If you don t have a large enough patch of sun flip the rug over and use a hair dryer to heat up the creases of the rug and release them.
How to stretch a area rug.
Grab the knee kicker to finish the stretching.
Away from the wall and kick against it with the area above your kneecap photo 9.
Always hold the hair dryer 6 to 9 inches away from the rug and use a sweeping motion.
Stretching a rug is just like it sounds it stretches the fibers back out so that they lay flat.
To avoid damage try another way.
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To flatten your rug use heavy plants books upturned furniture or mattresses to push back on the fibers.
After stretching the length use the knee kicker to set one side the door side.
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To use the knee kicker place its head about 6 inches 15 2 cm from the wall and use your leg just above the kneecap to finish the stretch.
For these rugs if moisture is the problem the situation can sometimes be corrected by wetting the backing and tacking the rug out in a stretched position.
Normally these rugs have been rolled up for quite some time.
If you are trying to stretch carpet in a part of a room where the power stretcher is too big to fit you ll want to use the knee kicker.
Set the teeth of the knee kicker into the carpet about 6 in.
It s possible to melt rug fibers so use a low or medium heat setting and keep the hair dryer moving back and forth at all.
Ends may curl up and the rug may get out of square easily.
Rugs can wrinkle or warp due to normal use poor cleaning techniques pulling and tearing.
Since rug bumps and folds are usually caused by stretching dampening the edges of your rug should flatten it.
Whenever you order or buy a new rug assuming is has some size to it you will get the rug in a roll.
But you don t want to just start yanking away because that can damage this beautiful work of art.
Rug blocking and stretching is the process of reshaping a rug by professional means.
Also use the knee kicker to stretch confined areas where the power carpet stretcher won t fit photo 9d.
Professional rug stretching involves large industrial equipment and a whole lot of patience.
When you get home and try to lay it down where you would like it it will want to roll back up.