I have a coyote rug that I bought a few months ago, it's hanging on one of my walls but some of the edgest keep curling out. Is there a way to keep this from happening?
Asher
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You didn't give much information, so I will assume there is felt on the
back of the rug. buy some very small wooden dowels. put them on the
back side of the rug edges where it is curling and pin them to the
felt. That should stop the curling. If you don't have children or the
rug is high enough you could just pin it to the wall through the edges
of the felt.
John_NY
There is actually two layers of felt, but it's very thin. The edges want to curl out and it seems that the only way to get them to lay flat is to nail every couple of inches (my wife doesn't like that idea) I have children but the rug is a little ou of their reach.
I guess I don't blame her on pinning or nailing it to the wall, but you
can still give the dowels a try or just look around the house to see
what you might have to hold the edges flat. It sounds like you are saying
the felt is what is curling up and there probably won't be much you can
do to get that perfectly flat against the wall.
Good Luck
John_NY
Thanks for the idea I'll give it a shot ... or I'll just break out the staple gun! LOL!
You may want to get a starch spray and flip your rug over and spray it on the underside. They aren't going to see this since it will be against the wall but the spray shouldn't leave a residue. I have done this to a few of my own that hang on the wall. It makes the rug stiff. Is the felt thick or thin. I use the thickest felt I can get and don't have much problem with it.
It's the only rug that I have (that has an animal attached to it) in my house, but I think it's a thinner felt as far as felts go.
Asher, coyote's are thin skinned to begin with, if there is only a thin layer of felt backing it and it has been exposed to the elements or possibly on a floor prior to you hanging it on the wall , the curling may be continually problematic. Curling problems are like springs, they have a memory to keep curling back regardless of what you try to do. Possible re-rugging with more supportive materials or adhering a custom cut piece of "thin" carpeting to the back, may be more helpful.Any questions, just e-mail me.