Professional carpet binding can be expensive but you can bind the edges yourself with supplies from a hardware or home improvement store.
Diy seal carpet edges.
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.
Rather it requires that you have a professional do the work with.
To prevent fraying however your carpet remnant needs an edging.
Showing both carpet seams.
The most common choices for carpet finishing are binding serging and fringing.
Now you can better and more easily seal edges and.
Carpet remnants are often a great bargain as retailers often are eager to clear out this odd shaped stock quickly.
These patented tips allow carpet edges to be sealed with any hot melt glue compatible with carpet backings.
Demonstrates two different ways to seal carpet seams using latex seam sealer and hot melt seam sealer using the orcon peak buster.
Run a line of hot glue still using the nozzle around the carpet between the carpet edge and the inner edge of the binding.
Press the two together for a better seal while the glue is still melted.
Generally speaking however these aren t techniques you can do yourself.
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.