can anyone give me some banner finishing advise please?

[Colin Hibbitt]

We use banner bond and eyelet are own banners for the past 4 yrs – had no come back at all

[Jason Xuereb]

Colin how do you fix the ropes?

[George Elsmore]

quote Colin Hibbitt:

We use banner bond and eyelet are own banners for the past 4 yrs – had no come back at all

which double sided banner bond do you use Colin?

[Colin Hibbitt]

use grafitype tape around £6 a roll think its called easy hem – huge should know more

as for ropes – don`t use any
if i did i would still use the tape and eyelet the seam every 2ft

[Ian Bingham]

We stitch and eyelet our own, its not hard or expencive to do

Ian

[Jason Xuereb]

Ian, I don’t think I could sew to save my life.

[Ian Bingham]

its very easy!!
machine costs around 300 pound, walking foot,
set up a guide and off you go
ian

[Martin Oxenham]

What type of sewing machine do you have at that price ?

[Ian Bingham]

Joys, chinese import, great solid machine for banners, not much good for anything else
Ian

[Lynn Normington]

Ian do you have a pic of this ?

Lynn

[Ian Bingham]

yes but can not post one here
Ian

[Lynn Normington]

Ian can you give me a link to it?

Lynn

[Ian Bingham]

PM me and I will
Ian

[Lynn Normington]

It’s ok to post a link on here it’s not against the rules to recommend a machine Ian others may be interested as well

Lynn

[Ian Bingham]

OK

Its a really naff site but great prices and service

http://www.joyssewingmachines.co.uk/html/frameset.html

Ian

Dont tell everyone :lol1:

[Ian Bingham]

Well, What do you think?

[Lynn Normington]

won’t tell a soul Ian 😀 thanks for that may think about that, at the moment we double side tape and eyelet them but some times sewing could be an option.

Lynn

[Ian Bingham]

I like the look of stitching, looks stronger even if it isn’t. we did 75 in 10 hours 2 weeks ago., half a bobbin of thread at 4 pound a bobbin, not bad going
Ian

[Lynn Normington]

is it special cotton? sewing thread you use ?

Lynn

[George Elsmore]

so nobody farms out there finishing then??? 😕

[Jason Xuereb]

George I do but shipping to my supplier might cost you a bit 😛

[George Elsmore]

Just a tad :lol1:

[terry sheban]

Sorry this is such a late response – but to answer Lynn’s question about sewing thread for banners we use nylon thread -polyester thread is also superior to cotton because it won’t dry rot. The U.S. designation for this thread is #69 nylon – it’s inexpensive- about 15 dollars U.S. for one pound (which is about 6,000 yards.)
To answer someone else’s question about securing ropes in banners – it’s easy when you sew because you stitch into the rope at the end of banner which is easy and this fixes the rope. If you are using tape you can attach a pig ring at each open end of the banner (not sure what the UK term for this is – it looks like a large staple that is crimped onto the rope where it comes out of the banner – when you have one on each end of a banner it keeps the rope from sliding out. Hope that made sense.

[Graeme Speirs]

jeez did you see on that site, they sell 860mm wide artcut cutters with software for £299!!!!!

graeme

[Peter Dee]

That’s got to be the worst website I have ever come across – probably a cheap Chinese import… 😕