How To … Choose which hook to use
Thursday, May 29th, 2008How To … Choose which curtain hook to use
Plastic or Metal?
The choice of plastic or metal hooks is very much down to personal preference. Nylon hooks are the strongest for general use with plastic gliders, and metal hooks should be used with metal gliders. It is possible to use metal hooks with plastic gliders but it is not recommended to use plastic hooks with metal gliders - the hooks can be cut through quite quickly by the weight of the curtain.
Zinc versus Brass
Again, this is down to personal preference. Traditionally brass hooks were used to compliment brass curtain poles which are obviously still very popular today. Brass is more expensive, therefore, steel zinc offers a cheaper alternative.
Specialist
Deep Pleat hooks are used to create variably spaced triple pleats. The long neck hooks are used for hanging your curtain below the pole and a short neck for suspending from a track.
Pin hooks are used with a curtain heading buckram to hang hand pleated headings and are adequate for general work. However, sewn on brass hooks are recommended if the curtains are unusually heavy.
