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I finally caught why my seams kept splitting after 8 years in the trade
So I'm in a carpet installer community, thought I'd throw this out there. For the longest time I was pulling power stretcher teeth into tack strip like my old mentor showed me. Figured that was the only way to get proper tension. Then about 6 months ago I'm helping a buddy lay some thick berber in a living room up in Redmond and he stops me. Says 'Sam, you're fighting the carpet by pushing into the strip, you gotta back off a few inches and let the carpet grab itself.' I argued with him for 5 minutes until he grabbed my handle and repositioned my head. First seam I ran after that held perfect, no ripples, no gaps. Made me wonder how many callbacks I could've saved over the years. Any of you guys ever had a basic move you were doing backwards for way too long?
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jamieb801mo ago
Back off a few inches"??? Man... I've been doing this 12 years and never once thought to try that.
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logan6581mo ago
Honestly that's wild to think about. I've been doing this like 8 years and I def never gave that a second thought either. Big props to whoever figured that out.
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the_anthony1mo ago
Alright, but I gotta gently push back on the "big props to whoever figured that out" part. I'm pretty sure this isn't some newly discovered secret. I've seen old forum posts from like 2014 talking about adjusting your distance from the mic. It's more like one of those things that's just common sense once you think about it, not a crazy hidden trick. Most people never bother experimenting because they just assume "closer is better" or they just set it and forget it. It's honestly more about remembering to actually try it than it is about some genius discovering it. Have you ever tried just moving a few inches back and listening to the difference in your own recordings?
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