Fish trap Scout question

[rricchi]

I just bought a replacement tent for my 10 (or so) year old Scout. My old tent was fine but I wanted one with a door.
My old tent fastened to the sled with bolts through grommeted holes in the tent fabric.

The new tents fasten to the sled by a U-shaped molding that you press over the tent fabric and the lower edge of the sled base. You then secure the molding in place with self-tapping metal screws.

The problem is, I didn't know the new tents came without grommets, and didn't come with the molding. The molding is only $10, but the shipping is almost $12 additional. $22 for a few lousy pieces of plastic!

Anyone have any ideas on where I could find some U-shaped plastic strips that I could use instead of the factory item?
Thanks.

[stumper]

You could get it stretched on where you want it, mark where you need grommets and put some it. Or mark it, have a hem sewed around the bottom and just screw through the hem.

[ICE_MONKEY]

Maybe your local hardware, home depot or lowes

[wyoutdoors]

There is a post in a flipover thread where they used binder clips to attach the tent to the tub.

[mushroom_capd_1]

Home Depot should have the grommets. Bought some there and did this to my one man a few years back.

[filetandrelease]

staples has them , thats what i used and they work great for that

[rricchi]

I already have grommets but I was hoping someone could tell me where to find plastic U-molding like the current versions of the scout use. I have this feeling I've seen something like that before but can't figure out where I saw it, or what it would be used for. If I knew another use for something like that I could probably figure out where to get some.
Thanks for the replies already given.