The fibers will relax on their own.
How to get ripples out of a rug.
Direct sunlight for several hours should help the rug release tension naturally and at the very least make it more supple for reverse rolling as noted in suggestion 1.
Pry the carpet gently up from the strips with a wood chisel or other pry tool on a wall parallel to the ripple.
A new rug may have waves or ripples in it when it s first unrolled.
If you don t have a large enough patch of sun flip the rug over and use a hair dryer to heat up the creases of the rug and release them.
The problem is you have to leave it like that for days but there seems to be no other way to work it out.
Smooth it as flat as you can and allow it to rest for a day or so.
Regain that spring in your step and your carpet by making a beeline for the bath to collect a blow dryer and spray bottle filled with water.
Use the ice cube method for furniture dents.
If the dent is deep you can mist it with clean water in a spray bottle first to help the fibers relax.
Ends may curl up and the rug may get out of square easily.
Using a comb and a blow dryer gently brush out rug wrinkles.
It s possible to melt rug fibers so use a low or medium heat setting and keep the hair dryer moving back and forth at all times.
Always hold the hair dryer 6 to 9 inches away from the rug and use a sweeping motion.
Pull tacks with a carpet tack puller a small metal claw on a short thick shank or.
What has worked for me is flipping the entire rug over and putting something heavy on the ripple.
However the ripples may recur when moisture is again present.
Spritz the crushed area with enough water to saturate.