Carpet binding is necessary in order to prevent your carpet from fraying. There are carpet binding machines which are designed to perform this specific task, to create borders on your carpets, but you can also use a normal sewing machine to perform this task. Carpet binding is usually seen on rugs, mats and carpet runners.
Carpet binding on rugs, mats and carpet runners which are basically used as decorative pieces or as a protection for floor tiles, wood floorings, stairways or anywhere where there is heavy foot traffic. The overall finished look of your carpet binding depends entirely on the type of carpet binding tape that is used.
These come in quite a variety of styles and colors. The more expensive the carpet binding tape, the more exquisite finished look you will be able to achieve. You can take scraps from any piece of carpet and make them into beautiful finished looking carpets with the help of these carpet tapes. Here are the different types of carpet binding tapes that are available.
Polyester Binding Tapes is the most common and cheapest type of carpet binding tape available with over one hundred and fifty five colors to choose from. Cotton Binding Tapes has a more textured appearance and is limited to only 48 different colors to choose from, and are available in widths of ¾" and 1 ¼".
Obviously these cotton binding tapes are much more expensive that the standard Polyester Binding Tapes. Sisal Binding Tapes are available in 3" widths and are basically used to add luxurious finishes to your normal everyday rug. These sisal binding tapes are available in more than 50 different colors which make it very easy for you to match almost any color of carpet pile that you can imagine.
Serging Binding Tapes are mainly used on carpets to give them a serged finish look. These tapes are just a little cheaper that the 3" Sisal binding tapes, and they are well worth the prices when you consider how much it would of cost to purchase an extra carpet binding machine to create a serged look.
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