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Kurt Offline
#1 Posted : Sunday, May 15, 2011 12:27:50 PM(UTC)
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My Soumak rises a little at 2 places on the long size, see picture.

A local and very respectable dealer have told me that he can stretch it so that it disappears, is there any risk in doing it, and any negative sides ?


Thanks, Kurt
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:41:26 PM(UTC)
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Good looking rug. If done by a professional, stretching your rug would solve the problem and will have no negative effects on it. I suggest you lay a piece of clean, white towel on the bubbled area, and use an iron on its medium-high temperature setting, going back and forth on the towel. Just as you would on a delicate piece of clothing, move the iron frequently to avoid burning the pile. Make sure you use a white towel so you will not get any color runs. I hope this will do the job for you.
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#3 Posted : Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:50:01 AM(UTC)
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Problems can occur when stretching rugs. If a wrinkly/creased/wavy rug is stretched there is the chance that when the waves are stretched out a perfectly straight rug with waves becomes an oblong shape.

This obviously depends on the nature of the waving and how even it is on all sides.
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Kurt Offline
#4 Posted : Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:11:34 PM(UTC)
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Thank you for an excellent suggestion, I followed your advice and it solved the problem completely, time will show if it remains that way.

/ Kurt


Rugfirm wrote:
Good looking rug. If done by a professional, stretching your rug would solve the problem and will have no negative effects on it. I suggest you lay a piece of clean, white towel on the bubbled area, and use an iron on its medium-high temperature setting, going back and forth on the towel. Just as you would on a delicate piece of clothing, move the iron frequently to avoid burning the pile. Make sure you use a white towel so you will not get any color runs. I hope this will do the job for you.
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