Normally these rugs have been rolled up for quite some time.
How to flatten out new rug.
If you hear cracking noises stop immediately.
You can try loosely rolling the rug back the opposite direction using carpet tape or laying it upside down to flatten your rug use heavy plants books upturned furniture or mattresses to push back on the fibers.
Of course over time the rug will eventually flatten out on its own but that is assuming that you don t continually fold that edge over from stepping on it.
Consider a few methods you can try to flatten your area rug to get rid of those annoying turned up corners.
In this video we ll show you how to uncurl your brand new rug.
Tightly roll up the rug and secure it with a piece of twine.
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.
How to flatten an area rug that has been rolled up.
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.
Once you unroll the rug.
Press the tape down firmly smoothing it as you go.
Apply this tape to the back of your rug.
This is the easiest way to deal with a rug that does not lay flat.
Here are 5 suggestions to get the creases and fold marks out of a rug.
Use any single one or a combination of several.
Fold the rug in the opposite direction it curls or creases.
After being rolled for so long new rugs might not look so good right out of the package.
Then remove the paper covering the adhesive and smooth the rug over the floor.
Leave the rug rolled up for about an hour and unroll it to see if the rug will lay flat.
Unrolling the 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.
1back roll or reverse roll the carpet.