HeyBub wrote:
Bob F wrote:
blueman wrote:
I have a small run of wall-to-wall carpet that I want to join along
a seam in a hallway -- maybe 3 feet across.

I purchased some carpet heat bond tape at the Borg.
Can I use an old clothes iron to activate the teap and make the seam
or do I need to rent a real seaming iron?

If so, how do I use the iron properly?
- What setting?
- How do I heat the tape?

- How much time do I have after heating the tape to position it
before it hardens?

Will this make a big mess and ruin the iron?

Without a doubt on this one.

The better question is "will it work." You can get an iron at Walmart
for $6.00. Use it and toss it.

I'd get one at a thrift skop or garage sale, or ask on freeecycle.

Lot's of people throw them away after burning something onto them.