Do you hem all sides of banner?

[cr.designs]

What is the standard out there for banners and hemming the sides. Are shops hemming all 4 sides on all size banners or just large banners that will be up for a long time? Im just using hem tape, not sewing.

 

[GoodPeopleFlags]

Most of the time we only do the top and bottom.

 

[J Hill Designs]

I always do all sides (hem tape as well)

 

[TheSnowman]

We do all sides, and grommet top and sides. I've ordered some bigger ones from sub's and they only grommet two sides...then the customer brings it back.

 

[Bigdawg]

4 sides hems and grommets

 

[MikePro]

hem all 4 sides here (tape), and only put grommets in the middle of the sides if its more than 3'.

 

[Mosh]

We sew all four sides. We have an industrial sewing machine, it has paid for itself
1,000 times. People that do not hem, well that is a lower class of work than we like to put out.

 

[iSign]

15 oz scrim, upper class sides (& corners), lower class top & bottom.

extra 1" sq. 15 oz reinforcement swatch behind every grommet.

5 years, no complaints

*edit* ...I forgot, Mosh sews his hems... mine are only middle class sides

 

[MikePro]

aye, agreed but most of our banners are temporary signage to mark monument/building signage anyways... so tape has worked just fine.

Last week I had a 10yr old banner come back to me from a church, for the 9th re-lettering (annual date changes, etc.), and tape still holds up great!

anything that has required hemming (for pole pockets), we just outsource and do the lettering ourselves prior to install.

 

[Tovis]

We usually hem all sides unless the customer doesn't want us to because its only going to be up for a day. We have a welder.

 

[omgsideburns]

We use banner tape, all 4 sides, and grommets spaced as needed.

And no, we've never had a problem with banner tape.

 

[Tim Aucoin]

Tape hem all 4 sides. Looks more professional than just top and bottom, plus uses very little tape & time to do. Grommets every 2', exception is on 36" width, then a grommet goes at 18".

I'm considering an industrial sewing machine. Mosh... what brand do you use and how much actual working space do you truly need?

 

[royster13]

To me a banner that is hot hemmed on all sides bugs me.....But not quite as much as ones where the grommets are not nearly perfectly spaced.....

 

[petesign]

4 sides and tape here too. Happy to see so many are using the hem tape - I don't feel so bad now

 

[FatCat]

Hem all 4 sides with tape, grommets every 2' or as needed.

 

[DigiWriter]

We sew or weld all sides

 

[T-Square_WPB]

15 oz. scrim 1" scrim patch behind each grommet which are spaced 2' apart. No tape, no hem. Never had a complaint or return.

 

[Gene@mpls]

Tape hem all 4 here and grommet- unless very temp then a piece of power tape on the back to reinforce grommets. Only tape failure I have had was
a pole pocket hung at the top of an arena with no grommets. I assume it
got real hot up there- probably would have held with a few grommets for
mechanical bonding.

 

[Cross Signs]

double stitch hemm. and grommets every 2 ft.

 

[Slamdunkpro]

Weld all side, sew & reinforce on request.