How To Flatten Area Rug Corners

Remove the area rug from the floor and place it between your mattress and box spring.

How to flatten area rug corners.

Here s a quick easy trick to cure rugs with curling corners once and for all. If the corners of the rug are curling curl them backward flatten them back out and place weights in just the corners of the rug. Place a piece of furniture or a stack of heavy books on the creases for a few days to flatten them out using weight. Make sure it lies completely flat and leave it for at least a week before you check the result.

How to flatten a wrinkled area rug 2 how to clean a braided jute rug 3 how to beat out an area rug 4 how to keep an area rug from bunching up on carpet. This method should work for rugs that are badly curled at the corners but the rug obviously needs to be the size of the bed or smaller for the best results. If you ve ever purchased a new area rug or hallway rug chances are it was rolled up when you bought it after all it s a lot easier to store and haul this way. Sometimes the corners won t lie flat even after the rest of the rug relaxes in place.

If you have a smaller rug and only one corner is sticking up try placing a book on the end and an ice cube right on the corner.