Installing Grommets In Vinyl

Stack the grommet cloth and washer on the base tool.

Installing grommets in vinyl.

Install grommets on a hard surface that won t be damaged by scrap wood or misplaced hammering. Repair an old tarp or make a new tarp more useful with extra lashing points by installing new grommets. Also install them in various sizes on tents awnings and other covers. They are made up of two parts the washer the flat ring and the grommet the indented inner ring.

Grommets or eyelets can be made from rubber plastic and metal. Mark the desired location of the grommet. Place the flaring tool over the top ring of the grommet and center the lower part of the grommet on the. To install grommets in fabric start by ironing some interfacing to the back of the fabric to help prevent the grommets from ripping out.

Insert the tall half of the grommet through the hole from the underside. Slide a wood block under the tarp mark and align the hole cutter over the mark.