Why one rug but not the other?

[Mikey P]

Remember this one?

It had a twin brother.

One dried flat while the other had ripples or waves along the edges every foot or so. Bothe were cleaned and dried exactly the same.

We're trying Dusty's trick tonight...
I'll let you know.

 

[joe harper]

Mickey,
Dusty's trick should work,but if it doesn't ? From the pic's they look like runners.
Throw down some tackstrip & stretch them north to south "GENTLY." Lightly steam
with the "V". Not a bad to idea set-up a removable stretch area near your pit. When
you spot a "CURLER" in the future,get it when its wet! Im sure the nieghbors just
LUV-IT when you fire that beast-up at 11:00 at night!!!!!!!


ps By "removable" I mean, drill some small holes in the concrete. Tap in some led
or plastic anchors.This way you can screw in the tackstrip & remove them when
you are done. This way there in minimal damage to your slab & all you have to
to stretch another rug, is re-install the tackstrip in the same holes!

pss Make sure you draw the teeth back in your "kicker"

 

[rhyde]

:shock:

whats going on ..ya buliding somthing there, you guys kill me.. :roll:

next time....once the rugs is dry roll it a nice and tight put strings around it stick it in a plastic bag seal it shut
and put it in a warm room or in front of a window in direct sun light for a day or so



why one and not the other ? this is what makes rug cleaning fun , proftable and unpredictable

 

[Mikey P]

Don't laugh at me Higgins. I was just going on Dustys advice.

I'll try the bag trick if this dont work.

 

[steve frasier]

I was thinking reverse roll it, tie it up and put it in the bag

 

[Mikey P]

Why the bag?

 

[rhyde]

it’s humidity and heat kind of like steaming it without the steam

 

[The Great Oz]

Kill a chicken at midnight and run around your shop three times in a clockwise direction, howling like a wolf...

Rolling the rug produces even tension in the warp, you get sort of a gentle blocking effect. Lots of minor ripples and curls go away after being rolled.

Runners have a tendency to pick up a skew from cross traffic in the hallway. Try to make it straight and you get ripples. Sometime a hanging rug that is subjected to a too vigorous airflow will be stretched on the edges. Time to build a blocking floor I guess.

 

[Mikey P]

Guess what?


The 2 by 4's worked.

 

[fccs]

If you're going to use the 2 x 4 method try to find SPRUCE 2 x 4 s and not PINE. There will much less chance of color transfer from the wood

 

[rhyde]

or seal the 2x4's

the only issue with the boards is space and time

 

[DUSTY]

Glad it worked for you Mikey.

 

[Mikey P]

Thanks for the great tip!