How to bend a Swish ALUMINIUM corded curtain track?

[reubin78]

How to bend a Swish ALUMINIUM corded curtain track?

Need to create two 90 degree bends so track fits in our bay. Swish include instructions that provide sizes, etc but no guidance as to how to bend!!! They do however stress the importance of not over bending, kinking, etc

Has anyone ever bent one and how?

We need the full 5 metre length so I can't test. I have one attempt to get this right.

Any suggestions?

 

[Newboy]

you won't be able to bend a tight 90 degree angle or the runners won't work - it needs to be a gentle radius

 

[reubin78]

Agreed - instructions suggest 30cm (1 ft) radius.

It is just a case of how to do this without kinking or twisting.

 

[AlanE]

Flat piece of board with a second, smaller, piece profiled with the wanted radius glued to it. Peg around an inch away from profiled piece.

Insert rail between peg and radiused part and gently bend around it.

 

[foxhole]

wrap it round a biscuit tin.

 

[reubin78]

Do they bend that easy? Like I say, none spare to test with.

 

[foxhole]

Very soft, you can snap it with you hands easily.

 

[mattylad]

Is that biscuit tins? lol they are very bendy now.