How To Get A Plastic Mat To Stay Down

How to get a suction cup to stay.

How to get a plastic mat to stay down.

I bought one of those clear hard plastic office chair mats from staples months ago and have tried repeated times to unroll it. I keep on having to move my chair and move it back to where it was. The tape should be approximately 1. It shifts in about 3 days time like a foot to the left.

Now the hard part. Walk away and leave it. Follow these steps for best results. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.

Run the water then standing outside the tub use your foot to press the bath mat down in a couple places until it doesn t move. Push hard and push out as much of the air as you can. You should be able to see a drastic difference in about 24 hours and the mat will typically lat flat at 72 degrees f in about 3 full days. I can t get it to lay flat long enough to put it up my chair.

Then flip it over and reroll the mat. Press the tape against the mat. Scrub the surface with a household cleaner rinse and dry. I originally thought hey i could just duct tape the bastard down.

When dry the tacky medium will grab the carpet. The mat is the picture above relaxed in about two days. Lay the tape against the back side of the mat sticky side down with the length of the tape centered along the length of the mat. Fight curl with curl unroll the mat as flat as you can get it.

Take a push broom and sweep it. Use a non skid rubber spray or coating or a few lines of acrylic or latex caulk on the back of the mat. Every time i attempt to unroll it it keeps curling back up. Suction cups adhere best to smooth non porous surfaces such as tile glass fiberglass or metal.

To ensure a firm bond surfaces should be totally free of dirt and soap film before attaching the suction cup. It s a really thick hard plastic with those sharp pointy things underneath that sticks into the carpet.