Laminate has a printed wear layer on top rather than a finish, so what matters is that nothing sticks to it or holds moisture against it. None of our pads do either. Pick by your rug, not by the floor.
All-Purpose™ Pad
THIN · 0.10″For thin rugs: flatweaves, kilims, machine-woven.
- Cushion
- Grip
- Full
- Feel
- Barely there
from $43.31
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Superior Pad
MEDIUM · 0.160″Our best seller, and the one most rugs want.
- Cushion
- Grip
- Full
- Feel
- Soft underfoot, quiets the room
from $47.35
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Premium Pad
THICK · 0.25″For heavy, hand-knotted and wool-pile rugs.
- Cushion
- Grip
- Full
- Feel
- Plush, the most cushion we make
from $55.00
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Full specs & materials
Looking for our fourth pad? The Deluxe™ pad works indoors and out. It is an open-weave rubber pad, so it breathes, which makes it the one we reach for anywhere damp: basements, sunrooms, entryways, patios and decks. See the Deluxe pad.
Which one for your rug?
This is what we get asked most, and it is the part people usually get backwards.
If the pad has more body than the rug, the rug slides around on the pad. You have moved the problem, not solved it.
All three grip laminate the same way. Thickness is the variable, and the rug decides it:
Flatweave, kilim, machine-woven
0.10″ · 19 oz
Most rugs, most homes
0.160″ · 30 oz
Hand-knotted, wool pile, shag
0.25″ · 38 oz
Want more cushion under a thin rug? Step up to Superior, not Premium. Medium is as far as a thin rug will tolerate before it starts to shift.
Need to keep the height down under a thick rug? All-Purpose is fine. A thick rug brings its own weight, so it lies flat and holds the pad in place.
How thick is each one, really
Measured from our spec sheet, not estimated. Each gridline is 0.05 inch off the floor.
Height is the total thickness of the pad. The darker band at the base is the rubber grip that meets your floor.
Oriental Rug & Carpet Clinic · Denver
Why we only sell four pads
We are a rug cleaning company first. Rugs come into our shop with the pad still stuck to the back of them: crumbling foam, adhesive gone to glue, cheap latex turned to orange powder that took the floor finish with it.
That is why we sell four pads and not forty. Felt and rubber, needled and bonded, nothing that breaks down into dust in five years. When a rug comes back to us for its next cleaning, we would rather the pad still be a pad.
Frequently asked
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Which rug pad is best for laminate floors?
The Superior Pad for most rugs. It is the middle of our range and it suits the way laminate is built: enough felt to stop grit grinding into the wear layer, not so much that the rug shifts.
Can a rug pad damage a laminate floor?
The two things that damage laminate are adhesives and trapped moisture. Our pads use neither: no glue, and an open enough structure that the floor is not sealed underneath. What we would avoid on laminate is any pad sold as self-adhesive or tacky-backed.
Will a rug pad stop my rug sliding on laminate?
Yes. Laminate is slick, which is exactly the case rubber backing is made for. If a rug still creeps after a pad goes down, the pad is almost always thicker than the rug.
What size rug pad do I need?
Three inches smaller than your rug in each direction, so an inch and a half of clearance on every side. You do not need to work it out. Pick your rug size and we cut the pad before it ships.
Read the full size guide for how to measure a rug properly.
Not sure what your floor is?
Call 1-833-RUG-PADS and you will get someone who cleans rugs for a living. If none of ours is right for your floor, we will tell you.
