Place your mat on a smooth flat surface outside in the sun on a warm sunny day until it flattens check it every 15 minutes.
How to get a chair mat to stay flat.
Then flip it over and reroll the mat.
It s a really thick hard plastic with those sharp pointy things underneath that sticks into the carpet.
Align the side edges and the back edge of the mat with the flooring assembly.
For now center the mat side to side on the flooring.
Air out the mat before use.
If the mat is too wide some mat plastic may have to be trimmed later.
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Creating this opposing new curl shape will in effect straighten the curled plastic.
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Chair mats aren t designed for use under the desk and may crack.
Every time i attempt to unroll it it keeps curling back up.
Chair mats can take up to 24 hours to fully unroll and flatten.
Then push the heavy thing against the curled end to unroll it gradually and once it is unrolled let it sit for a while.
After it relaxes and is flat move it to a flat cooler area in the shade or indoors until it cools and becomes more rigid.
Be careful when you open a rolled chair mat.
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I bought one of those clear hard plastic office chair mats from staples months ago and have tried repeated times to unroll it.
Instead buy a mat with a lip.
I decided to do this after.
Unravel it just a tiny bit and then force something heavy on it.
I can t get it to lay flat long enough to put it up my chair.
Now your mat is ready for installation.