Now your mat is ready for installation.
How to get a chair mat to stay flat.
It s a really thick hard plastic with those sharp pointy things underneath that sticks into the carpet.
Lay the plastic chair mat carpet fingers up onto the assembly.
I decided to do this after.
I bought one of those clear hard plastic office chair mats from staples months ago and have tried repeated times to unroll it.
Align the side edges and the back edge of the mat with the flooring assembly.
Some are packed very tightly and may unroll quickly and forcefully.
Fight curl with curl unroll the mat as flat as you can get it.
Creating this opposing new curl shape will in effect straighten the curled plastic.
Be careful when you open a rolled chair mat.
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If the mat is too wide some mat plastic may have to be trimmed later.
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For now center the mat side to side on the flooring.
Chair mats can take up to 24 hours to fully unroll and flatten.
Every time i attempt to unroll it it keeps curling back up.
I can t get it to lay flat long enough to put it up my chair.
Then flip it over and reroll the mat.
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.
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.
Unravel it just a tiny bit and then force something heavy on it.
Chair mats aren t designed for use under the desk and may crack.
Instead buy a mat with a lip.