Have you tried this with success? Will it loosen if I shampoo the rug?

Thank you scottyp01 -

D.

Sounds like marble dust used as a filler, in the latex bonding agent, holding the secondary backing, to the primary backing.

I would buy a quart of SBT carpet latex, not the acrylic latex. Get a 6" wide putty knife and a paint brush.

Flip the carpet over so the backing is up.

Use the paint brush to apply the latex to the backing, and used the putty knife to drag it smooth, and getting it to lay flat.

Let it cure out and off gas, for a day or two.

I have done this to many wall to wall stretched in installations, where the backing has delaminated in traffic areas, that caused wrinkles.

If it is real wool, Shampooing it will cause it to shrink, like a wool sweater does. But with that said, the SBT latex will not loosen, if you clean the rug.

Floorguy - thank you - - but I Googled 'SBT carpet latex' and can't find much on it or where to purchase it. When you say 'cure out and off gas' - I assume that when the product is applied it needs ventilation while/until it dries.

THANKS again -

D.

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Look in the phone book yellow pages under, Carpet supplies / Carpet distributors / or something to that effect. Usually right after Carpet Dealers section.

m having the same crumbly mess try PUZZLE GLUE , someone said for fast results take a torch to it , quick sweeps across it kind of a quick melt. like the nylon thread hanging from your coat LOL you know the one you fix with your cig lighter. GOOD LUCK ALL

PS DON'T WASH IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO VACUME YOUR WASHER AND DRYER LIKE ME.

Mine isn't an Oriental rug might be i know it doesn't speak English.