Step 2 lay your area rug on the floor and place heavy items like a stack of books on each corner of the rug.
How to flatten my new rug.
Press the tape down firmly smoothing it as you go.
Here s a quick fix to smooth out the wrinkles safely quickly and easily.
How to flatten a new rug.
It will look odd for a week or two.
Rolling your rug in the opposite direction sometimes helps get rid of curls and allows the rug to lay flat.
Why new rugs are wrinkled and creased.
Unrolling the rug.
Normally these rugs have been rolled up for quite some time.
I put my textile college degree to work to come up with a solution.
How to flatten an area rug that has been rolled up.
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.
When you get home and try to lay it down where you would like it it will want to roll back up.
Then remove the paper covering the adhesive and smooth the rug over the floor.
Whenever you order or buy a new rug assuming is has some size to it you will get the rug in a roll.
Your new area rugged has been rolled up in a truck and a warehouse for who knows how long and likely at high temperatures.
In this video we ll show you how to uncurl your brand new rug.
Apply this tape to the back of your rug.
Purchasing a new rug can be exciting as you give one room a partial makeover just by setting the rug on the floor with little effort required.
But then you can turn it right side up and it should lay flat.
How to flatten a rug with curled corners.
Once you unroll the rug.
Weigh down the corners with books or furniture.
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.
Leave the rug rolled up for about an hour and unroll it to see if the rug will lay flat.
After being rolled for so long new rugs might not look so good right out of the package.