Binding Issue -

[baileyuph]

Two questions:

What equipment and technique do you use when sewing binding to these geometric situations:
     A.  90 degree outside turn

     B.  also a 90 degree inside turn

If more specifics are desired, the carpet is about 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick and the binding is 3/4 inch wide (vinyl single fold).

How is this done best?

Doyle

[Mike]

binding a 90 degree outside corner just run off the end cut and start again on a inside id straighten the corner a just bind around but generally ill just have a circle like for a table leg . I take it this is snap in carpet? on a boat?

[baileyuph]

Mike,
The carpet is going in a old roadster classic, big bucks have been spent on the car (late 20's to early 30's).

I understood what you do on an inside corner, round it, but I can't on this car.  I finished the carpet, it looks great, but am very interested in how others would have handled the task. 

Mike, what I did on the 90 degree outside question was, instead of cutting and starting again, I merely run the up to the corner, folded the binding to take off in the other direction, it is cleaner and looks great.  But, how to handle the inside corner, I can't round it, can't cut the carpet differently that is.  I scratched my head and did it another way.  But, there is probably a better way and if someone has done this I would be interested, very interested, to hear about it.

The customer was very pleased with what I did and said he had two more pieces to bring in for binding.  I don't know where they go in the car yet, but the piece I just completed was the main floor carpet, it was two pieces.  On the completed piece, in disucussion, was a requirement to bind a rectangular hole about 2 inch by 1 inch.  I don't run the binding tape around the four sides in that case, I used a different technique, no joins at any of the four corners. 

Back to the inside 90 degree turn, if you couldn't round the 90 degree turn a bit, then would you cut the tape and start again, Mike?  I couldn't do that exactly because it left the inner part unbound.

I need to borrow June's camera, huh?  ;) 

Doyle

[JDUpholstery]

on inside 90 i stop short of the corner, cut the binding to go 1/4" longer than the corner and cut a slit in the binding so it binds up to the corner and has the lil flaps on both sides..then I cut the binding with a 1/2" slit and start it overlapping the old binding...start sewing again where I stopped and make the turn...it has worked for me in some situations but not sure if it will work for you on "high dollar" work

[baileyuph]

Very interesting technique JD.  Our minds on this issue think much alike.

Your technique is great.

I did pretty much like you and was able to fold the material on a 45 degree to gain compatibility with the external 90 degree corners. 

Thanks for your information,

Doyle