Carpet repair

[Don Monfils]

Fixed a hole from a dog , in carpet today.

 

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When it first came out, I thought that cool glide was a joke. I have one I can borrow when I need one for repairs and when doing pattern material.
I bet the customer stood there in disbelief.

 

[Mark Brown]

When it first came out, I thought that cool glide was a joke

High up you could not pay me enough to install carpet without mine. Best thing going. We Were given irons as a gift when we all finished our final year of trade school, and that is the only reason i own that tool, it is 12 years old and i bet it has not put together 100 feet of seams. Kool-Glide for the win.

 

[Floorist]

When Roland was training people to use them, they bought new ones. He sent me one of the old ones. Great tool for repairs. I still like my regular iron better for installations.

 

[Floorist]

Fixed a hole from a dog , in carpet today.View attachment 11696View attachment 11697View attachment 11698View attachment 11699

Great job.

 

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When Roland was training people to use them, they bought new ones. He sent me one of the old ones. Great tool for repairs. I still like my regular iron better for installations.

For most installations I prefer my Robert's iron but for pattern carpet I really like the cool glide because you can stop anytime you want to tweak the pattern a little bit then continue. I definitely like the tool.

 

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Mark.... 100 feet? ....in 12 years?
And I brag about working slow.

 

[Mark Brown]

That's the iron iron, my Kool glide has done miles and to look at it.... you would know

 

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That's the iron iron, my Kool glide has done miles and to look at it.... you would know

Okay, that makes a lot more sense.
With flat material like patterns I do like the Kool glide. For cut pile I like the advantage of watching the seam edge go into the tape. I don't like just setting it in place and hoping it's where it's supposed to be or digging to find how it went together. I'd never use it on a cut pile of carpet except for repair work.

 

[Darren Ramey]

I might break out my standard iron if I had some apartment grade carpet to do, though it's been years since I've seen any of that stuff but mostly I use the KG for everything. Yes positioning can be a pain and I've been complaining about the location of the power light since the tool came out. I have to fix cold spots all to often, where I thought I hit the button but the iron didn't activate. Still, even on your average plush it's worth breaking out due to all the other perks.

You can stop/start whenever.
It's hard to burn yourself on one.
No tray to overheat the carpet or get tipped over.
You don't have to worry about over heating/discoloring the face yarn on the seam.
Due to the above, you can pretty much tractor away with abandon.
Helps with peaking and tape profiling.
Can reheat to fix a gap for example.
Helps with patterns and bowed goods.

In fact the only time a standard iron might be the better choice is on extremely stiff/cold carpet. The KG just doesn't get the backing as pliable as the other.

 

[Kyle Nelson]

I use koolglide on everything, just more comfortable with it now after running one for 11 years! I don’t seem to get alot of easy carpet jobs. Oh, and hello everyone!

 

[LeePelletier]

I can not argue with your results. That came out fine. But I'll just add that a serpentine cut will often hide the seam better. Not that this is an issue here.

 

[Mark Brown]

Kyle you made it!

 

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Howdy guys. I'm seeing some familiar names. Well, that's what lowdown told me.

 

[Kyle Nelson]

My dingy finally made it to the island of misfits!

 

[highup]

Damn Kyle, I hope the rest of your body showed up intact.