Place your area rug on the floor upside down.
How to get a rolled rug to lay flat.
Before you iron dampen the corners of your rug with water and cover the surface with a towel.
Sometimes gravity and a bit of time are all a rug needs to lay flat.
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.
Make sure it lies completely flat and leave it for at least a week before you check the result.
Tightly roll up the rug and secure it with a piece of twine.
Ironing the corners of a rug can help flatten them.
Of course over time the rug will eventually flatten out on its own but that is.
Normally these rugs have been rolled up for quite some time.
Whenever you order or buy a new rug assuming is has some size to it you will get the rug in a roll.
When you get home and try to lay it down where you would like it it will want to roll back up.
Step 6 reverse.
Rolling your rug in the opposite direction sometimes helps get rid of curls and allows the rug to lay flat.
When you iron your area rug you want to follow certain steps to make sure you don t end up ruining it.
In other cases you may need to reverse roll the rug apply some heat or have the rug steamed to get rid of wrinkles.
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.
Carpet care 2000 is here to talk about things you can try to get those corners to lay flat.
Ripples a new rug may have waves or ripples in it when it s first unrolled.
Unrolling the rug reveals that it no longer lies completely flat and.
Simply taking the carpet and laying it upside down will also help stop.