Rant: Swore by power stretchers for 10 years until a 65 year old dude changed my mind

Met a guy named Walt at a supply house who said he never uses power stretchers, does everything by hand with a knee kicker. Called BS till he let me watch him do a 12x15 room in 20 minutes flat with zero wrinkles. Has anyone else had a grumpy old timer drop a trick that actually works better?

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milarodriguez27d ago

My uncle Rico taught me the same trick in a 10x12 den with vaulted ceilings. He had me watch him stretch the whole thing with just a knee kicker and he was 68 at the time. He said the secret is starting from the middle of the wall and working outwards in small overlapping passes, not trying to take huge bites. Took him maybe 25 minutes and the seams disappeared like magic, I still do it his way on rooms under 200 feet.

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scott.grace27d ago

Carpet seams in a den, really that big a deal? @milarodriguez