Had a guy show me why I was gluing seams wrong for years

I was at a supply house in Akron last month picking up tack strip and this older installer named Ray watched me load my van. He pointed out I was using too much seam tape and not enough pressure with my iron. Spent 15 minutes in the parking lot showing me a method where you only overlap the tape by a quarter inch and hit it twice with the iron. Saved me about 30 bucks per roll of tape since then. Anyone else pick up a dumb little trick from a random guy at a supply house?

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taylor_moore7d ago

Ngl that overlap trick is solid but how hard you pressing with the iron?

sullivan.john7d ago

Man idk I always end up pressing way too hard and creasing the whole damn thing, feel like I need to just trust the steam more.