How To Get Ripples Out Of A Rug
For these rugs if moisture is the problem the situation can sometimes be corrected by wetting the backing and tacking the rug out in a stretched position.
How to get ripples out of a rug. 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. Pull tacks with a carpet tack puller a small metal claw on a short thick shank or. Spritz the crushed area with enough water to saturate. Use the ice cube method for furniture dents.
Ends may curl up and the rug may get out of square easily. The problem is you have to leave it like that for days but there seems to be no other way to work it out. 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. However the ripples may recur when moisture is again present.
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. 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. Using a comb and a blow dryer gently brush out rug wrinkles. Smooth it as flat as you can and allow it to rest for a day or so.
If the dent is deep you can mist it with clean water in a spray bottle first to help the fibers relax. What has worked for me is flipping the entire rug over and putting something heavy on the ripple. The fibers will relax on their own. Again use a low heat setting when aiming your blow dryer toward the rug to avoid burning or melting the fibers.
A new rug may have waves or ripples in it when it s first unrolled.