How To Flatten My New Rug

After being rolled for so long new rugs might not look so good right out of the package.

How to flatten my new rug.

Press the tape down firmly smoothing it as you go. How to flatten a new rug. Your new area rugged has been rolled up in a truck and a warehouse for who knows how long and likely at high temperatures. But then you can turn it right side up and it should lay flat.

Why new rugs are wrinkled and creased. Leave the heavy items on the rug for. Leave the rug rolled up for about an hour and unroll it to see if the rug will lay flat. How to flatten a rug with curled corners.

A new area rug or one that s been rolled up and tucked out of the way for a while gets used to its rolled shape over time. Weigh down the corners with books or furniture. When you get home and try to lay it down where you would like it it will want to roll back up. Carpet tape works on hard floors and on existing wall to wall carpet holding your rug in place to flatten existing creases and eliminate new ones.

Unrolling the rug. If the ends of a large rug curl upwards you can place the rug in your room upside down. I put my textile college degree to work to come up with a solution. Step 2 lay your area rug on the floor and place heavy items like a stack of books on each corner of the rug.

Once you unroll the rug. Normally these rugs have been rolled up for quite some time. Apply this tape to the back of your rug. Here s a quick fix to smooth out the wrinkles safely quickly and easily.

It will look odd for a week or two. Purchasing a new rug can be exciting as you give one room a partial makeover just by setting the rug on the floor with little effort required. Reverse rolling works well for curling corners on a new area rug. Rolling your rug in the opposite direction sometimes helps get rid of curls and allows the rug to lay flat.

In this video we ll show you how to uncurl your brand new rug.