Do You Know that We Carry Conventional Seaming Tapes?
March 24th, 2009 | Category: Carpet Tapes, News, Products
We also offer the Signature Series of carpet seaming tapes for use with traditional hot iron systems in addition to the KOOLGLIDE line of tapes. The new Signature Series gives carpet installers unsurpassed performance at affordable prices.
DESIGNED BY INSTALLERS
Seam Master worked with leading installers and industry experts to give installers what they really wanted, a better performing, lower cost tape. While some makers are reducing the adhesive weight, adding fillers and shortening rolls, Seam Master is using better technology to reduce cost while improving quality.
MADE WITH FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Using our exclusive Fusion Technology, we have completely reinvented hot melt seaming tape. This tape-making process actually encapsulates the reinforcing fiberglass strains with hot melt. The result: more even, well-formed adhesive beads – a key to consistent, strong seams.
Seam Master’s Signature Series is a line of four tapes designed to handle every seaming application:
WHY SWITCH TO SIGNATURE SERIES?
Holding power – Lab tests show that these tapes have greater holding power than competitive brands.
Low odor – The Signature Series tapes do not give off that unpleasant odor of products that rely on fillers to reduce cost.
Consistent performance – Even bead distribution means the same adhesive weight throughout the roll. Look at other products and you will see that bead weight and location can vary greatly.
Economy – The Fusion Technology tape-making process is very efficient thus holding down our cost.
One Tape – This unique product works on all backings, has a low melt point to reduce heat damage to carpet or backings and has a low bead profile to minimize telegraphing.
A KOOLGLIDE Web Site Refresh
March 6th, 2009 | Category: News
If you’re a frequent visitor here at the KOOLGLIDE web site, you may notice a few changes. Besides the behind-the-scenes updating our Wordpress blog, we’ve updated the navigation of the site and spruced things up a bit. In recognition of our new PRO-W tool for flooring, you can now choose either “Carpet Seaming” or “Flooring” right in the menu bar, depending on your KOOLGLIDE use.
We hope you like the site and find it informative. Feel free to let us know if you have any suggestions on how to improve our site. Thanks for being a fan of KOOLGLIDE!
Upgrade your 100 or PRO
to a PRO-W
February 13th, 2009 | Category: News
KOOLGLIDE unveiled its new tool for hard surfaces at the February 2009 annual SURFACES trade show. This tool is known as the KOOLGLIDE
PRO-W. Those customers who already have either a KOOLGLIDE Model 100 or a KOOLGLIDE PRO tool will be able to have their tool upgraded to a PRO-W. The cost for the upgrades is:
• $45.00 to upgrade from a PRO to a PRO-W
• $70.00 to upgrade from a Model 100 to a PRO-W
Got questions? If so, please contact Dave Green, KOOLGLIDE’s Manager-Technical Services at dgreen@impaxtg.com or call Dave toll free at 888-486-6342. Upgrades for tools in the USA will be handled by KOOLGLIDE – call Dave; for tools in Canada, call CID (Canadian Industrial Distributors) at 877-899-8114.
Now KOOLGLIDE Technology
for Hard Surfaces
January 31st, 2009 | Category: Products
Introducing – the Instafast System. Now, with the Instafast System from KOOLGLIDE, unsightly face nailing can be eliminated and tedious board replacement is made easy. Just put the board in place over the KOOLGLIDE Utility Tape. Then use the KOOLGLIDE PRO-W to activate the tape right through the board. This system uses patented Sinch® Technology to remotely activate a specially designed tape.
It’s safe, fast, easy and strong. If you make a mistake just reverse the bond and redo. And, it works on carpet too.
KOOLGLIDE PRO-W Applications:
Starter and finish rows without face nailing – For many hard wood fastening jobs, face nailing is the only answer. But face nailing is visible from the surface and requires matching and filling. With the KOOLGLIDE, simply put the boards in place and hit the power button.
Board replacement – The trouble with conventional methods of board replacement is that once you have the board in place, you have to carefully remove it. This is difficult and sometimes damages the board. With KOOLGLIDE you put the tape behind the board. Then when the board fits perfectly, activate the tool.
Decorative tile – The KOOLGLIDE with utility tape is great for decorative tile applications such as base and back splash. Remember, the adhesive on the utility tape is non-structural adhesive and should be used only where the tile is supported.
Win a KOOLGLIDE at SURFACES 2009
January 23rd, 2009 | Category: News
Visit us at SURFACES to preview the new KOOLGLIDE System for hard surfaces. This system eliminates face nailing on starter and finish rows, makes board replacement easier, and can be used for many other applications.
This year WE ARE GIVING AWAY A FREE KOOLGLIDE WOOD TOOL EACH DAY OF THE SHOW. Let us run your badge and you will automatically be enrolled in a drawing to win one of the new KOOLGLIDE hard surfaces tools.
We will be demonstrating these products and more, all day, every day at the Seam Master booth number 6159, located on the upper level at SURFACES 2009.
For more information on the new KOOLGLIDE System for hard surfaces as well as other Surfaces information, please check out the links below:
Click here for “Five Reasons to Visit Seam Master at Surfaces”
Click here for “Now KOOLGLIDE Technology for Hard Surfaces”
Click here for “Shaw Endorses KOOLGLIDE Wood Tool”
Click here for “Seam Master Hot Melt Seaming Tape”
Thanks, and see you at Surfaces 2009!
KOOLGLIDE Announces Exclusive Distributor for Canada
December 22nd, 2008 | Category: News
Effective January 1st, 2009 Canadian Industrial Distributors Inc. (CID) has been named the exclusive distributor for KOOLGLIDE products for Canada and its territories.
CID was founded in 1945 as a shipping room equipment and supply business in Ontario. During the next 50 years CID expanded its facilities, product lines and locations throughout Canada. In 1996 the company was sold to a partnership of managers who represent many years of experience in their businesses. We are pleased to welcome CID to the KOOLGLIDE family of distributors.
For further information, please contact CID directly, national toll free phone 877-899-8114, national toll free fax 877-329-2243, or click here to visit their website.
New Service Provider Announced
for KOOLGIDE Tool Repairs and Upgrades in Canada
December 22nd, 2008 | Category: News
Effective January 1st, KOOLGLIDE has partnered with Canadian Industrial Distributors, Inc. (CID) to provide KOOLGLIDE tool repair and upgrade services to customers located in Canada and its provinces. These technical services will be provided centrally from CID’s corporate location in Brampton, Ontario. For further information and to arrange for repair or upgrade, please contact CID directly, national toll free phone 877-899-8114 or national toll free fax 877-329-2243.
KOOLGLIDE Tool Upgrade Increase Effective January 1st, 2009
December 18th, 2008 | Category: News
With UPS’s recent announcement of rate increases, we find it necessary to pass along a portion of this to our customers. Therefore, effective January 1st, 2009, the charge for upgrading your KOOLGLIDE Model 100 Tool to a PRO will increase from $40.00 to $45.00 for tools shipped within the continental USA. There will be additional shipping charges for tools shipped outside of the continental USA.
Multi-Million-Dollar Casino Flooring Project Benefits from INSTALL Professionals’ Exclusive Training
December 11th, 2008 | Category: Training
[reprint from INSTALL Liberty Bell Group e-News]
To prepare for the flooring component of a major eastern Pennsylvania casino construction project, instructors for INSTALL Philadelphia & Vicinity Floor Covering Professionals are planning a series of training and certification sessions to prepare for the work. Technical and education experts from the makers of the KOOLGLIDE carpet seaming iron, Impax Technology Group, trained and certified local INSTALL instructor Steve Raisner to be qualified to present the training and certification test. The result of this project will be INSTALL flooring professionals who are ready to hit the ground running when the casino’s flooring jobs site opens.
“There will be an incredible amount of high-end carpet, such as Ulster Axminster, to be installed throughout the casino complex, and we will be using the KoOOLGLIDE technique to seam the carpet,” said Patrick McGinley, coordinator of the INSTALL Philadelphia & Vicinity Floor Covering Professionals. “Our flooring installers are already familiar with this new technique, but we want to hone our skills so that the job is done completely to the customer’s satisfaction.”
The customer, the Sands Bethworks, is an estimated $879 million sprawling facility being built on the former Bethlehem Steel land in Bethlehem, PA. Owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the 126- acre campus will include a casino, 300-room hotel, concert hall, restaurants, upscale retail and 1,200 loft apartments.
INSTALL Philadelphia contractor Metro Design Center is a primary flooring contractor for the casino project. The company will rely on flooring professionals from the INSTALL Philadelphia program to complete the work. Three training sessions – two in the Lehigh Valley and one in Philadelphia – will be held over the next two months in preparation for a January start.
Do Your Part
for a Healthier Environment
November 21st, 2008 | Category: Green/Environmental
More Efficient, Healthier and Cleaner Carpet Installation
with KOOLGLIDE
Wikipedia’s definition of green building:
“Green buildings are designed to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment by:
• Protecting occupant health and improving employee productivity
• Efficiently using energy, water, and other resources
• Reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation”
What does this have to do with carpet installation? A lot – that’s why we say KOOLGLIDE gives you “green installation”. Here are three ways.
Protecting health: Remote activation creates a healthier environment for the installer and the occupants of the buildings by eliminating the smoke from traditional hot iron seaming. With traditional hot iron installation, residual adhesive builds up on the iron, burning and degrading with each heating cycle. The products of combustion contained in the smoke are known as irritants. Unlike the hot iron, with KOOLGLIDE activation the tool does not come into direct contact with the adhesive, therefore it eliminates smoke.
Efficient use of resources: KOOLGLIDE installation supports recycling in that the seaming tape is easily removed. Using the KOOLGLIDE method, the installer may re-activate the tape from the carpet surface and the tape releases from the backing. KOOLGLIDE enhances seam quality for several reasons. First, since the seam tape is activated from the top, all work is visible to the installer. Second, because KOOLGLIDE eliminates the need to slide a hot iron through softened adhesive, the adhesive and reinforcing scrim are not displaced, as sometimes happens with the hot iron system. This gives more consistent seam-strength. Third, this system allows for spot fastening which eases pattern matching. Fourth, heat is a common cause of damage to carpet backings and fibers. KOOLGLIDE reduces the heat that backings and carpet fibers are exposed to. And, finally, since the tape may be reactivated from the carpet surface, errors are easily corrected.
Reducing waste and pollution: Now there is a way to eliminate the indoor air pollution common to traditional carpet installation. The KOOLGLIDE System offers greener installation and also supports better quality seams. This is because the KOOLGLIDE System remotely activates the seaming tape, through the carpeting material, without directly heating the adhesive of the carpet backing.
We’ve done our part in creating a more efficient, healthier, and cleaner carpet seaming system. Now we invite you to try the KOOLGLIDE System to see how you can help clean up the environment and get superior carpet installation.
