Have ever wondered how to remove yarn from a serged piece of carpet? If you have, we have just created the video tutorial for you. Learning to use your carpet serger confidently and efficiently is important, so we at Bond Products want to share our tricks with you whenever we can.
Working with Your Carpet Serger
Carpet serging adds value and visual impact to a carpet, but sometimes mistakes happen and you have to fix the damage. Then you need to know how to remove the serging without a knife. You do not want to cut the carpet or slice your hand accidentally, and there is a better way to remove serging yarn. In this short video Brian demonstrates how he removes yarn that was serged with Bond’s Alpha Mini-2000 portable serger.
This serger is a two-thread machine. Sergers use two types of materials to serge a carpet, both yarn and thread. The thread goes through the needle of the serger, while the yarn goes through the looper. The yarn is much thicker than the thread and, as it’s wrapped over and over around the edge of the carpet, much more of it is used. The thread is used to wrap the yarn to the carpet itself and is made of strong nylon.
Removing the Serging Yarn
If you don’t know there’s a trick to removing the yarn, you might be tempted to cut it off with a knife or a scissors, but there’s an easier way. If you pull the yarn and the sewing threads at the same time, the serging will unravel. There will be far more serging yarn to remove per inch than sewing thread, so you need to keep that in mind. Just keep pulling carefully, and it will come off. When you get the hang of it, it comes apart fairly easily. This is very similar to opening up a pet food bag that has been stitched shut.
Once you have removed the yarn from the carpet, you can dispose of it and re-serge or do whatever you would like with the piece.
If you have any questions about serging or the sergers we offer for sale, or if you’re looking for serging thread, yarn, binding tape or any products you might need, call us at 1-888-800-BOND. We will be more than happy to help you find anything you need for your project.
