How To Use the "Seamer Down Now!"
I hope every one who tries out The "Seamer Down Now!" machine will try our machine the way I say it will work first before they try their own ideas.
First of all, you need to use the "Seamer Down Now!" exactly like you would use a carpet weight.
If you do not use the "Seamer Down Now!" directly behind the seaming iron, you will negate the effectiveness of the process since we have proven that it works best when used as follows:
1.) The iron should be set at a higher temperature setting than
normal (one number higher than usual)
2.) Then the iron will heat up the backing thus it prepares the backing to receive the hot glue.
3.)
We do not want the backing to be cold when it first goes down into the glue because then it will shock the glue and the glue will
not flow up into the nooks and crannies like it should. (That is why even with plastic injection molds, the molds have to be heated
up before the injection process can begin. If the mold is not heated first, the plastic will cool too quickly thus the plastic will
not travel all the way to the end of the mold.)
We are not concerned with hurting the backing because we have proven that our process
not only takes out the heat so quickly but we actually re-laminate the backing. (Obviously you cannot leave the Iron in one place
for 5 minutes. but you can allow the backing to heat up as fast as you would normally do a seam.)
4.) When the iron is set one number
higher than normal and the "Seamer Down Now!" is allowed to get on the hot seam quickly, the glue will flow up and then freeze very
rapidly. (this has been our experience especially with Orcon XK 50 tape as well as all other tapes we have tried).
5.) This procedure
will assure you of a much stronger, flatter seam.
How To Clean The
Bottom Slanted Vents
Take any sharp instrument and place in the bottom slanted vents about 1/2 inch deep and pull out carpet fibers which have become stuck in the vents. Also, you may vacuum out any excess carpet fibers with any ordinary vacuum cleaner. However, as long as the SDN is pulling air through the carpet, it is probably doing it's job.
Installers, we are not about just a quicker seam, we are about a much stronger, flatter seam.
One Note Of Caution
One last thing, when you are finished a seam and you put your hot iron into the tray, do not put the "Seamer Down Now!" too close to the hot iron (as all installers know the hot iron will begin to smoke) If you put the Hot smoking iron too close to the "Seamer Down Now!" it will pull down the smoke all around the machine and it will leave a small yellow outline of the machine on the carpet. But do not worry, this small yellow outline of the machine can be easily removed with a small rag and cleaner such as "Afta", "Afta" is a solvent that all vinyl installers use to clean up glue spots. It can be purchased from any reputable tool supplier.
When it comes to the KoolGlide,the truth is, our machine helps to cool their seams faster so they can do more efficient work with pattern matches and squiggly seams.
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