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Spent $80 on a Seam Iron and it paid off on one job alone
I was always fighting with seams that wouldn't lay flat, especially in rooms with south-facing windows where the sun hits. Picked up a Roberts seam iron from the supply house for $80 and used it on a living room in Greenville last week, and those seams looked like they were never there. Has anyone else had good luck with these things or am I just lucky?
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troyreed27d ago
...and my buddy down in Spartanburg got one last year, he was telling me about this huge install he did in a house that had like five different kinds of light coming in at all angles. He said he spent a solid hour just going back over every seam with that iron after the glue was tacky. Told me the homeowner actually walked in and asked if the floor had been installed yet because she couldn't even find where the pieces joined. The iron paid for itself on that one job alone.
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the_zara27d ago
Oh man, those seam irons are worth their weight in gold for that exact problem. The south-facing rooms with direct sunlight are brutal, and running that iron over the glue before it fully sets makes a world of difference on those tough seams.
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