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Old timer told me to stop stretching against the grain and I fought him on it for 2 years
Guy named Hank who's been laying since the 70s watched me fighting a hump on a berber install in Louisville and said 'you're pulling the wrong way, kid.' Took me way too long to realize he meant running the power stretcher parallel to the backing instead of across it. Anybody else have to learn the hard way from a crusty vet?
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james_campbell1216d ago
72 and I still remember Bob the old timer in Cincinnati who showed me the same trick on a heavy commercial carpet. He just stood there smoking a cigarette while I fought that stretch for ten minutes before he finally said "you're going against the weave, son." Changed my whole approach after that day.
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