Place your area rug on the floor upside down.
How yo make area rug flatten a new.
Press the tape down firmly smoothing it as you go.
Quick cheap and easy way to get your area rug to lay flat.
Use this tip when your area rug is curling on the ends and won t lay flat.
Leave the rug rolled up for about an hour and unroll it to see if the rug will lay flat.
How to flatten an area rug that has been rolled up.
Tightly roll up the rug and secure it with a piece of twine.
If you give the rug some time it should rest flat on its own however adding weight may reduce the settling time in half.
In the case of this rug it took about 10 days of added weight as opposed to an estimated 3 weeks of regular use and vacuuming.
Once you unroll the rug.
How to flatten a new rug.
Rolling your rug in the opposite direction sometimes helps get rid of curls and allows the rug to lay flat.
Unrolling the rug.
Normally these rugs have been rolled up for quite some time.
This can be quite disappointing when you first bring an accessory home but it is relatively easy to make curled area rugs lie flat.
Bringing home new area rugs for the first time can be very exciting.
Whenever you order or buy a new rug assuming is has some size to it you will get the rug in a roll.
You wait with breathless anticipation to see how this new feature will set off your room only to be met with the problem of curling.
Apply this tape to the back of your rug.
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.
When you get home and try to lay it down where you would like it it will want to roll back up.