Kedar Edging & Track: The Cleanest Way to Mount a PVC Banner

SIGNAGE | BANNER | DISPLAY

If you've been mounting PVC banners with eyelets and bungee cord, you're in good company. It's the go-to for a reason. But there's another approach that's worth knowing about, and it goes by the name of Kedar.

Here's how it works:

The two-part system

Kedar is a rope-and-track setup. You weld a specially designed rope directly onto the edge of your PVC banner using a banner welder, all the way around the perimeter. The rope then slides into an aluminium track that's fixed to your wall, hoarding, or structure. Tension it up, and the banner sits flat, taut, and glare-free with no hardware showing on the face.

That's the whole system. Simple in concept, but the finish it produces on a large install is noticeably different to other mounting methods.

Why the spec matters

The edging rope and the track need to match. The standard is 7.5mm diameter rope paired with a track purpose-built for that size, and the snug fit is what gives you even tension across the banner. Go mismatched and you'll either struggle to get the rope in, or lose the tension you're after.

Weld quality is the other thing worth paying attention to. The weld is the weakest point in the whole setup: a poor bond is where you'll see pull-through under tension, or an uneven edge that telegraphs through the face of the banner. It's worth using rope that bonds cleanly and consistently.

When to use it

Kedar works well on flat surfaces and gently curved ones: wall-mounted banners, large billboards, wooden hoardings, retail signage. It's particularly useful on larger installs where getting even tension across the whole banner is otherwise a challenge.

Track finish is worth thinking about too. If the track is going to be visible, white or black powder coat keeps things looking intentional and on-brand.

For those who haven't tried Kedar before, it's one of those techniques that's fairly simple to pick up and produces a result that clients tend to notice, even if they don't know why.