I've used this angle assist stretcher setup for... 35 years.
Yeah, yeah, yeah....... I'm not not poking no holes in somebody's nice, new, nylon carpet.
Yeah, yeah, yeah....... I'm not not poking no holes in somebody's nice, new, nylon carpet.
Amazing you are the man who needs to teach the next generation.I've used this angle assist stretcher setup for... 35 years.
My latest phrase with helper / Subs:Used a stinger in public housing for years. Carpet got changed every few months anyway.
Public housing. 300-400 yards a a week. Per their rules, go over piss soaked tack strip, use the piss soaked pad. All drop rooms. Even halls were drops. Paid more than regular jobs.My latest phrase with helper / Subs:
If you’re gonna cheat, cheat good
My example:
If you’re gonna go over the old pad because it feels great, at least cut out the nasty stains.
What’s your example ?
If you use the stinger right, there is no lump.There are times and places when a stinger is acceptable and times and places when it is not. Cheap carpet in a dumpy rental that doesn’t pay shit is always an acceptable situation to use a stinger. New construction falls into the same boat. Nothing personal, it’s just business. Call it shrinkflation if you must. Just remember to spread the nap before you sink the spike and don’t forget to hammer the lump afterwards.
Rusty let’s take a deeper look at those rules and see if a ‘ Good Cheat ‘ on top of a cheat is possible ? …… WHY ? ….. Why not ? ….. why not carry a 12.00 can of spray kilz and cover the piss tackless with a quick semi seal coat ? ….. Also ! If you’re being forced to install over piss pad, is it possible to at least treat that pad with an enzyme ? ….When we cheat or are mostly forced to cheat, should we grasp onto some type of goodness to mitigate against the full on badness ?Public housing. 300-400 yards a a week. Per their rules, go over piss soaked tack strip, use the piss soaked pad. All drop rooms. Even halls were drops. Paid more than regular jobs.
If you use the stinger right, there is no lump.
When we cheat or are mostly forced to cheat, should we grasp onto some type of goodness to mitigate against the full on badness ?
How about over Gypcrete?Used a stinger in public housing for years. Carpet got changed every few months anyway.
...but you know me. Price point doesn't enter the equation.Soft particle board punks up as the spike sinks in. Lots of particle board in the PNW, they eat that shit for breakfast there.
Don’t know if cheating is the right word. Sometimes we are simply meeting the customers price point. Good, better, best type situation. If you want a top notch install, you gotta pay for it.
Never could get it to work on gypcrete.How about over Gypcrete?
.....oh, yes.
...some people do, but I never tracked them down. One reason I'm not in jail for 20.
I've rarely worked in rentals owned by slumlords, so that's part of the reason I don't mess with stingers. Once tubes are set up, you do an entire wall..... Then drop a tube and work the second wall. I see minutes of time savings, not hours anyhow.There are times and places when a stinger is acceptable and times and places when it is not. Cheap carpet in a dumpy rental that doesn’t pay shit is always an acceptable situation to use a stinger. New construction falls into the same boat. Nothing personal, it’s just business. Call it shrinkflation if you must. Just remember to spread the nap before you sink the spike and don’t forget to hammer the lump afterwards.
It just leaves moon sized craters full of sand.Never could get it to work on gypcrete.
At one time there were trailer house companies that promoted the stinger. Even had pictures of it posted in the house. Most were of the double pin one, which I had never used. I was the first guy in my area to have a stinger. But then came a time in which when on vac'y that my stepson used it on a pencil point plush and I had to go out and repair like 72 holes that it left or buy the job. END OF STINGER!
Good Cheat ! Smart Cheat ! ….. I wonder if there’s a compromise …. The Michael Heck or is it Hett ? Deadman assistant method….. Remember when he use to write an article in FLOOR MAG.You ever been stretching a double wide with poles and have an entire wall move? I have. From then on I only used a stinger in manufactured homes.
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