How to Use the Flexible Metal Tack Strip

Watch this video to see how to use the Flexible Metal Tack Strips, used to attach fabric panels to upholstered furniture. This flexible tack strip is used primarily in curved areas where the other types of tack strips (straight metal tack strip or cardboard tack strips) won’t work. Use the flexible tack strip where an edge takes a turn/curve like on curved arms, outside wings and arched backs of chairs. This flexible tack strip (also called ply grip) is stapled in place on your chair and then its teeth grip and hold the fabric in place.
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[@Canv1000]

Want to add my voice of thanks to Sailrite for their how to videos. We just completed a re-upholstery of an old chair that belonged to my parents. Following the plygrip application everything looks really professional. Thanks Sailrite!

[@SailriteDIY]

Good Job and Thanks for the great comment!!!!

[@Elaine.sigiliao]

Obrigada por compartilhar o conhecimento de vocês,com tanto capricho e excelentes vídeos Vocês impactam muitas vidas em vários cantos do mundo.

[@jynclr]

Your videos have helped me to make new couch cushion covers. Now I want to take up reupholstering furniture for a hobby! LOL Thank you for such great instructional videos.

[@Holabella]

You're insanely talented

[@elfpimp1]

Repairing the seating cushions on a boat for a customer and it had one of these straps. Now I know what they're called and how to apply them. And where to buy replacement strips!

[@MsOpinioness]

Great lesson...always wondered how that was done.

[@SailriteDIY]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@earvetta]

There's a tool blade with a handle for cutting the extra fabric

[@doraspeedy344]

TFS, this will help me with my bench design . 😀

[@freamb33]

House2Home has the supplies you will need! house2home-us.com/collections/tack-strips

[@julietmurphy8637]

@@freamb33 That's gross, this is another company's post. I won't buy from you.

[@leslieprehoda9547]

I am replacing foundations for twin beds from standard to low profile and need to use the same expensive bedskirts. I am hoping that these tack strips would work. I need something that can be removed easily to launder the bedskirt when necessary and use again.

[@SailriteDIY]

I do not recommend them for that application. They are meant to be a permanent application only.

[@julietmurphy8637]

Try Velcro strips.

[@gemini022]

Can you use the metal strip without using the cording

[@SailriteDIY]

Yes, the flexible metal tack strip can be used without piping / cording beside it.

[@63tartaruga]

quante cose imparo con voi,,, mi son sempre chiesta come facevano i tappezzieri a farlo cosi bene... io ho fatto il "fai da te" con sedie diverse ,anche se riuscite discrete con molta fatica ,mi chiedevo come lo facevano i professionisti.ORA LO SO.. non sapevo esistessero queste strisce di denti..grazie

[@SailriteDIY]

+Eliana Sca Sono contento che ci potrebbe aiutare. Il tuo prossimo progetto tappezzeria dovrebbe andare molto bene con l'uso di questo oggetto.

[@london9941]

how flexible this strip is? the top of the chair I want to upholster is wavy Thanks a lot for the video, very profesional

[@SailriteDIY]

It is very flexible so it can follow curves. Thanks for your kind comment.

[@musapedestris1592]

Can the flexible tack strip be used to hold a chair's seat fabric along welt/piping running around the bottom edges of the seat next to a carved wooden frame? Or will the up-and-down motion created by people sitting on a chair cause stress on the fabric pulling against the teeth and metal edges of the tack strip?

[@SailriteDIY]

No, this flexible tack strip is not made for applications where an occupant will sit on the fabric, it would not hold up to the extra stress.

[@julietmurphy8637]

The seat fabric goes under the seat and is stapled to the bottom, then the welt/piping is attached to the underside so all the raw edges are hidden underneath the seat when you attach it to the frame. You can add utility fabric to hide the underside for a clean finish even if the chair is tipped over.

[@musapedestris1592]

@@julietmurphy8637, thank you for answering. My project is a hand-carved teak chair with a carved wood border along the lower edges of the seat between each of the carved legs, so I can't wrap the fabric around and staple to the bottom. This looks like it would work perfectly for getting the fabric to fit against the wood frame all along the back of the chair (both back as shown in this video and front, which also has a wood border), but I'm still looking for solutions to bring the upholstery up to the edge of the wood around the entire bottom edge of the chair. I'd love to hear ideas.

[@julietmurphy8637]

@@musapedestris1592 You'd be making the seat separate from the chair using a plywood base, then attaching it to the chair frame from underneath.

[@fbarek]

what type of stapler was used?

[@SailriteDIY]

We now have an even better stapler it can be found here: www.sailrite.com/Sailrite-Long-Nose-Upholstery-Staple-Gun

[@buenoskater555]

I have such a love/hate relationship with the flexi metal tack strip lol

[@freamb33]

House2Home has the supplies you will need with instructions at a reasonable price! house2home-us.com/collections/tack-strips

[@julietmurphy8637]

@@freamb33 Make your own video, don't hijack another company's work! That's just dirty. If this is how you advertise, how much cheating do you do elsewhere in your business? Won't buy from you!

[@dzandbergen2]

cindy got some shiny nails there

[@whatthehell8616]

what the hell! I couldn't wait to see the finished product, but alas, it was not meant to be!

[@amorphous14]

That's the ugliest upholstery I have ever seen.

[@eagillum]

It's for a sailboat!