Re: How do I flatten a putting green runner?

Hi Charles,

I agree that high heat contact would melt it. I also don't think that an iron itself woud exert enough weight to make the material lose the memory built into it. You would need to keep a constant pressure on it for some time, which is what caused the creases or curling in the first place. Light heat would help at the same time.

I would roll it out and lay it upside down and place very heavy objects on it. The ideal object would be a heavy flat steel plate, which would exert even pressure, but to be realistic anything around the house would do. Perhaps a wood plank with heavy books or cans on it. For warmth, for instance, I have a portable heater fan which I would set on low and direct constant light heat from a safe distance.

It would likely take some time.

Ted

Re: How do I flatten a putting green runner?

Yeah, thanks Ted, a bit depressing answer but to be expected, I guess. I don't have a better suggestion... I've rolled it up round (not flat) in the opposite direction as before, and hope that might help. Don't really have room to use boards until summer, and then I'm on the course...

Re: How do I flatten a putting green runner?

Here's a thought ...

When I travel on business, my suits always get wrinkled like crazy from being packed in a suitcase with way too many other things.

When I arrive at my destination, i hang my suits in the bathroom and turn on the shower at maximum heat with no ventilation turned on and no open windows.

I let the water run for 5-10 (yes, yes ... I know - it's not very PC, and I'm likely killing people in third world countries or destroying natural wild-life habitats by doing so) and let the suits get really damp - not wet - just damp.

I then turn the water off, and let the suits hang there until the next morning (provided of course I'm flying in a day early).

The next morning, they are dry, and the worst wrinkles (if not all) are gone.

I'm thinking this technique might work with you putting runner as well. Perhaps even getting it soaked and letting it dry is an option? But try the steam technique first.

Of course, you need to be able to hang it somewhere - all 12 feet.

Solved: How do I flatten a putting green runner?

Yeah, thanks, Mox -

I've already been down that road a bit - I ironed the runner with a wet towel over the top - essentially thinking about my travelling suit, just like you. Didn't work.

I have almost never used the runner at home (which is why it is so folded), but here at work we have a room available (OK, it's a nice break every so often!). The room has 5-6 giant bean-bags, which I stacked on the runner and left (for almost a week now).

Today we used it, and it is just fine!

So. All you have to do is by 5-6 giant beanbags and stack them on the runner for 1 week.

Problem solved. Maybe I'll start a runner-flattening business.

Best Regards,
Charles

Why: How do I flatten a putting green runner?

By the way, I pulled Stan Utley's "Art of Putting" off the shelf, and there is a lot you can do on these artificial putting surfaces.

Alignment, neutral stance, weight in fingers, maximizing putterhead movement vs handshoulder movement, striking down on the ball, right hand only, left hand only..... Pretty interesting for arguably the most boring piece of equipment on earth (my wife laughs when she sees it).

Regards Again
Charles