How to join
2 Rugs Together
Joining together two IKEA rugs using seaming carpet tape (part 1)
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Hey how's it going wanted to do a video
on how to join two carpets together
these are IKEA carpets this particular
one is called a I think you kind of see
it there a VIN 'dom and we've got a big
space so we needed actually twice the
size carpet so we took the two largest
carpets and we're joining together so
it's kind of a little IKEA hack video
I'm gonna do one video quickly of kind
of how I'm joining them and then I'll do
a short video of what it looks like when
we're done so one thing that makes this
really easy on this carpet is you can
see it's a high pile carpet it's got a
very busy and random design that is
perfect for joining carpets together if
you have a pattern you can do it you can
join them but getting it to look right
it's gonna take a lot more effort and
care to try to get it to look perfect
this high pile carpet when you join them
together the pile is just going to mix
together kind of like tangled hair and
you won't even notice the joint one
thing I will say interestingly enough we
had an old one of this that we bought
about a year ago and we loved it so much
we bought another one they actually
don't quite look the same so we bought a
third one so we're gonna use the two
brand new ones that we just bought
together downstairs and we have a place
upstairs for the carpet that was here so
I would suggest if you're ever going to
do this just try to buy both carpets
exactly the same time from the same bin
and then you'll you'll most likely have
something that's produced the exact same
time and it'll match I know it looks
like it should match you know something
a year ago they're the same thing but
that one had more white and less blue
and dark blue so it just looked a little
different so these two are perfect they
just came out of the same bin $150 for
each one maybe it's a $1.99 I think it
was a little cheaper because we got a
little sale on it but that's a bargain
if you ever look at giant carpets that
are comfortable like this they're so
expensive so how we're going to do it
enough talking more
doing ok so what I did first is I just
started at my corner that's gonna be the
most visible corner I want that to match
up perfectly so that's that corner right
there and I used kind of a heavy-duty
thread this is the thread I used let's
see if I could show you here so this
type of thread is the sort of waxed
synthetic thread that you'd use in
leather and then I used one of these
honkin needles I'd use a curved needle
if I could but I didn't have them
because I've broken both of them and
then little pinchers or pliers and I
just started in that corner I put a
stitch and then I just stitched down a
little ways to make sure everything
aligns Plus this will be the area with
the most stress because this is the area
that's not gonna be under the couch so
this is where people are gonna you know
hit the carpet and most likely where it
would start to come apart so I got that
sewn
it's not pretty but it works it's just a
thread that just a needle pattern that
just keeps going around in a circle like
that so that worked out well
unfortunately I you know getting tired
of doing that so I'm not gonna go any
further so now I'm coming on with the
carpet tape the carpet tape I bought let
me get the label here it is called
superheated seaming carpet tape and I
got it on Amazon I'll post a link if I
can remember I'm not looking for like
you know affiliate links right like that
I'm just showing you how I did it it
doesn't matter where you buy it you can
get anywhere you want to this is nice
and wide that's the reason I like it
it's kind of got an orange II adhesive
and then it's got paper on the back then
you just carefully put your carpet
together you want to make sure that
there are no fibers coming up this
direction so you're just going to work
it together put on your tape I put on a
little little moistened towel and then I
hit it with the the old iron here
so I've got a funny little Japanese iron
that happens to be Wireless so so we hit
it with that heat it down and then it
looks like that I'm gonna leave the
paper on because it seems like the paper
wants to stay there so I'll leave the
paper on and then go ahead and put down
this whole section that's kind of boring
to watch and then we'll flip it over and
I'll show you how it what it looks like
and we'll do a little strength test see
if it comes apart or if it holds
together so alright stay tuned for part
2 hope this helps someone
