This is dumb, but I can't unroll my new chairmat. UPDATE: UNROLLED AT LAST!

[qliveur]

$200?

LOL, this is hilarious.

 

[Leros]

ATOT, I HAVE CONQUERED THE CHAIR MAT!

The mat was too big to soak in the tub, so I put it in the shower and ran hot water over it for about 30 minutes. That softened it up enough that I was able to partially unroll it. With a bit of force, I basically unrolled into a giant C.

At that point, I tried my heat gun on it. After about 30 seconds of that, my fire alarm went off. So I dragged the mat to the garage and started working there. It took about 30 minutes of the heat gun to get the mat to lay sorta flat. Took about another 30 minutes of the heatgun to get it flat enough that I brought it back inside and laid it on the carpeting. Hopefully it will flatten fully with time.

MS Paint diagram (because what would this thread be without a shitty drawing).

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Next time purchase the professional installation package. :biggrin:

 

[Leros]

Next time purchase the professional installation package. :biggrin:

I should have called the geek squad.

 

[IronWing]

Hmm, what if it curls back up while you are sitting on it? You could suffocate. The Chairmat Constrictor.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Hmm, what if it curls back up while you are sitting on it? You could suffocate. The Chairmat Constrictor.

Oh shit, with 2012 being the end of the world, I can see chair mat deaths on the rise.

 

[janas19]

ATOT, I HAVE CONQUERED THE CHAIR MAT!

The mat was too big to soak in the tub, so I put it in the shower and ran hot water over it for about 30 minutes. That softened it up enough that I was able to partially unroll it. With a bit of force, I basically unrolled into a giant C.

At that point, I tried my heat gun on it. After about 30 seconds of that, my fire alarm went off. So I dragged the mat to the garage and started working there. It took about 30 minutes of the heat gun to get the mat to lay sorta flat. Took about another 30 minutes of the heatgun to get it flat enough that I brought it back inside and laid it on the carpeting. Hopefully it will flatten fully with time.

MS Paint diagram (because what would this thread be without a shitty drawing).

Leros, I bestow the golden chairmat chalice upon you. Keep it well, sir.

 

[ilvs]

So I'm guessing after the hot water and heat gun treatment, the instructions on unrolling your chair mat were unreadable. luckily for future generations of chair mat users, your illustrations will be available!

 

[mcurphy]

 

[Jaskalas]

ATOT, I HAVE CONQUERED THE CHAIR MAT!

Turn the thermostat up next time, probably easier to do above freezing.

 

[TXHokie]

In celebration of your success, I'd like to dedicate this video (stolen from another thread):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFiRQEyo6vI

Just forward to 0:24

 

[KeithTalent]

Woohoo, congrats!

KT

 

[zinfamous]

In celebration of your success, I'd like to dedicate this video (stolen from another thread):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFiRQEyo6vI

Just forward to 0:24

man, after 1 week+, and about 20 views, I get just as many lols from that video as I did on the first view.

 

[D1gger]

I'm worried. We haven't heard from the OP for two days ... I think he has been trapped in the chair mat when it unexpectedly re-rolled itself.

 

[purbeast0]

dude can afford a $200 office mat but doesn't even have a way to take pics of the actual mat? WTF!?!?!?

 

[tcG]

I kept getting this image of a body builder strong man straining with clenched teeth to open the chair mat... so extreme for just a chairmat.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

dude can afford a $200 office mat but doesn't even have a way to take pics of the actual mat? WTF!?!?!?

He spent it all on the mat.

 

[zinfamous]

OP has earned some sort of ATOT merit badge, I think.

 

[SearchMaster]

The brain surgery merit badge?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

ATOT, I HAVE CONQUERED THE CHAIR MAT!

The mat was too big to soak in the tub, so I put it in the shower and ran hot water over it for about 30 minutes. That softened it up enough that I was able to partially unroll it. With a bit of force, I basically unrolled into a giant C.

At that point, I tried my heat gun on it. After about 30 seconds of that, my fire alarm went off. So I dragged the mat to the garage and started working there. It took about 30 minutes of the heat gun to get the mat to lay sorta flat. Took about another 30 minutes of the heatgun to get it flat enough that I brought it back inside and laid it on the carpeting. Hopefully it will flatten fully with time.

MS Paint diagram (because what would this thread be without a shitty drawing).

that's not a C, that's a G.


thread fail\

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I always remember what a Marine Drill Sergeant used to tell me. "You need to be smarter than the chair mat, son." I took that lesson to heart and it's served me well low, these many years.

 

[Gothgar]

ATOT, I HAVE CONQUERED THE CHAIR MAT!

The mat was too big to soak in the tub, so I put it in the shower and ran hot water over it for about 30 minutes. That softened it up enough that I was able to partially unroll it. With a bit of force, I basically unrolled into a giant C.

At that point, I tried my heat gun on it. After about 30 seconds of that, my fire alarm went off. So I dragged the mat to the garage and started working there. It took about 30 minutes of the heat gun to get the mat to lay sorta flat. Took about another 30 minutes of the heatgun to get it flat enough that I brought it back inside and laid it on the carpeting. Hopefully it will flatten fully with time.

MS Paint diagram (because what would this thread be without a shitty drawing).

Love the diagram, thanks

 

[0roo0roo]

pics or it didn't happen.

 

[janas19]

I always remember what a Marine Drill Sergeant used to tell me. "You need to be smarter than the chair mat, son." I took that lesson to heart and it's served me well low, these many years.

:thumbup: