Add Edging To Carpet

The company that sells this was very happy to send me some samples.

Add edging to carpet.

Turn the carpet right side up and apply a bead of carpet glue to the edges and approximately 1 2 inch 1 3 cm onto the top of the rug. The most common choices for carpet finishing are binding serging and fringing. Rather it requires that you have a professional do the work with. Carpet remnants are often a great bargain as retailers often are eager to clear out this odd shaped stock quickly.

Pull the edging firmly up the side of the rug and onto the bead of glue on top pressing firmly. And i wanted to make a small rug out if it. If you want to make an area rug from a carpet remnant or from a swath of broadloom carpet off a roll there are several options for finishing the edges to prevent fraying. Video instructions for regular style instabind carpet binding.

And the length came a one continuous piece. Run a line of hot glue still using the nozzle around the carpet between the carpet edge and the inner edge of the binding. And the tan color matched the best with my carpet. Generally speaking however these aren t techniques you can do yourself.

I had a small piece of carpet left over from our new carpet installation. But you must use a hot glue gun to adhere the binding to your carpet. White glue is an old edging trick and at one time those with more time than money reinforced edges with cloth carpet tape a sturdy needle and heavyweight thread.