How to Apply Bon Tool Heat Seal Carpet Tape
If you're installing new carpeting in your home you may need to fit together two pieces of carpeting in order to completely cover the floor in one or more rooms. A very easy and efficient way to do this is by using Bon Tool heat seal carpet tape, which will fuse together the two sections of carpeting at the seam. You'll need a heat seal tool, which you can rent from the carpet supply store. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Carpet seam cutter
- Bon Tool heat seal carpet tape
- Heat seal tool
- Carpet seam roller
Instructions
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Cut the pieces of carpet so that their edges overlap by at least 6 inches at the point they are to meet and form a seam.
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Lay the pieces of carpet on the floor so that they are in their final position, with their edges overlapped.
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Fold back one piece of carpet and cut the other piece at the point where the seam will be. Use the seam cutter to get a straight edge. Unfold the other piece of carpet and cut it so that the edges meet. Position the two sections in the exact place they will be installed and mark where the seam will run.
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Lay a piece of Bon Tool carpet tape, glue-side up, on the floor in the exact spot where the seam will be. Position the tape so that half of it falls under each piece of carpet.
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Hold the heat seal tool over the tape to melt the adhesive. Position the heat seal tool about an inch above the surface of the tape and be careful not to touch the tape with the tool. It will take about 15 to 30 seconds for the glue to melt, so be patient.
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Place the carpet sections on the heated tape. Use the seam roller to set the bond and form a virtually invisible seam; roll the tool along the entire length of the seam.
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Continue with the carpet installation, attaching the carpeting to the tack strips along the wall edge and stretching it with the carpet stretching tool.
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Tips & Warnings
Always glue the pieces of carpeting together with heat seal carpet tape before securing the perimeter of the carpet to the tack strips along the wall. The tools needed for this project---the carpet seam cutter, the Bon Tool heat seal carpet tape, the heat seal tool and the carpet seam roller---are all available for rent or purchase at carpet or flooring stores.
