ADVICE
AND HELP
ON USING A WADDING ANTI-CREEP
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Wadding must
be laid under the ENTIRE area of the rug, and trimmed so that
it just doesn't show. About 5mm (a quarter of an inch) in all
round.
THE
SECRET OF SUCCESS LIES IN ITS DELICATE WEB-LIKE NATURE AND FOR
THIS REASON IT NEEDS CAREFUL HANDLING.
It needs
no sticking or sewing except in certain special cases (see below).
For large
rugs and carpets on carpets it can be laid in strips side by side.
It is desirable to use the fewest number of strips.
Never use
2 pieces where 1 piece could be used even if it is wasteful.
The less that
it is disturbed the longer it will last.
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OTHER
USES TO WHICH WADDING WAS BEEN PUT
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| Keeping
Draylon Velvet Seat Cushions in place.
To enable
a carpet to be fitted on top of another carpet where the first
is stuck down and ripping it up is thought to be undesirable.
We offer no guarantees in this case but it has been done successfully
and if the carpet is laid on smoothedge or securely turned and
tacked, we can see no reasons why, it should behave any differently
to any other rug laid on carpet with wadding between.
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SPECIAL
CASES
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LINED
CHINESE RUGS
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| Certain of the Hong
Kong made Chinese Rugs especially TAI PING and TIENTSEN
have a lining which can be a roblem. The lining is only fixed
around the edge. When laid on a wadding it seemed that the problem
of creep was made worse rather than better. Analysis of the problem
showed that while the anti-creep clung to the carpet
and to the lose lining of the rug, the rug "Bounced" along
on its own lining pulling the wadding up after it.
The solution was given
to us by a customer. If stitches are run through the lining of
the rug into the back of the rug itself at various places across
its back, so as to eliminate any chance of the rug moving on its
own lining, then wadding will do the rest. Lined
Chinese are a problem with ALL anti-creep products.
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LONG
RUNNERS
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| When using wadding for
all long narrow runners, it must always be laid in ONE piece where
ever possible however wasteful this may seem. Otherwise it may fail.
For very long runner use combinations of the longest pieces. |
WHEN
OFF-CUTS OF CARPET ARE USED AS RUGS
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Modern
Fitted Carpeting is very hard and stiff with resin and latex when
new and occasionally will not settle securely on to the wadding.
This is one of the cases where the wadding will
perform best if stuck to the back of the off-cut with a latex
adhesive, ideally Unibond PVA, then it will work well. Spray-on
adhesive should not be used.
INEXPENSIVE
VERY LIGHT BELGIAN POLYPROPYLENE RUGS
These
very attractive silky rugs are very light and may need to have
the
wadding stuck to
the back as in the case of the off-cuts. This is particularly
true in the case of the smaller sizes. See above for details.
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PLASTIC BACKED DOOR
MATS AND RUGS.
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| As shiny
and smooth backed mats offer nothing for the wadding
to cling to, again it may need to be stuck to the offending rug.
Acrylic adhesives are best in this case. |
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NEVER
BE TEMPTED TO STICK WADDING
TO THE BACK OF FINE SILK PERSIAN RUGS
OR OLD ANTIQUE RUGS.
Fine
silk Persian rugs shouldn't even be used to walk on. They were
usually made either as fine prayer mats or the larger ones to
hang on walls. They could easily be damages by walking on when
laid on carpet, particularly by the penetration of high heels.
Sticking anything to the back of rugs like these would immediately
destroy their value.
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