Alternative external trim ideas

[David Beckett]

I installed 3/4" AL angle trim on my tear and I'm not happy with certain parts of it.

I roamed Lowes aisles exploring other alternatives. The one I am thinking about is to use a rubber water hose. I'd slit it lengthwise and glue and screw it around the edges.

Any thoughts on this idea?

Any other trim ideas?

Thanks,

[SteveH]

Steve Wolverton did a simular thing with I believe it was garage door rubber seal.

[Scooter]

Those are great ideas. I'm getting 99% of my materials at Lowe's and HD and would love to see more ideas of alternative uses of their products on teardrops.

[Guest]

I'm doing a full woody now and I'll be building a laminated profile piece probably out of white ash.
In my opinion, a full woody needs this piece... 70% for looks, 30% for bangability.

[SteveH]

bangability

That's a new one for me, but hey, I like it! Somehow another picture comes to mind.......

[David Beckett]

Scooter,

I may be wierd but one of my great loves in building things is to roam a store looking for something for a purpose for which it was not produced. I recall a psych class where "functional habituation" is that a hammer can only be used as a hammer. Creative people look at a hammer and think of lots of other ways to use it.

Thanks for the encouragement.

[Q]

I used quite a bit of aluminum carpet edging for trim. It comes in long lengths, it's cheap, has predrilled holes, and looks good.

Q

[Geron]

Scooter,

I may be wierd but one of my great loves in building things is to roam a store looking for something for a purpose for which it was not produced. I recall a psych class where "functional habituation" is that a hammer can only be used as a hammer. Creative people look at a hammer and think of lots of other ways to use it.

Thanks for the encouragement.

I do the same thing. Salesperson walks up and asks, "May I help you." "Nope, just looking for ideas. Not a clue what I want till I see it!!"

Geron

[mikeschn]

I used quite a bit of aluminum carpet edging for trim. It comes in long lengths, it's cheap, has predrilled holes, and looks good.

Q

The carpet trim is a good idea. I'll have to go and look at it!!!

Mike...

[IraRat]

I was thinking about carpet trim from the very beginning, but does that stuff hold up under the elements? Also, to bend around our curves?

[mikeschn]

I was thinking about carpet trim from the very beginning, but does that stuff hold up under the elements? Also, to bend around our curves?

All very good questions... That's why I want to go and look at it...

Mike...

[Scooter]

If we stuck to products intended purpose only, there'd probably be no such thing as homebuilt teardrops!

[Q]

The aluminum carpet edging holds up just fine to the elements. It also bends easily around curves, being a pretty much flat profile. I used it for almost all the trim on my tear. I used the plain aluminum stuff but if you want to get fancy, it comes in gold anodized.

Q

[IraRat]

it comes in gold anodized.

Q

You said the magic words.....

[David Beckett]

The aluminum carpet edging holds up just fine to the elements. It also bends easily around curves, being a pretty much flat profile.

Q,
So this is not the angle carpet edging for stairs, right? You're talking about the edging for carpet to vinyl transitions?