Help finding the right carpet for moulding display

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leighdouglasjohnson

leighdouglasjohnson

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I am setting up a new showroom/shop space and would like comments on carpeting for moulding display. Would anyone like to tell me....what type is the best for adhesion of the samples and for not getting frayed over time by the pulling the samples off ?
Also I am looking for the best source for low price and color selection in the Minneapolis area.
Would appreciate your help.
 
Besides those considerations the #1 concern is to check with your fire marshall concerning local codes. In all likelyhood, carpet on the wall has to meet certain fire restriction codes.

If you decide on carpeting for your wall over loop fabric, take a corner sample with you to the store to check how well it sticks.
 
I like velcloth from Levitt industries. The are many threads regarding this subject, try the search option. Check to see if you have any fire codes that might apply as well.
 
I used a basic industrial/business carpet. It has held up for almost 20 years. Mounted onto 4x8 foot sheets of plywood and offset from the wall in intervals. Makes it removable, moveable and adjustable.

Aside from that there is Veltex fabric from velcro.
 
What I did when I decided to change to carpet is to take some corner samples with Velcro and stop by a carpet place.

I held up some inexpensive carpet samples (on sale) and threw the corners onto them. If they didn’t bounce off and the color of the carpet wasn’t too ‘70s, bingo!

The carpet guys looked at me strangely, but they discounted the carpet even more just to get me out of their store, I think.
 
Hello Leigh,

I've used automobile carpet available at Menards. It looks great because of the deep black color and holds very well but it did fray a bit after five years.

I've tried auto headliner material but that didn't hold very well.

FYI: You can buy 100 ft. rolls of self adhesive Velcro strip at Popco Inc. located in Minnetonka.

Doug
 
Echoing what j Paul said. When I mentioned my plan to add carpet to a sales rep I had already printed the deposit check payable to a local carpet shop for some nice, inexpensive indoor/outdoor carpet.

He said check with the fire marshall, that he'd had another client who paid quite a bit of money to carpet the walls of a shop much larger than mine and within a month was inspected by the fire marshall and required to tear it all down.

I made some calls and learned that materials have different flammability ratings. Where I am the requirement is an "A rating". The carpet doesn't have that. Acoustical fabric which looks in every way except the price exactly like what I had set out to order from the carpet folks does have the A-Rating.
 
carpeting and velcro don't mix well. The carpet becomes fuzzy and wears out and the samples will eventaully fall off. We had a carpet covered spinner rack once. Never again! We use Veltex Bright Loop in black. You can get it an any fabric wholesaler.
 
We've had out 12' x 7' carpet glued to the wall for nearly four years and none of the samples have hit the deck. (Well, a few times the Velcro chevrons have loosened from the samples, but that isn't the carpet's fault.) The carpet itself is a shallow pile, commerical grade, similar to what we installed in the shop 23 years ago.

Now, that is showing some wear.
 
We used an indoor/outdoor carpet for about 8 years. It looked as new when we took it down as when we put it up.

When we remodeled we used foam backed pile material from United Manufacturers which we are very happy with and is also wearing very well. It comes in black, carmel and silver gray. (item 3225- 57" wide, purchase by the yard)
 
I used indoor/outdoor carpet from Menards. When I moved my shop the old landlord ask me to remove it. I did and reused it in the new location. Still works fine.
 
Kirstie said:
carpeting and velcro don't mix well. The carpet becomes fuzzy and wears out and the samples will eventaully fall off. We had a carpet covered spinner rack once. Never again! We use Veltex Bright Loop in black. You can get it an any fabric wholesaler.
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Ah ha, maybe it has something to do with the carpet itself. This one became very fuzzy and a hazard to shoppers! We have since eliminated it entirely and have a bit more breathing room in the shop.
 
I used the Veltex loop fabric and ordered from Levitt Industries. I liked the better color selection that they offered (I chose spanish red, very cheerful). It is mounted onto 4 x 8 foot panels (masonite) and then screwed into the walls. Works well, love the look (not too carpety)
 
Kirstie, I was kinda thinking that as well (candy corn). I hope things are going well with recovery and just think, soon you will be playing soccer again.....
 
Thanks for all your replies! May i ask if you can tell me how you fastened the material or carpet you used and what was the backing? Carpet stapled or nailed to the wall studs was my first thought. Would like to avoid still more expense on the mounting.
 
We had a guy from the carpet place install it directly onto the wall without Masonite or plywood backing. It was too large and too bulky, I thought, to do it myself. The installer had the skills, experience and tools which I do not possess, so it was worth the few bucks extra.

He used a type of adhesive which has held very well through the years. There has been no sagging or “bubbling”.
 
Slightly off topic here, but I'm currently replacing my moulding display boards and I'm covering them with silver grey crushed velvet. I'm no longer planning on using velcro at all, but the punched steel strips with the spring in hooks and the steel plates which screw onto the back of the moulding samples.

Although I'm in the UK, I think this hanging system probably originates from the U.S.A. I really like the idea of everything hanging neatly in a straight line and I chose the crushed velvet because I want my shop to look different.

As you may guess from my forum name I like to be a little different. I think it is beneficial to your business, when so many other businesses are so much the same.

Be different and customers will remember you!
 
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