Add Edging To Carpet

Carpet remnants are often a great bargain as retailers often are eager to clear out this odd shaped stock quickly.

Add edging to carpet.

And the tan color matched the best with my carpet. The company that sells this was very happy to send me some samples. 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. 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 i wanted to make a small rug out if it. No sew carpet edging allows you to easily turn your carpet remnants into beautifu. Video instructions for regular style instabind carpet binding. To prevent fraying however your carpet remnant needs an edging.

Pull the edging firmly up the side of the rug and onto the bead of glue on top pressing firmly. I had a small piece of carpet left over from our new carpet installation. 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. Press the two together for a better seal while the glue is still melted.

Rather it requires that you have a professional do the work with. Generally speaking however these aren t techniques you can do yourself. But you must use a hot glue gun to adhere the binding to your carpet.