Press the carpet into the hot glue with a carpet roller or a rolling pin.
Glue gun to seam carpet.
Hold the two pieces of carpet together but do not get the glue onto the fibers.
If you re installing carpet in your home and don t have a carpet seam iron you can use a regular clothing iron in a pinch.
Instead make sure it s only on the backing of the carpet.
Glue gun a glue gun is a more common method of fixing a fraying carpet seam.
A glue gun works on fraying surfaces and will help you to glue those spaces back together so they do not stick out much.
Carpet edges pre sealed with hot melt will dry quickly and resist fraying.
This can salvage a situation that might require replacing the entire room of carpet at a fraction of the cost.
When making a seam the hot iron reactivates the adhesive allowing the edges to bond together to reduce seam peaking.
Your second option for securing a carpet seam is to use a glue gun.
This 100 watt glue gun includes both a carpet edge sealing tip and a standard 1 8 nozzle.
Set heavy objects such as toolboxes on the seam until the glue on the tape cools and sets.
Specifically the glue gun will work on the backing material used here to keep the surface from sticking out far too much.
After that apply the hot glue to the gap.
This can require applying the hot glue to both segments of the carpet and then gluing the two segments together.