How do I hide carpet edges on an outside porch?
The outdoor carpet is hiding damaged concrete. It only comes to the edge of the porch - it doesn’t wrap down the sides. The carpet is fraying and looks bad. Is there an edge of some kind I can put around the carpet? I plan to paint the sides of the porch a darker color this spring.
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Purchase a good carpet glue (Home Depot-Lowe's) and treat the edges of the carpet-pick a day when no rain is forecasted
Get some natural rope and glue to the edges. Use a carpet glue
I would just cut off the frays of the carpet as they appear. You can also sew on a binding for carpet on all the edges. Good luck.
Hello, You might want to consider a hot glue gun to apply a sealing caulked edge. Potentially use a weather resistant rope edging or just use the clear glue that should be resistant to wear and stains.
Melt it http://www.sewing.org/scripts/blog/sealing-edges-of-nylon-and-other-ravelly-outdoor-fabrics/ Another article The carpet store where I bought the remnant that I used for my daughter's dorm room suggested that I use a lighter to slightly singe/melt the raw edge. Worked like a charm and held up to the wear and tear of dorm life for a couple of years.
The only caveat is make sure you keep an eye on it for a while to make sure it is not going to catch on fire. Pros use these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aySQPo_fi8M same idea these seal edges(melt) while adding glue to seam together 2 pieces You don't need these but it shows melting getting clean edge. I'd use small butane lighter torch easier than lighter cut off loose stuff then melt edge, just keep/lay wet cloth on carpet area you are working on along edge & water available to stop anything that might catch on fire.
They make a binding just for this purpose. Here's the link; https://www.bondproducts.com/product-category/instabind-outdoor-marine-style/