Cowhides does not like to be soaked in water the water will damage the leather so make sure that you do not wet too much of the towel.
How to get wrinkles out of a cowhide rug.
If you don t have a large enough patch of sun flip the rug over and use a hair dryer to heat up the creases of the rug and release them.
Now you are halfway there.
What i wanted to do today though is share with you a few tricks i found that made the technique work better.
First you need a good clean towel to lay under the area with wrinkles.
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Put the soaked flannel or similarly soaked tea towel or other clean lint free cloth over the cowhide rug and work the iron over the wrinkle within the cow hide in the identical method you would do when ironing garments.
Usually one or two hours in the sun is enough to release wrinkles and creases.
Put the wet towel on the back side of the cowhide.
It really is easy just a little bit of ironing.
How to get wrinkles out of cowhide rugs.
Always hold the hair dryer 6 to 9 inches away from the rug and use a sweeping motion.
Lay a towel down to protect your floor lay the rug on top of it lay a wet but not dripping towel on top of that and iron hottest setting.
Place the towel on the back of the cowhide the suede side making sure it covers the creases you are going to remove.
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Then you want to have a damp thinner cloth to lay on top of the area.
There seemed to be only one option repeated on every sight i found for removing the wrinkles.
Set a water soaked flannel or similarly soaked tea bath towel or other clean lint free cloth over the cowhide rug or carpet and work the flat iron over any wrinkles within the hide in the identical manner you would do when pressing clothes.
After being rolled for so long new rugs might not look so good right out of the package.
So how do you get the wrinkles out of a cowhide rug.
A light mist with water can sometimes speed this up or humid weather is wonderful too.