On my car aerial, I have a Yorkshire flag, at least partially to find
the car in a large car park. Others have Mickey Mouse heads and the
like, to do the same job.

The flags are made of plain printed ?nylon? without sewn edges.
As with all flags they have a limited life, so they only last about 3
months. I have tried to sew edges on them but that did not increase
the life much.

I want to paint the edges with a transparent, waterproof, flexible,
?glue? to strengthen them. My first thoughts are Copydex, if I can
find any. Has anyone got any other ideas?
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On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 20:14:20 +0000, Dave Fawthrop
wrote:

On my car aerial, I have a Yorkshire flag, at least partially to find
the car in a large car park. Others have Mickey Mouse heads and the
like, to do the same job.

The flags are made of plain printed ?nylon? without sewn edges.
As with all flags they have a limited life, so they only last about 3
months. I have tried to sew edges on them but that did not increase
the life much.

I want to paint the edges with a transparent, waterproof, flexible,
?glue? to strengthen them. My first thoughts are Copydex, if I can
find any. Has anyone got any other ideas?


Should getting Copydex be a problem ...What about PVA woodglue..?




Stuart





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On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:19:38 UTC, Stuart
wrote:

I want to paint the edges with a transparent, waterproof, flexible,
?glue? to strengthen them. My first thoughts are Copydex, if I can
find any. Has anyone got any other ideas?

Should getting Copydex be a problem ...What about PVA woodglue..?

Don't really understand why getting Copydex is a problem...!

(I even saw some in our [small] Woolworths yesterday....)

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I would suggest laminating the flag using a cheap office laminator,
then when you've trimmed the laminated plastic around the shape of the
flag, perhaps cable tie it to the aerial? If you don't have access to a
laminator, ask someone who works in an office. These days laminators
are ten a penny.

Dave Fawthrop wrote:

On my car aerial, I have a Yorkshire flag, at least partially to find
the car in a large car park. Others have Mickey Mouse heads and the
like, to do the same job.

The flags are made of plain printed ?nylon? without sewn edges.
As with all flags they have a limited life, so they only last about 3
months. I have tried to sew edges on them but that did not increase
the life much.

I want to paint the edges with a transparent, waterproof, flexible,
?glue? to strengthen them. My first thoughts are Copydex, if I can
find any. Has anyone got any other ideas?

A sewing supply shop or mail order house should have this - sold under
names like 'fray check', or similar. I've used it, and it works remarkably
well.

Sheila

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 20:14:20 +0000, Dave Fawthrop wrote:

On my car aerial, I have a Yorkshire flag, at least partially to find
the car in a large car park. Others have Mickey Mouse heads and the
like, to do the same job.

The flags are made of plain printed ?nylon? without sewn edges.
As with all flags they have a limited life, so they only last about 3
months. I have tried to sew edges on them but that did not increase
the life much.

I want to paint the edges with a transparent, waterproof, flexible,
?glue? to strengthen them. My first thoughts are Copydex, if I can
find any. Has anyone got any other ideas?

Acrylic water based clear wood varnish is not BAD.

Its a little stiff.

S Viemeister wrote:
I want to paint the edges with a transparent, waterproof, flexible,
?glue? to strengthen them. My first thoughts are Copydex, if I can
find any. Has anyone got any other ideas?


Available here - http://www.daintysupplies.co.uk/26/shop.cfm?shopPage=11
for GBP 2.36
or here - http://www.sewingchest.co.uk/view.php?p=108&tp=9

It's washable, durable, colourless, and does what it says on the tin.