Replacing the Fabric on your Curling Broom

8/10/2017

Replacing the fabric on your broom can cost next to nothing and after a couple times will only take a couple minutes of work. This is especially useful to do once or twice a year to all your club brooms; keeping the ice clean and saving the club hundreds of dollars.

Below is the materials list with links to our sources, a link to a downloadable instruction sheet, and a slideshow of the process with instructions.

Let us know if you have any questions or comments. We would love to hear from you.

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Materials:

1000D Cordura Urethane Coated Fabric
Upholstery Duty Staple Remover
Needle Nose Plier
Rotary Fabric Cutter
Heavy Duty Pneumatic or Electric Staple Gun (Hand powered hasn’t worked well for us)
¼ inch Staples
Marker, ruler/straight edge.
Plastic Coated Magnets (optional)

7 Comments

angbuhang link

10/11/2017 12:07:19 pm

well explained.

Gord

11/5/2017 02:31:15 pm

I've replaced the fabric very similar to what you have posted here. However, I'm still trying to figure out if the shiny side of the fabric goes agains the ice or is the dull side.
Thanks

Bill

12/4/2018 04:57:08 pm

A standard T-50 stapler cannot handle sinking the staple into the plastic base. If you don't have access to an industrial strength upholstery stapler, I would suggest getting your hands on a heavy-duty office stapler that can handle 100-200 sheets of paper (ours is a used Swingline 39005--it works great!). It isn't about the instant power, it's about sinking the staple in. Also, make sure to get the 1/4" heavy-duty staples made for that stapler (longer will poke out through the other side).

Monty

3/15/2019 03:21:27 pm

Does someone at your club have a small piece of fabric, enough for one broom, that they would sell me? I don't want to buy a full yard, would end up throwing most of it away.

Jimmy Fallon

4/4/2020 03:06:24 pm

Thanks for the guide! But please, remove the electric stapler link. I tried it and agree with the comment above — they don’t sink the staple in all the way. A manual heavy-duty stapler worked great.

And the shiny side goes out (against the ice.)

Francois M

4/17/2020 07:50:04 pm

Great post, thank you.

If you want to play fair like the WCF rules, the Non Shiny side should be exposed, touching the ice. The shiny side against the foam. The chemicals making the shiny side can be used for directional sweeping, therefore giving an advantage.

https://worldcurling.org/competitions/brushes/

c) Orientation: i) Fabric must be cut and oriented on base/faceplate/cover in accordance with Schedule A – Fabric Cutting Diagram. ii) Fabric must be attached to the base/faceplate/cover with the uncoated (darker) side exposed to the ice and the Polyurethane coated side (lighter) in contact with the foam.

David Butler link

6/2/2020 01:20:20 am

Thanks for this blog. I learned some tips about this blog. I hope you post more blog helps us. So that we can learn more. Thanks for the ideas you shared with us. It is a big help not just for me but for all the readers who don’t have any ideas about this kind of tips.

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