Some are packed very tightly and may unroll quickly and forcefully.
How to get a chair mat to stay flat.
Diy office chair mat for under 25 i will show you how i made a office chair mat for less than 25 and in less than 30 minutes.
Place your mat on a smooth flat surface outside in the sun on a warm sunny day until it flattens check it every 15 minutes.
Then flip it over and reroll the mat.
Chair mats can take up to 24 hours to fully unroll and flatten.
After it relaxes and is flat move it to a flat cooler area in the shade or indoors until it cools and becomes more rigid.
If the mat is too wide some mat plastic may have to be trimmed later.
I decided to do this after.
Creating this opposing new curl shape will in effect straighten the curled plastic.
Now your mat is ready for installation.
Lay the plastic chair mat carpet fingers up onto the assembly.
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For now center the mat side to side on the flooring.
Instead buy a mat with a lip.
Then push the heavy thing against the curled end to unroll it gradually and once it is unrolled let it sit for a while.
Unravel it just a tiny bit and then force something heavy on it.
I can t get it to lay flat long enough to put it up my chair.
Be careful when you open a rolled chair mat.
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Air out the mat before use.
Every time i attempt to unroll it it keeps curling back up.
Chair mats aren t designed for use under the desk and may crack.
I bought one of those clear hard plastic office chair mats from staples months ago and have tried repeated times to unroll it.