Place your carpet face down on your work surface.
Edge finish carpet.
If you are using the staple gun plate idea you would put your metal plate under the carpet and staple down the edge.
Check straightness of the remnant edge with the measuring tape and marker marking on the back side of the rug any areas that need to be trimmed with scissors.
Step 3 measure the width of the doorway using a tape measure and then cut a carpet tack strip to the same width using tin snips.
This is going to be the most basic method and many installers like to do it this way.
Start from the back side applying the tape where the carpet edge meets the finishing raw carpet edges.
Place the cloth along the edge on top of the pile so the edge of the pile and the edge of the cloth are together.
Binding the edge of a carpet involves wrapping a strip of fabric which is generally made from either polyester or cotton around the edge of the carpet and stitching it in place.
Set your carpet down pile up.
Staple along the edge.
Just place a bead along the edge where it is fraying.
Binding is typically the easiest and least expensive method of finishing a carpet edge.
One of the methods that you can use to finish off the edge of a piece of carpet is to simply attach it to a tack strip.
This is done by a carpet binding machine.
Vacuum the subfloor to remove all dirt and grit.
I would say glue hot glue or a marine glue.
Cut any protruding edges straight or to the shape you want your rug.