or troubleshooter’s on this site ?
What’s the cause and solution.
Do we have any inspectors or troubleshooter’s on this site ?
What’s the cause and solution.
Star roller is all I ever used.The image with the cord in it, and the seem not done yet, it almost looks like on the lower side of the seam more of the backing needs to be trimmed off on that side.
Do you seal with hot glue?
By the way, a star roller is the only type I've ever owned. I'll use the star roller then sweep or brush over the area with my hand before sliding my weight / seamer down onto the area. Never a problem.
Me too, but one of the last seams I ever made........maybe ten/15 years ago or so was on a very low, dense, cut pile. It was virtually white carpet and my seam didn't come out all that great. Using the iron/roller/seam weight is something that takes practice and patience. So there's the direction of the sweep, heat setting, speed of moving the iron, timing of the "tractor" and sliding of the seam weight. Worst thing it was an executive suite of Farmer's Insurance on Wilshire Blvd.-------very high profile office. It was a night job that started at 6PM and it took me forever to get the tack strip into the concrete against the high end stained wood base. By the time I finished strip and pad I was losing my patience and rushed the seam. I think I did everything wrong------overheated and moved too slow, too much pressure on the tractor and probably ran against the sweep. I can never remember which way you're supposed to run that damn iron every 5-10 years when I was asked to stretch carpet.Star roller is all I ever used.
The rows are not straight on many of them.I find myself straight edging most plush carpet these days ( I do as little carpet as possible)
I have every row finder known to man and can’t part a straight line on a lot of the carpets I run into.
I used to try to row cut everything.
You can only do so much when dealing with crap. I remember installing some that was like "fuzzy cardboard".Thanks guys ! ….. this is apartment grade goods, you shave off that extra backing and your in trouble. The lamination adhesive is mostly crushed marble dust and light on Styreen + Benzene…… All and all, seam photo # 3 imho is not to shabby for a joined seam where side sweeps are opposite from each other.
That explains a lot. One of those backings that becomes loose if you fold it back and forth two times?Thanks guys ! ….. this is apartment grade goods, you shave off that extra backing and your in trouble. The lamination adhesive is mostly crushed marble dust and light on Styreen + Benzene…… All and all, seam photo # 3 imho is not to shabby for a joined seam where side sweeps are opposite from each other.
Thanks guys ! ….. this is apartment grade goods
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