Trim And Stretch Carpet

Edging carpet along a wall is perhaps the most important part of carpet installation.

Trim and stretch carpet.

Fortunately you can trim and edge carpet yourself in just a few minutes using a few simple carpet installation tools. Then lay down the carpet over the padding. Set the power stretcher down over the part of the carpet you are working with and want to be stretched. Stretch carpet if your wall to wall begins to bunch wrinkle or otherwise come up short try this strategy to restore its looks comfort and safety.

Superflex or ozite carpet stretches over any humps or molds in the floor of your vehicle. Trim the padding with a carpet cutter if you haven t already done so with a utility knife. Also called super flex carpet ozite or stretch carpet. A messy or lumpy carpet edge is easily noticeable and may get worse with time.

This is an un backed automotive carpet meaning that it has no rubber latex backing like most cut pile and loop pile carpets do.