Take a small piece of scrap covering, reverse it so that the scrap piece and main piece have the adhesive facing each other, then tack the scrap with a touch of the iron. It will hang in there as you heat the main piece, and gives you more inches to pull on without the dreaded thumb burn!

Works great on wing tips too, where I always get too cheap to leave a large excess to pull on! (I didn't think this up, I read it someplace, and it does really work).

Clair