Gluing down Tackstrip

Daris Mulkin · October 16, 2009, 09:46 PM

Did you watch any of the other videos. Kind of a joke I think.

Daris

davegarden · October 17, 2009, 05:09 AM

Has anybody out their actually used the PAM system on a jobsite? What would happen when I crank up my Roberts Senior on it? If it can stand that, I can see it as a valuable tool.

Floorguy · October 17, 2009, 08:00 AM

PL Premium and a little spritz of water spray, just like Chemrex.

I have tried regular hot melt, and it is hit and miss. If the concrete is real cool, the glue stick doesn't bond. The glue cools off instantly and no bond. Other times, like rusty says, short pieces and it works.

Wasn't it SK that was hot melting wood flooring blocks to the cement to start the first rows of a gluedown off of.

DJ · October 17, 2009, 09:58 AM

davegarden said

What would happen when I crank up my Roberts Senior on it? If it can stand that, I can see it as a valuable tool.

i don't use the senior that much ..i do use the junior crain a lot

(all the time) either way if that would hold to my stretch

it may be worth the exrta $s as i said before

i do not do that much radiant floors

Daris Mulkin · October 17, 2009, 10:32 AM

DJ you don't know Dave. The senior in his hands is like a tooth pick in ours. He missed his calling he should have been a guard or tackle on some NFL team. Now picture this we ere riding a shuttle bus together at an airport and he was sitting in an aisle seat. He wears a size 18 shoe and it is bright orange. Some lady tripped over his foot and then asked him if he could walkk on water with them?
So the senior to him is like a knee kicker to us.

Daris

DJ · October 17, 2009, 11:29 AM

ok. i see now

, i had a helper like that

we use to use him to carry the "big" rolls of rug up stair's for us

he quit cause it wasn't "very active" for him

now he sets rock/boulders for a landscaping company.real nice guy

sure would hate to get in an argument/fight with him

(actually i wouldn't even think of it) it wouldn't hurt though......just a snap

kwfloors · October 17, 2009, 10:05 PM

I'm like floorguy, PL Premium at $6.99 (big tube) at HD is cheaper that .14 foot. I also drill some too.

davegarden · October 18, 2009, 07:09 AM

I get the whole drilling thing. I would rathur drill and plug myself. However you cannot always do this when the basement has been waterproofed. You can plan for waterproofing through your detail though. This is when I use chemrex. Chemrex is hard to store on your truck though. Especially in Detroit where it gets cold in the winter. A glue stick system that works would be very benefical in a pinch. Like times when you tear out old carpet and that tackstrip that is down was installed incorrectly or just loose. A gluestick system is easy to store.

stullis · November 23, 2009, 11:56 PM

Don't waste your money. It didn't work worth a shit!

Glued the commercial wide strip to the concrete. It didn't even hold on the set wall.

cproader · November 24, 2009, 08:50 AM

stullis said

Don't waste your money. It didn't work worth a shit!

Glued the commercial wide strip to the concrete. It didn't even hold on the set wall.

.........well looks like somebody bought it..........

rusty baker · November 24, 2009, 08:53 AM

Scott, put it on E-Bay. You might even make a profit.

stullis · November 24, 2009, 09:17 PM

cproader said

.........well looks like somebody bought it..........

Nope did not buy it. Bought the idea from a salesperson and an "installer" who said it worked great. I'm guessing the guy is a hack who doesn't use a stretcher.

The gun does work great and will have other useful applications like putting on base on walls you can't nail but holding tackstrip to concrete

To bad too because it was far faster and easier than nailing. If only it would have held.

MMR6 · December 16, 2009, 01:58 PM

I dunno, I used the Pam System today. Radiant heat floor,I was impressed,not 1 strip popped. And yes I use a power stretcher. I even tried to yank some loose....Stuck as good as using PL....without the wait.

Mike