2Inch Cotton Hotmelt Adhering Binding Edge Bias Binding Webbing Ribbon with Hot Melt Adhesive for DIY Carpet Rug Repair Craft Sewing 10Yard (Grey with Adhesive)

So I don’t do reviews, but I was pleasantly surprised by this product. I have this strip of carpet that I need from the dog door through my bedroom. This was a scrap piece of carpet purchase from Home Depot with all the ends rough. It was thicker than shown in the seller video but took a chance on it anyways. I started off with ordering a small roll and it worked perfect on the ends, but now I needed to do the sides because my iRobot Roomba was doing a number on the edges as you can see in the video. It was easy to apply with an iron. I ironed the front side all the way down first and then folded it over and ironed the the back side. I still need to finish one end, but as you can see, it is sticking quite nicely.

This binding is well-made and priced for the role it can play in securing the outer edges of a rug—or a split in the middle of it. It’s slightly misnamed, because “self-adhering” would suggest it’s a peel-and-stick proposition. This product requires heat and ideally some stitching to keep it solidly in place. A woven-cotton Scandinavian rug was already nicely edged, but had developed a split of 4” long, with minor fraying in a well-traveled spot. I simply cut a length of this that extended 1” beyond each end of the split, ironing it with a pressing cloth on the underside of the rug. I let it dry/cool for an hour, then hand-stitched the loose inner edges/fray of the split to provide it more strength. Otherwise, I didn’t have faith the adhesive activated by the iron would adhere to the split indefinitely. Pro tip: match your thread to the top-side colors of the rug for better camouflage. Now when we walk near this spot, I hardly notice it. This is a solid, well-woven binding worth keeping on hand. It could prove handy, again with some stitching, to repair woven cotton tote bags or other things that need reinforcing.

Worked well, looks nice

I bought this to bind the back of my hook rug. So easy to apply. Stuck very well. I would buy again if I ever had a need for something like this.

Used to bind the edge of a small rug with a heat gun. It did the job, adhesion was good, but not the easiest thing to do.

The binding tape looked like it had been on a shelf for 10 years or more (and someone was trying to unload it). The adhesive is very thin - I tried to get it to stick to some wood as a test and it barely stuck. I thought it would be like carpet seam tape which works well and has plenty of adhesive. It may work for some use but I certainly wouldn't put it on my carpet pieces to make the edge for a rug.

Did not stay attached. Proffesional binding would work much better.

“The border of my very old living-room rug had gotten dirty, but after trying this product I found on Amazon, it looks so much better. I haven’t finished everything yet, but so far I’m really happy with the result.”

It's thinner than expected and not a nice color (no choice in color) but it worked super on carpet edges! A lot better than I expected it to when I saw it!

Was just ok