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How to stretch a throw rug.
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.
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.
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Whenever you order or buy a new rug assuming is has some size to it you will get the rug in a roll.
It was a great size for my small office space underneath my desk.
For each side where the rug pad hangs off use a marker and a ruler to draw straight lines an inch 2 5 cm away from the rug s edge.
To flatten your rug use heavy plants books upturned furniture or mattresses to push back on the fibers.
When you get home and try to lay it down where you would like it it will want to roll back up.
This is a very simple and easy way to create a rug.
Set one of the rug pad s corners up near the rug s corners leaving about an inch 2 5 cm of clearance on either side.
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.
Since rug bumps and folds are usually caused by stretching dampening the edges of your rug should flatten it.
If the rug pad is larger than your rug you ll need to trim it to fit.
Normally these rugs have been rolled up for quite some time.
This week well the past few weeks i ve been struggling with wrinkles in my new area rug.
Grab the knee kicker to finish the stretching.
If you reverse roll your rug listen for cracking that could indicate weakness.
The carpet in that room is a neutral read boring beige i wanted to use a black and white check area rug that i bought from ikea several years ago.
Always hold the hair dryer 6 to 9 inches away from the rug and use a sweeping motion.
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