I am about ready to attach the chain link fabric to the post and gates. What is the thing to use for glue? I am thinking of using either bridal vail or fiberglass window screen which ever looks/works best and was wondering about super glue gel as it may not run as bad. Looking forward to your opinions. Mike
I use the bridal veil materiel myself, I ise the gap filling ca. takes time to get it right, attaching to small posts is difficult. I am now using the accelerator to set it. Make the work go well. I do all this on a piece of glass. The glue doesn’t stick to glass really hard in case some runs down past the post.
I’m doing the same thing right now…I use CA glue and apply a very small amount to the railing with a toothpick…a good way to cut the fence is to smooth it out and stick it to a piece of contact paper, then mark it and cut it out with scissors before removing the fence material from the contact paper…that way the fence is in nice even lenghts before glueing it to the posts…chuck
I simulated the real thing by tying the chain-link material to the vertical posts and cross bars with fine thread. Once tied, the thread can be cut close to the fence with scissors. Looks just like the wire ties in the real world.
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Chain link isn’t kinky… it is stretched between posts. In the UK we use straining wires wound up so tight they are rigid. In the US you seem to always use at least a top and bottom rail and often a mid rail between posts/attached to the posts. In both cases the chainlink is both stretched less tight than the wires but still stretched tight between the ends and clipped to the horizontals.
There is a reason for telling you this…
It is much easier to build the fence laid flat and stretched out like an animal skin than any other way.
If you can, draw your chain link material out tight in all directions on a flat surface that it and the posts and horizontals won’t stick to. You want at least the height of the fence and (preferably) at least the length of the run you want to make.
Backtrack a moment… if possible draw out the position of all the posts and rails on the material you intend to build the fence on. Then place the mesh accurately on this, stretch it and check that it is where you want it. (You might want to put a wood straight edge along the bottom line to position the posts against).
Once the mesh is secure begin at one end and place the first post… then the 3 rails, next post and so on. Keep checking that everything is where it should be. It’s easier to check than to correct.
If you have used oversize mesh you will need trim the mesh once all the rest is done.
You haven’t said what you are using for posts. This will affect what glue will work. An icocyonate (superglue) will probably work in most cases though. Be careful!
The idea of using ties is quite good provided you can do it all without wrecking the tension.
What you want to end up with is a pretty rigid structure of posts and rails with the mesh stretched taught on it.
If you achieve this and it will lift off the sheet you’ve built it on the next step is to place the bottom